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2021 Football Roster

36 DJ Jackson

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 175
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • High School Red Oak

Biography

Eligibility Remaining: 2023, 2024

2022 (Sophomore): Appeared in the first four games of the season … chipped in two tackles and a pass breakup vs. LA Tech (9/1)..Selected for 2021-22 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021 (Freshman): Played in 11 games, making three starts to end the year … made 13 tackles, 10 solo, including one for loss … broke up five passes on the season, third-most on the team … career-best five tackles, TFL, and two pass breakups against Florida (11/20)

High School:  A three-star cornerback prospect by all the major recruiting services … Began playing corner as a junior during the 2019 season and earned first team All-District honors and helped Red Oak win the District 6-5A Division II Championship …First Team All-Defensive selection as a senior ... second-team all-state defensive player … Ellis County All-Academic honoree … The team finished 11-2 that year, losing to eventual state champion Aledo in the Class 5A Division II Region II semifinal game … Multi-sport athlete who also ran the 110m and 300m hurdles … Selected to the final ballot of the 2020 Whataburger Super Team … High school coach: Miguel Quintero … Chose Mizzou over offers from Kansas, Kansas State, Washington State, Arkansas State and Texas State, among others.

Personal: Son of Brittany Dotsy and Stephen Jackson … Career goal is to play in the NFL and start his own business … his uncle, Brian Jackson, played football at Oklahoma and in the NFL for the New York Giants and the St. Louis Rams.

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