2015: Saw action in eight games in senior season ... Totaled 41 tackles (20 solo) ... Averaged 2.5 stops per game ... Contributed 2-1/2 sacks totaling 20 yards of total losses ... Notched 5-1/2 tackles for losses totaling 23 yards ... Broke up two passes ... Notched season-high 10 tackles with two tackles for losses in home win against Bentley (9/26).
2014: Started 10-of-11 games played ... Second on the team in total tackles with 57 (31ua, 26) ... Tied for third on team with six tackles for loss of 34 yards ... Notched 2.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries, one interception, one pass breakup.
2013: Appeared in 10 games as a sophomore ... Established himself as a regular at linebacker ... Totaled 42 tackles on the year, averaging 4.2 per game ... Posted his first collegiate sack in the season finale against SCSU (11/16) ... Also totaled a career-high 13 tackles in that game against the Owls.
2012: Saw action in two games as a freshman … Collected his first career assisted tackle against Southern Conn. State (09/22).
Before Merrimack: Three year varsity player and two year captain ... Led team in tackles all three seasons ... Finished his career with 322 tackles ... Was named Mid Wach A-Division 1 All-Star as a junior and senior ... Mid Wac A-Division 1 Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a senior ... Worcester Telegram & Gazette Super Team as a junior and senior ... Selected to play in the Shrine All-Star game as a senior.
Personal Born April 15, 1994 ... son of Ric and Suzanne Jackson ... has one sibling, Matthew ... Business major at Merrimack.
CAREER HIGHS
Interceptions: 1, American Int'l, 11/01/14
Tackles: 13, Southern Conn. St., 11/16/13 (7-6)
Sacks: 2.0, Stonehill, 11/14/15 (2-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.5, Southern Conn. St., 11/16/13 (2-1)
Fumbles recovered: 1, at Pace, 09/13/14 ; Bentley, 10/26/13 ; LIU Post, Sep 20, 2014
Pass breakups: 2, Bentley, 09/26/15