Jayden Jackson
Georgia Southern Eagles
81
Good

Jayden Jackson

Georgia Southern EaglesRebuilding
LCBDefenseGood
Projected Starter

Is Jayden Jackson starting?

Jayden Jackson is the projected starter at LCB for Georgia Southern Eagles.

Freshman · #17 · 6'2", 300 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Georgia Southern Eagles

  1. 11781Jayden JacksonStarter
  2. 2767Noah Mangham

Georgia Southern Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Edge Threat

A 4-star recruit out of IMG Academy, ranked #327 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 28 tackles, 5 TFL, 3 sacks. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 89th-percentile production nationally — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #327 NatlTeam Share6%Percentile89th
Bradenton, FL
Jersey
#17
Class
FR
Height
6'2"
Weight
300 lbs

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2853

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9039
National Rank
#327
High School
IMG Academy
Hometown
Bradenton, FL

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 89th-percentile production (×0.98 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 89% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
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 15WODUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 23-15

Oct 11LJMUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

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

Final L 42-28

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

Final L 31-27

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

Final W 31-0

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

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Team Role

Edge Threat
28 tkl · 5 TFL · 3 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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