Antwuan Jackson

Antwuan Jackson (born September 21, 1997) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football at Ohio State.

Antwuan Jackson
Personal information
Born: (1997-09-21) September 21, 1997
Ellenwood, Georgia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school:Cedar Grove (Ellenwood, Georgia)
College:Auburn (2016)
Blinn College (2017)
Ohio State (2019-2021)
Position:Defensive end
Undrafted:2022
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Player stats at NFL.com ยท PFR

Early life

Jackson grew up in Ellenwood, Georgia and attended Cedar Grove High School. In his high school career he tallied 47 tackles, 18 being for a loss, five sacks, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble. He also rushed for two touchdowns on offense.[1] Jackson also played baseball having a .316 career batting average with 25 hits, 25 RBIs, and 18 stolen basses.[2] Jackson was also an Army All-American in high school.[3] Jackson would decide to commit to play college football at the University of Auburn over other school such as Georgia, Florida, and Ohio State.[4][5]

College career

In Jackson's first year at Auburn he would be redshirted and would not play in the 2016 season.[6] After Jackson's redshirt season he announced that he would transfer away from the program.[7][8] Jackson would decide to sign with Blinn College due to not being allowed to transfer to other SEC schools or Ohio State for the 2017 season.[9][10] During his time with Blinn College he played in 10 games putting up 70 tackles, nine sacks, and three forced fumbles.[11] After his one-year stint at Blinn, Jackson would decide to head up north to the University of Ohio State.[12][13] Jackson would go on to play at Ohio State for three years. In those three years, Jackson put up 47 tackles, nine going for a loss, and 3.5 sacks.[14] Jackson's best season came in his senior year in 2021 where he totalled 23 tackles, 4.5 going for a loss, and 2.5 sacks.[15] For his performance on the year he was named an Honorable Mention All Big-Ten.[16]

Professional career

Seattle Sea Dragons

After not being selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, Jackson was invited to the New York Giants rookie minicamp but would not be signed by them.[17] However, Jackson would be selected in the 9th round of the 2023 XFL Draft by the Seattle Sea Dragons.[18] During his time with Seattle, he played in nine games starting in eight of them in where he had 20 tackles on the year.[19]

Carolina Panthers

After the 2023 XFL Season, Jackson would receive an invite to the Carolina Panthers tryout.[20] After the tryout Jackson would receive his first shot in the NFL, signing with the Panthers.[21][22] He was waived on August 26, 2023.[23]

References
  1. "Travonte' Jackson's Stats". Max Preps. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. "Travonte' Jackson's Stats". Max Preps. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. "Army All-American Antwuan Jackson salutes his father on Selection Tour". USA Today High School Sports. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. Kirpalani, Sanijay. "Antwuan Jackson Commits to Auburn: What 4-Star DT Brings to Tigers". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. Shurburtt, JC. "Antwaun Jackson commits to Auburn". Saturday Down South. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. Vitale, Josh. "2 redshirt freshmen to transfer from Auburn football program". Opelika-Auburn News. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  7. Stevens, Matthew. "Redshirt freshmen DB Marlon Character and DL Antwaun Jackson transferring". Montgomery Advisor. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  8. Chiari, Mike. "Antwuan Jackson, Marlon Character Transferring from Auburn Football Team". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  9. Zenitz, Matt. "Former Auburn defensive tackle reportedly headed to JUCO in Texas". AL.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  10. "Jackson signs with Blinn". 247Sports. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  11. "Antwuan Jackson Jr". BuccaneerSports.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  12. Wasserman, Ari. "The second time around: DT Antwuan Jackson commits to Ohio State as a JUCO transfer". The Athletic. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  13. Lind, Andrew. "JUNIOR COLLEGE DEFENSIVE TACKLE ANTWUAN JACKSON JR. COMMITS TO OHIO STATE". Eleven Warriors. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  14. "Antwuan Jackson Jr". Sports Reference. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  15. "2021 Ohio State Buckeyes Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  16. "2021 All-Big Ten Football Team" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  17. "Ohio State's Antwuan Jackson Invited To New York Giants Rookie Minicamp". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  18. Keatley, Josh. "Former Ohio State defensive lineman gets a shot in XFL". USA Today. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  19. "Antwuan Jackson". Football Database. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  20. "XFL WR Gary Jennings, DL Antwuan Jackson Receive Tryout Invite from Panthers". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  21. Rizzuti, Anthony. "Panthers sign rookie minicamp invitee Antwuan Jackson". USA Today. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  22. "Panthers sign rookie minicamp invitee Antwuan Jackson". BVM Sports. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  23. Gantt, Darin (August 26, 2023). "Panthers waive 11 players Saturday". Panthers.com.
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