Running back, Nebraska, 2004–⁠06

Brandon Jackson

Born
Oct 2, 1985

Brandon Jackson played running back at Nebraska (2004–⁠06). The Green Bay Packers took Jackson in round 2, No. 63 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
989
Rushing yards, 2006 (Nebraska, 9–⁠5)
Drafted
No. 63
Round 2, 2007 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Career highs

182rushing yards, career highat Oklahoma State, 20062rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last at Oklahoma State, 20066catches, career highvs. Colorado, 2006

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2004Nebraska853904.6624
2005Nebraska18522.9010
2006Nebraska1889895.3848
Career2911,4314.91448

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2005Nebraska155.005
2006Nebraska333139.5249
Career343189.4249

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2006 Nebraska 14 games, 989 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2vs.Louisiana TechW 49–⁠10336125––
Sep 9vs.NichollsW 56–⁠772908325
Sep 16atUSCL 10–⁠282105436
Sep 23vs.TroyW 56–⁠01160126––
Sep 30vs.KansasW 39–⁠32428013––
Oct 7atIowa StateW 28–⁠142211612110
Oct 14atKansas StateW 21–⁠31692048214
Oct 21vs.TexasL 20–⁠22740018277
Oct 28atOklahoma StateL 29–⁠4121182228324
Nov 4vs.MissouriW 34–⁠2032111113361
Nov 11atTexas A&MW 28–⁠27944017212
Nov 24vs.ColoradoW 37–⁠1434142131642
Dec 2vs.OklahomaL 7–⁠211370031528
Jan 1 ✦vs.AuburnL 14–⁠177381202−6
2005 Nebraska 6 games, 52 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.MaineW 25–⁠761808––
Sep 10vs.Wake ForestW 31–⁠3430215
Sep 17vs.PittsburghW 7–⁠62402––
Oct 8vs.Texas TechL 31–⁠341404––
Nov 12vs.Kansas StateW 27–⁠251−200––
Nov 25atColoradoW 30–⁠3425010––
2004 Nebraska 10 games, 390 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.Western IllinoisW 56–⁠171379017––
Sep 11vs.Southern MissL 17–⁠211101––
Oct 2vs.KansasW 14–⁠872809––
Oct 9atTexas TechL 10–⁠70124209––
Oct 16vs.BaylorW 59–⁠271889224––
Oct 23atKansas StateL 21–⁠451157220––
Oct 30vs.MissouriW 24–⁠3123809––
Nov 6atIowa StateL 27–⁠3441326––
Nov 13atOklahomaL 3–⁠30523014––
Nov 26vs.ColoradoL 20–⁠26220020––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2007
Height5′9⅞″
Weight210 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size10⅛″
40-yard dash4.55 s
10-yard split1.49 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.00 s
20-yard shuttle4.14 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 52 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2007Green Bay Packers9100
2008Green Bay Packers13300
2009Green Bay Packers12300
2010Green Bay Packers16200
2012Cleveland Browns2–00
NFL career52900

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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