Darien Jackson
Sam Houston Bearkats
71
Average

Darien Jackson

Sam Houston BearkatsRebuilding
NTDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

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Darien Jackson is the projected starter at NT for Sam Houston Bearkats.

Redshirt junior · #10 · 6'0", 305 lbs

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Depth at NT · Sam Houston Bearkats

  1. 11071Darien JacksonStarter
  2. 29871Justin Terrell
  3. 39966Dimitry Nicolas

Sam Houston Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in Conference USA

Nathan PirolliLiberty · DTKenton SimmonsFlorida International · LDEKhurtiss PerryJacksonville State · DT

Up next for Sam Houston

Sam Houston plays Jacksonville State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

In 2025: 11 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Team Share2%
Los Angeles, CA
Jersey
#10
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
305 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251121

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 70-rated defense; 59th-percentile production (×0.76 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
70
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 59% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 28LMOSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-3

Oct 22LNMSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-24

Oct 8LLIBTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-3

Sep 26LTTUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-14

Sep 19WNICHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-0

Sep 12LTLSATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-17

Sep 5LTROYTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-21

Darien Jackson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

11 tkl · 2 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement33%
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