Derrick Jackson III
Kent State Golden Flashes
74
Average

Derrick Jackson III

Kent State Golden FlashesRebuilding
SSDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

Is Derrick Jackson III starting?

Derrick Jackson III is the projected starter at SS for Kent State Golden Flashes.

Sophomore · #3 · 6'0", 185 lbs

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Depth at SS · Kent State Golden Flashes

  1. 1374Derrick Jackson IIIStarter
  2. 22551Martell Buchanan
  3. 33851Clinton Robinson

Kent State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the MAC

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Up next for Kent State

Kent State plays Bowling Green away on Tue, Nov 10. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Cass Technical, ranked #2,626 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 48 tackles, 1 INT, 2 PBU. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 74 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,626 NatlTeam Share6%
Detroit, MI
Jersey
#3
Class
SO
Height
6'0"
Weight
185 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20254812

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8286
National Rank
#2626
High School
Cass Technical
Hometown
Detroit, MI

Why this rating?

On a 68-rated defense; 78th-percentile production (×0.74 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 74.

Team defense (SP+)
68
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 78% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.74)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 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 31LSACTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 31-10

Oct 24WAKRTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 35-20

Oct 10LWMUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-7

Oct 3LOHIOTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 13-10

Sep 26WBALLTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 26-13

Sep 19LOSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 59-3

Sep 12WWOFTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 36-15

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

Final L 57-0

Derrick Jackson III's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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74
Average
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Team Role

48 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement86%
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