T.J. Jackson: DL · West Virginia · #11.
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T.J. Jackson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. Big 12 Newcomer Player of the Week in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Arizona, Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-34vs No. 8 Penn State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-14vs UAlbany | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-38@ Pittsburgh | 6 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 32-28vs Kansas | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-28vs No. 11 Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-26@ Arizona | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-21vs UCF | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 15-52@ Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 37-42vs No. 25 Memphis | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 21 | 14.0 | 6.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
35%14 TFLSack rate
16%6 sacksHurry rate
2%1 hurry40 tackles · 14 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 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
Head Coach
Chad Scott
Pass share
41.8%
372 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
40 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #97 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Troy and West Virginia, 20 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 43 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
Big 12 Newcomer Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Chip Lindsey, Jon Sumrall and Neal Brown.
