Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
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| Wk 1 | W 23-3@ Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Donovan Jackson
Last confirmed: Ohio State, 2024. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 320 lb · Bellaire, TX · Episcopal
Donovan Jackson: OL · Ohio State · #74.
Donovan Jackson
Three straight seasons of it now: All-America (ESPN) again in 2024.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Ohio State in the news
Where to follow him
Game log
Signature game
2023 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
Awards
A five-star recruit at offensive line for Ohio State -- now a real, honored All-American.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
All-Conference caliberFive-star HS recruitAll-America (ESPN, SI, SN, USA Today) (2024)All-Big Ten (2024)All-Big Ten (2023)
The unit he anchors ranks 48th nationally in passing-downs success rate this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Ohio State has produced 17 All-Conference offensive linemen and 7 All-Americans. 19 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2014. Seth McLaughlin was one of them, an All-American.
Selector Grid · 2024
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SN1st
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Four seasons at Ohio State, drafted
- 2025 Drafted in round 1, No. 24 by the Minnesota
- 2024 Ohio State DayYear 4 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-AmericaAll-conference
- 2023 Ohio State DayYear 3 · 1 gameAll-conference
- 2022 Ohio State DayYear 2 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-conference
- 2021 Ohio State DayYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Ohio State in 2021 as a 5-star recruit, No. 19 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Ohio State in the 2021 class, a 5-star recruit.
How it ended
One season at Ohio State, an All-American season (2024) — drafted at #24 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
2021
- Signed with Ohio State5-star out of Episcopal
2022
- All-Big Tenfirst
2023
- All-Big Tenfirst
2024
- All-Big Tenfirst
- All-America4 selectors
2025
- Drafted by Minnesota Vikingsround 1, pick 24
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
4 selectors honored him
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coach2021–2024
Ohio State
Played his entire career under Ryan Day.
Where he ended up · NFL
Minnesota VikingsEntering 2nd NFL season
#24Rd 1 · Pick 24
Minnesota VikingsEntering 2nd NFL season