Tarron Jackson

Former defensive end at Coastal Carolina. 2020: 8.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 54 tackles.

DE · Coastal Carolina · Sr. · #9

6′2″ · 260 lb · Aiken, SC

Consensus AAPhiladelphia — drafted 2021, Rd 6, Pick 7, #191 overall

Recruiting

OLB recruit

Signed with Coastal Carolina

Statement game5 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Texas State (FBS) · W 24-21

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Coastal Carolina. 2020: 8.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 54 tackles.

Signed with Coastal Carolina in 2016.
Drafted round 6 by the Philadelphia in 2021.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Coastal Carolina, 24 sacks, a Consensus All-American season (2020) — drafted at #191 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Coastal Carolinaout of Silver Bluff

202011 games

All-Americafirst · 8 selectors
All-Sun Beltfirst
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Yearwinner

2021

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 6, pick 191

Career arc

Recruit

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2016 class

CFB

College

Coastal Carolina

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #191

Philadelphia · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

14 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2020)

6 first-team selectors

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ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

2018

Joe Moglia

Coastal Carolina

era →

2019–2020

Jamey Chadwell

Coastal Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jamey Chadwell → Joe Moglia. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 6th NFL season

#191Rd 6 · Pick 7

PhiladelphiaEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Coastal Carolina3-9HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Joe Moglia · Run-heavy

2019Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2020Coastal Carolina11-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (100th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#2 / 2211 · 100th pct

Sacks#7 / 2211 · 100th pct

8.5

Tackles for loss#8 / 2211 · 100th pct

14.0

Tackles#238 / 2211 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#422 / 2211 · 80th pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1276 / 2211 · 21st 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

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.2	1.0	0.8	0.0
Road5g	3.6	1.5	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.5	1.4	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	5.0	1.1	0.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Beard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Selector Grid · 2020

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Coastal Carolina	54	25	14.0	8.5	--	--	--
2019	Coastal Carolina	57	27	12.5	9.5	2	--	--
2018	Coastal Carolina	58	28	11.0	3.0	1	--	--
2017	Coastal Carolina	20	11	4.5	3.5	--	--	--
Career		189	91	42.0	24.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2020

W 22–17

vs BYU

1 QB HUR · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With C. Ouverson — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · C. Marable — 132 rush yds (23 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 38-23@ Kansas	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 43-21vs Campbell	5	0	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 52-23vs Arkansas State	4	3	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 7	W 30-27@ Louisiana	4	1	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 28-14vs Georgia Southern	5	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 9	W 51-0@ Georgia State	4	4	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	W 23-6vs South Alabama	10	4	2.5	2.5	—	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 12	W 34-23vs App State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 49-14@ Texas State	6	5	3.0	2.5	—	2.5 sacks
Wk 14	W 22-17vs BYU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	W 42-38@ Troy	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Total		49	23	13.5	8.5	—

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

2016

202011 games

2021

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays