D'Marco Jackson: LB · App State · #52.
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D'Marco Jackson
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for three head coaches at App State: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz and Shawn Clark. Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Marshall — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
114 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 18 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-19vs East Carolina | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-25@ No. 22 Miami | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-10vs Elon | 13 | 6 | 4.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 31-30vs Marshall | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 45-16@ Georgia State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-41@ Louisiana | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-27vs No. 14 Coastal Carolina | 11 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 59-28vs UL Monroe | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-14@ Arkansas State | 9 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-7vs South Alabama | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-7@ Troy | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-3vs Georgia Southern | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-24@ No. 20 Louisiana | 11 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Total | 114 | 55 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 3 · 2021
W 44-10
vs Elon
3 sacks · 4.5 tackles for loss · 13 tackles
Dominant 34-point win at home against Elon.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
119tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%18 TFLSack rate
5%6 sacksPD rate
4%5 pass breakups119 tackles · 18.5 for loss · 6 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 9.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 7.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 8.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
4.5%
23 pass / 490 run
Plays / game
39.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 578 FBS linebackers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at App State, 289 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #161 overall by the New Orleans Saints.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
New Orleans SaintsEntering 5th NFL season
New Orleans SaintsEntering 5th NFL season
