Defensive back, Miami, 2015–⁠18

Michael Jackson

Number: No. 28
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 200 lb
Class (2018): Senior
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Born: Jan 10, 1997

Michael Jackson played defensive back at Miami (2015–⁠18). The Dallas Cowboys took Jackson in round 5, No. 158 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

Best season: 42; Tackles, 2018 (Miami, 7–⁠6)
Drafted: No. 158; Round 5, 2019 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

2sacks, career highvs. Pittsburgh, 2018 2interceptions, career highvs. Syracuse, 2017

Defense

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

9–⁠4AP 2010–⁠3AP 137–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2016	Miami	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
2017	Miami	41	32	3	1	4	5	2
2018	Miami	42	25	3.5	2.5	0	6	1
Career		90	59	6.5	3.5	4	12	3

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
2015	Miami	28	DB	Fr.
2016	Miami	28	DB	So.
2017	Miami	28	DB	Jr.
2018	Miami	28	DB	Sr.	6′1″	205

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

2018 Miami 12 games, 42 tackles, 2.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.LSU	L 17–⁠33	5	2	0	0	0
Sep 8	vs.Savannah State	W 77–⁠0	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 15	atToledo	W 49–⁠24	4	2	0	0	0
Sep 22	vs.Florida International	W 31–⁠17	2	2	1	0	0
Sep 27	vs.North Carolina	W 47–⁠10	5	4	0	0	1
Oct 6	vs.Florida State	W 28–⁠27	2	1	0	0	3
Oct 13	atVirginia	L 13–⁠16	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 26	atBoston College	L 14–⁠27	5	2	0	0	0
Nov 10	atGeorgia Tech	L 21–⁠27	3	3	0	0	0
Nov 17	atVirginia Tech	W 38–⁠14	4	0	0.5	0.5	1
Nov 24	vs.Pittsburgh	W 24–⁠3	4	4	2	2	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Wisconsin	L 3–⁠35	4	2	0	0	1

2017 Miami 12 games, 41 tackles, 1 sack, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Bethune-Cookman	W 41–⁠13	4	4	0	0	0	0
Sep 23	vs.Toledo	W 52–⁠30	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sep 29	atDuke	W 31–⁠6	3	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 7	atFlorida State	W 24–⁠20	1	0	0	0	1	0
Oct 14	vs.Georgia Tech	W 25–⁠24	4	3	1	0	0	1
Oct 21	vs.Syracuse	W 27–⁠19	3	2	0	0	2	1
Oct 28	atNorth Carolina	W 24–⁠19	6	4	0	0	1	1
Nov 4	vs.Virginia Tech	W 28–⁠10	6	5	1	0	0	1
Nov 18	vs.Virginia	W 44–⁠28	4	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 24	atPittsburgh	L 14–⁠24	3	2	0	0	0	0
Dec 2	vs.Clemson	L 3–⁠38	3	2	1	1	0	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Wisconsin	L 24–⁠34	4	3	0	0	0	0

2016 Miami 6 games, 7 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Sep 3	vs.Florida A&M	W 70–⁠3	3	2	0
Sep 17	atApp State	W 45–⁠10	1	0	0
Oct 1	atGeorgia Tech	W 35–⁠21	1	0	0
Oct 15	vs.North Carolina	L 13–⁠20	1	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Duke	W 40–⁠21	0	0	1
Dec 28 ✦	vs.West Virginia	W 31–⁠14	1	0	0

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2019	Pro day 2019
Height	6′0⅝″^W	6′0⅝″
Weight	210 lb^W	210 lb
Arm length	32½″^W	32½″
Hand size	9¾″^W	9¾″
Wingspan	77¼″^W
40-yard dash	4.45 s^W	4.45 s
10-yard split	1.49 s^W
Vertical jump	40½″^W	40½″
Broad jump	10′10″^W	10′10″
Bench press	13 reps^W	13 reps
3-cone drill	7.12 s^W
20-yard shuttle	4.12 s^W	4.12 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

7 seasons, 67 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Int
2020	New England Patriots	1	1	0
2021	Seattle Seahawks	2	2	0
2022	Seattle Seahawks	16	70	1
2023	Seattle Seahawks	11	28	0
2024	Carolina Panthers	17	69	2
2025	Carolina Panthers	17	66	4
2026 (so far)	Carolina Panthers	3	6	0
NFL career		67	242	7

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

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