Receiver, Purdue (from USC, Georgia), 2021–⁠25

Michael Jackson III

Number
No. 2
Height
6′0″
Weight
205 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV

Michael Jackson III played receiver at USC (2021–⁠23), Georgia (2024) and Purdue (2025).

Career highs

14catches, career highvs. Illinois, 2025115receiving yards, career highvs. California, 20222receiving touchdowns, career highvs. California, 2022

Team titles: SEC champions, 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021USC121169.7021
2022USC1723613.9459
2023USC171468.6116
2024Georgia11010.0010
2025Purdue635709.0131
Career1101,0789.8659

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2021USC–––250
2022USC–––11700
2023USC–––5250
2025Purdue2252008260
Career225200261260

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021USC2WRYr 1
2022USC2WRYr 2
2023USC2WRYr 3
2024Georgia2WRYr 4
2025Purdue2WRSr. (Yr 5)6′0″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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021USC80.43––3.4–
2022USC191.73––32.8–
2023USC170.66––11.2–
2024Georgia10.52––0.5–
2025Purdue820.3532nd (n=1040)0.4628.410%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Purdue 12 games, 63 catches, 570 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30vs.Ball StateW 31–⁠06721––2
Sep 6vs.Southern IllinoisW 34–⁠171702401
Sep 13vs.USCL 17–⁠337700247–
Sep 20atNotre DameL 30–⁠564620–––
Oct 4vs.IllinoisL 27–⁠43149401141
Oct 11atMinnesotaL 20–⁠274490––1
Oct 18atNorthwesternL 0–⁠1953602381
Oct 25vs.RutgersL 24–⁠27380156–
Nov 1atMichiganL 16–⁠2165803801
Nov 8vs.Ohio StateL 10–⁠343150–––
Nov 15atWashingtonL 13–⁠494330376–
Nov 28vs.IndianaL 3–⁠56666081691
2024 Georgia 1 game, 1 catch, 10 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 7vs.Tennessee TechW 48–⁠31100–––
2023 USC 7 games, 17 catches, 146 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.NevadaW 66–⁠141151–––
Sep 9vs.StanfordW 56–⁠10140––2
Sep 23atArizona StateW 42–⁠282300–––
Sep 30atColoradoW 48–⁠413300––2
Oct 7vs.ArizonaW 43–⁠41180––1
Oct 14atNotre DameL 20–⁠486510–––
Oct 21vs.UtahL 32–⁠34380–––
2022 USC 8 games, 17 catches, 236 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Oct 8vs.Washington StateW 30–⁠14–––––1
Oct 15atUtahL 42–⁠431201–––
Oct 29atArizonaW 45–⁠373190––1
Nov 5vs.CaliforniaW 41–⁠3551152––3
Nov 11vs.ColoradoW 55–⁠17–––––4
Nov 19atUCLAW 48–⁠453420––1
Nov 26vs.Notre DameW 38–⁠27190–––
Jan 2 ✦vs.TulaneL 45–⁠464311––1
2021 USC 4 games, 12 catches, 116 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Nov 6atArizona StateL 16–⁠311110–––
Nov 20vs.UCLAL 33–⁠624170–––
Nov 27vs.BYUL 31–⁠351150–––
Dec 4atCaliforniaL 14–⁠246730––2

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

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