Last confirmed: Louisiana Tech, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 225 lb · Haynesville, LA
James Jackson: S · Louisiana Tech · #10.
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James Jackson
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his fourth year in the same secondary at Louisiana Tech. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Bowling Green — Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Louisiana Tech | 55 | 36 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 68 | 46 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 135 | 93 | 12.0 | 3.5 | 7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-45@ No. 10 Texas | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-14vs Grambling | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-7@ Bowling Green | 9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 43-31vs Florida International | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-20@ Rice | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 69-21vs Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-30vs Southern Miss | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-20@ UAB | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-27vs UTSA | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 14-0@ Miami | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 55 | 36 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 5 · 2019
W 23-20
at Rice
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
55tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL55 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Skip Holtz — 34-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 7.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Skip Holtz
Pass share
49.4%
457 pass / 468 run
Plays / game
71.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisiana Tech, 135 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Skip Holtz.
