Derrick Jackson III

DB · #3 · Kent State · SO · 6'0" · 210 · Detroit, MI

SS depth chart, 2nd

20 2026 tackles

1 · 3 2026 sacks · TFL

0 2026 INT + PD

19 Career games (13 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT	PD	FF
2026	Kent State	7	6	20	1	3	0	0	0
2025	Kent State	12	7	48	0	0	1	1	0

Tackles per game 2.9 73

Havoc plays 5 97

INT + pass breakups 0 0

Forced fumbles 0 0

Explosive rate allowed 13.5% 13

Line yards per carry allowed 2.7 34

Sack rate 6.0% 45

Week	Opponent	Tkl	Sacks	TFL
W2	Wofford Terriers	2	1	1
W4	BALL	4
W5	OHIO	2		1
W6	@ WMU	2		1

Weeks with a recorded defensive stat.

2025 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2025 board

#2624 Eli Kaufman IOL · Wadsworth MRSH

#2625 Brayden Boeing TE · Cincinnati Elder M-OH

#2626 Derrick Jackson S · Cass Technical KENT

#2628

Marcus McGregor IOL · West Des Moines Valley CIN

#2628 Jameil Hamm EDGE · Cleveland Heights M-OH

Ss in the class

#199 Jacob Holmes St. John Bosco

#207

Chase Shumate Mountain Pointe SDSU

#208 Derrick Jackson Cass Technical KENT

#210 CJ Floyd Pine Forest ODU

#210

Jonathan Rousseau Cardinal Gibbons BUFF

2026 · 97th pctile of DBs

Recruit · 22th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.