#11

T.J. Jackson

Former defensive lineman at West Virginia. 2024: 6.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

DL · West Virginia · Sr. · #11

6′1″ · 282 lb · Millbrook, AL

CFB Index 70 · #97 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceWest Virginia 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 529 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at West Virginia. 2024: 6.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2023.
Transferred from Troy to West Virginia in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at West Virginia, 20 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202214 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

202311 games

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Fairfield
All-Sun Beltsecond

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#529 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Neal Brown

West Virginia

2024

Chad Scott

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Chad Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced

2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #97 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#27 / 2892 · 99th pct

14.0

Sacks#58 / 2892 · 98th pct

6.5

Tackles#934 / 2892 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#993 / 2892 · 65th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	1.2	0.5	0.0
Road5g	4.2	1.4	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	1.4	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	1.0	0.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #97 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #97 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	West Virginia	40	21	14.0	6.5	--	--	--
2023	Troy	27	18	7.5	3.5	2	--	--
2022	Troy	56	25	16.0	9.5	2	--	--
2021	Troy	12	3	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		135	67	38.5	19.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 49–14

vs UAlbany

2 TFL · 1 SACKS · 2 SOLO

Dominant 35-point win at home against UAlbany.

With G. Greene — 236 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 68 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaldson — 125 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 12-34vs Penn State	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 49-14vs UAlbany	2	2	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	L 34-38@ Pittsburgh	6	3	4.0	1.5	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	W 32-28vs Kansas	6	2	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 6	W 38-14@ Oklahoma State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 16-28vs Iowa State	4	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 31-26@ Arizona	6	3	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Cincinnati	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-21vs UCF	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	L 15-52@ Texas Tech	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Bowl	L 37-42vs Memphis	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Total		40	21	14.0	6.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology