No. 75 – Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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Born: | Aiken, South Carolina, U.S. | June 22, 1998||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 254 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Silver Bluff (Aiken, South Carolina) | ||||||||
College: | Coastal Carolina (2016–2020) | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2021 / Round: 6 / Pick: 191 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Tarron Jackson (born June 22, 1998) is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Coastal Carolina.
Jackson grew up in New Ellenton, South Carolina and attended Silver Bluff High School. He was named All-Area by the Aiken Standard as a senior after recording 79 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and five sacks. [1]
Jackson suffered a season-ending injury four games into his freshman year and used a medical redshirt. He played in the first eight games of his redshirt freshman season before again suffering a season-ending injury and finished the year with 3.5 sacks and a forced fumble. [2] As a redshirt sophomore Jackson started all 12 of the Chanticleers' games and recorded 58 tackles with 11 tackles for loss and three sacks and was named third team All-Sun Belt Conference. [3] [4] He was named first team All-Sun Belt as a redshirt junior after setting a school record with ten sacks along with 60 total tackles, 13 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles. [5] Jackson recorded 54 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks and three forced fumbles in his redshirt senior season and was named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year, first team All-Conference, and a first team All-American by the Associated Press. [6] [7]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 2+1⁄8 in (1.88 m) | 254 lb (115 kg) | 33+1⁄4 in (0.84 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 4.71 s | 1.70 s | 2.72 s | 4.46 s | 7.44 s | 29.5 in (0.75 m) | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) | 25 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [8] |
Jackson was selected in the sixth round with the 191st overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. [9] Jackson got his first career sack in Week 8 at the Detroit Lions.
On October 27, 2022, Jackson was waived by the Eagles and re-signed to the practice squad. On February 15, 2023, Jackson signed a reserve/future contract with the Eagles. [10]
On August 29, 2023, Jackson was waived as part of final roster cuts. [11] The next day, he re-signed to the team's practice squad. [12] [13] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 18, 2024. [14]
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