#96

Jackson Perkins

Senior defensive tackle on Navy's 2020 roster.

DT · Navy · Sr. · #96

6′6″ · 257 lb · Barrington, IL

Navy 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1262 nationally · Signed with Navy

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle on Navy's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Navy in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Navy, 54 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2017

Signed with Navy3-star out of Barrington

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1262 national

CFB

College

Navy

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

1 coach

2018–2020

Ken Niumatalolo

Navy

Played his entire career under Ken Niumatalolo.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo — 17-19 over that span.

2018Navy3-10HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2019Navy11-2HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2020Navy3-7HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#250 / 2211 · 84th pct

Tackles for loss#593 / 2211 · 71st pct

3.5

Tackles#928 / 2211 · 57th pct

Solo tackles#1016 / 2211 · 53rd pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1276 / 2211 · 21st pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.8	0.7	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.7	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Navy	27	15	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Navy	24	6	4.0	1.0	2	1	--
2018	Navy	3	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		54	21	7.5	1.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2020

W 27–24

at Tulane

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With D. Davies — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 63 LONG · M. Walker — 2 rec · 58 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 3-55vs BYU	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 27-24@ Tulane	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 7-40@ Air Force	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 31-29vs Temple	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 27-23@ East Carolina	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 21-37vs Houston	5	2	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 9	L 37-51@ SMU	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 7-10vs Memphis	4	2	1.5	—
Wk 14	L 6-19vs Tulsa	2	1	1.0	—
Wk 15	L 0-15@ Army	4	2	0.0	—
Total		27	15	3.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology