Linebacker, USC, 2019–⁠21

Drake Jackson

Number: No. 99
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 255 lb
Class (2021): Sophomore
Hometown: Corona, CA
Born: Apr 12, 2001

Drake Jackson played linebacker at USC (2019–⁠21). The San Francisco 49ers took Jackson in round 2, No. 61 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 46; Tackles, 2019 (USC, 8–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 61; Round 2, 2022 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

8tackles, career hightwice; last at Arizona State, 2021 2sacks, career hightwice; last at Colorado, 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

8–⁠55–⁠1AP 214–⁠8

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2019	USC	46	26	11.5	5.5	0	3	0
2020	USC	20	8	5.5	2	1	0	0
2021	USC	37	23	8	5	1	1	1
Career		103	57	25	12.5	2	4	1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	USC	99	LB	Yr 1
2020	USC	99	LB	Yr 2
2021	USC	99	LB	So. (Yr 3)	6′4″	255

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 USC 10 games, 37 tackles, 5 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.San José State	W 30–⁠7	2	1	0	0	1	0
Sep 11	vs.Stanford	L 28–⁠42	4	2	1	0	0	0
Sep 18	atWashington State	W 45–⁠14	4	3	1	1	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Oregon State	L 27–⁠45	3	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 2	atColorado	W 37–⁠14	4	3	2	2	0	1
Oct 9	vs.Utah	L 26–⁠42	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 23	atNotre Dame	L 16–⁠31	6	6	2	1	0	0
Oct 30	vs.Arizona	W 41–⁠34	3	2	1	1	0	0
Nov 6	atArizona State	L 16–⁠31	8	3	0	0	0	0
Nov 27	vs.BYU	L 31–⁠35	2	2	1	0	0	0

2020 USC 6 games, 20 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int
Nov 7	vs.Arizona State	W 28–⁠27	3	1	1	0	0
Nov 14	atArizona	W 34–⁠30	5	4	2	2	0
Nov 21	atUtah	W 33–⁠17	2	0	0	0	1
Dec 6	vs.Washington State	W 38–⁠13	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 12	atUCLA	W 43–⁠38	5	3	2.5	0	0
Dec 18	vs.Oregon	L 24–⁠31	4	0	0	0	0

2019 USC 11 games, 46 tackles, 5.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	vs.Fresno State	W 31–⁠23	3	1	1.5	0.5	2
Sep 7	vs.Stanford	W 45–⁠20	3	1	1.5	0	0
Sep 14	atBYU	L 27–⁠30	3	1	1.5	1.5	1
Sep 20	vs.Utah	W 30–⁠23	8	6	1	1	0
Sep 28	atWashington	L 14–⁠28	5	3	0	0	0
Oct 12	atNotre Dame	L 27–⁠30	5	3	2.5	0	0
Oct 19	vs.Arizona	W 41–⁠14	3	0	0.5	0.5	0
Nov 9	atArizona State	W 31–⁠26	6	5	1	0	0
Nov 16	atCalifornia	W 41–⁠17	3	3	1	1	0
Nov 23	vs.UCLA	W 52–⁠35	2	1	1	1	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Iowa	L 24–⁠49	5	2	0	0	0

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′2⅝″
Weight	254 lb
Arm length	34″
Hand size	10⅛″
Wingspan		82⅝″^W
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	10′7″
3-cone drill		7.09 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.28 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2022	San Francisco 49ers	14	13	3	1
2023	San Francisco 49ers	4	7	3	0
2025	Washington Commanders	3	3	0	0
NFL career		21	23	6	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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