Teylor Jackson

Former linebacker at Liberty. 2024: 43 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Liberty · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 230 lb · Washington, DC

CFB Index 23 · #499 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceLiberty 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1554 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Liberty. 2024: 43 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2020.
Transferred from East Carolina to Liberty in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Liberty, 120 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20206 games

Signed with East Carolina3-star out of National Christian Academy

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1554 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Hugh Freeze

Liberty

2023–2024

Jamey Chadwell

Liberty

era →

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

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2023East Carolina2-10HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

23Below cohort / limited sample #499 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#817 / 2892 · 71st pct

Solo tackles#1114 / 2892 · 60th pct

Sacks#1282 / 2892 · 53rd pct

0.5

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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
Home7g	4.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Road4g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #499 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #499 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Liberty	43	19	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
2023	East Carolina	51	14	4.5	1.0	4	--	--
2022	East Carolina	9	1	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2021	East Carolina	9	5	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	East Carolina	8	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		120	44	8.5	1.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–24

vs Campbell

5 SOLO · 7 TOT

With K. Salter — 242 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 49.1 · 48 rush yds (9 car) · T. Sibley — 5 rec · 109 yds · 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	W 41-24vs Campbell	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 2	W 30-24@ New Mexico State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 28-10vs UTEP	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 35-24vs East Carolina	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 31-24vs Florida International	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 24-27@ Kennesaw State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 21-31vs Jacksonville State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 35-34@ Massachusetts	5	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 38-21vs Western Kentucky	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 18-20@ Sam Houston	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 7-26vs Buffalo	11	3	0.5	0.5	—
Total		43	19	1.5	0.5	—

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