Linebacker, Virginia, 2021–25
James Jackson
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 234 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Roanoke, VA
James Jackson played linebacker at Virginia (2021–25).
Career highs
12tackles, career highvs. Maryland, 2024Defense
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Virginia | 1 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Virginia | 1 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Virginia | 1 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Virginia | 1 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Virginia | 1 | LB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′3″ | 234 |
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
2025 Virginia 14 games, 66 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Coastal Carolina | W 48–7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at NC State | L 31–35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. William & Mary | W 55–16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Stanford | W 48–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Florida State | W 46–38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Louisville | W 30–27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Washington State | W 22–20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | at North Carolina | W 17–16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at California | W 31–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Wake Forest | L 9–16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 15 | at Duke | W 34–17 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 27–7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs.Duke | L 20–27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Missouri | W 13–7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Virginia 7 games, 45 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Richmond | W 34–13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | atWake Forest | W 31–30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Maryland | L 13–27 | 12 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | atCoastal Carolina | W 43–24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Boston College | W 24–14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Louisville | L 20–24 | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at Notre Dame | L 14–35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Virginia 12 games, 80 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Tennessee | L 13–49 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. James Madison | L 35–36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | atMaryland | L 14–42 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs.NC State | L 21–24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | atBoston College | L 24–27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.William & Mary | W 27–13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atNorth Carolina | W 31–27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Miami | L 26–29 | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Georgia Tech | L 17–45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | atLouisville | L 24–31 | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Duke | W 30–27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 17–55 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2022 Virginia 10 games, 60 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.Richmond | W 34–17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Illinois | L 3–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Old Dominion | W 16–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Syracuse | L 20–22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atDuke | L 17–38 | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Louisville | L 17–34 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | atGeorgia Tech | W 16–9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Miami | L 12–14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | vs.North Carolina | L 28–31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Pittsburgh | L 7–37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Virginia 1 game, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16 | vs.Duke | W 48–0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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