Jerome Jackson

#88 · TE · Sr. · Liberty6′3″ · 255 lb · Fort Worth, TX

Jerome Jackson: TE · Liberty · #88.

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Jerome Jackson

TE · Liberty · Sr · #88

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Liberty. On tape: 24 receiving yards and 3 receptions against New Mexico State, Week 13, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Liberty	15	120	8.0	1	17
2021	Liberty	4	14	3.5	2	5
2020	Liberty	9	75	8.3	2	19
2019	Liberty	3	15	5.0	2	9
2018	Liberty	1	10	10.0	0	10
Career		32	234	7.3	7	19

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-27@ Southern Miss	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 2	W 21-14vs UAB	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 3	L 36-37@ No. 19 Wake Forest	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 7	W 21-20vs Gardner-Webb	1	7	7.0	1	7
Wk 8	W 41-14vs BYU	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 10	W 21-19@ Arkansas	2	15	7.5	0	9
Wk 11	L 33-36@ UConn	2	18	9.0	0	15
Wk 12	L 22-23vs Virginia Tech	3	20	6.7	0	10
Wk 13	L 14-49vs New Mexico State	3	24	8.0	0	11	Season-high 24 yds
Total		15	120	8.0	1	17

Signature game

Week 7 · 2022

W 21-20

vs Gardner-Webb

1 rec · 7 yds · 1 TD

A close one, won by 1 at home.

With A. Alves — 41.1 yards per punt · 8 punts · 3 inside the 20 · J. Bennett — 222 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 9.9

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Gardner-Webb · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Bennett to Jackson: a 7-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · UConn · 4th and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Johnathan Bennett pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 3 yds to the UConn 48 for a
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 2nd and 20 · Q4 · EPA +2.17Kaidon Salter pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 17 yds to the SoMis 23
Week 12 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.23Kaidon Salter pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 5 yds to the VTech 34 for a
Week 12 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 22 · Q4 · EPA +0.99Kaidon Salter pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 10 yds to the VTech 40
Week 13 · New Mexico State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.97Charlie Brewer pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 11 yds to the NMxSt 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 8 · BYU · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.94Johnathan Bennett pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 8 yds to the BYU 47
Week 13 · New Mexico State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.78Johnathan Bennett pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 8 yds to the Liber 27
Week 10 · Arkansas · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +0.76Johnathan Bennett pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 9 yds to the Ark 24 for a
Week 3 · Wake Forest · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.62Kaidon Salter pass complete to Jerome Jackson for 9 yds to the WFrst 10

Teams and coaches

2018Liberty6-6HC: Turner Gill · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2020Liberty10-1HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 33 (#124 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2022 season

33Below cohort / limited sample #124 of 132 · 2022?

5 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: long catch (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#105 / 158 · 25th pct

Receptions#123 / 158 · 20th pct

Rec yards#145 / 158 · 8th pct

120

Yards / catch#148 / 158 · 6th pct

8.0

Long catch#152 / 158 · 3rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.8	12.2	6.3	0.2
Road4g	1.5	14.8	10.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.0	8.8	8.8	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	17.0	7.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Hugh Freeze

Pass share

44.9%

394 pass / 484 run

Plays / game

67.5

13 games

Team sack rate

9.8%

449 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

15 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

33 · #124 of 132 TEs · 2022

Jerome Jackson

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

15 catches in 9 games

Five seasons at Liberty