2025 Football Roster

5 Darius Jackson

  • Position Safety
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 195
  • Class R-Jr.
  • Experience RS
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • Highschool Red Oak
  • Prev School Missouri
  • Major Exercise & Sports Science

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 2024 CSC Academic All-District
2024 (Redshirt sophomore)
CSC Academic All-District... Played in all 13 games, making 6 starts... Registered 28 tackles (15 solo)... Had 1 interceptions for 4 yards... Added a fumble recovery.

2023 (Redshirt sophomore)
Medical redshirt … Missed the entire season after suffering an injury during spring practice ... Enrolled at Texas State in January 2023.
 
PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
Missouri (2021-22)
Played in 15 games for Missouri as a freshman and sophomore, including 3 starts … Was a 2021-22 SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient … 2022 (Sophomore): Played in the first 4 games of the season … 76 snaps, including 24 on defense and 52 on special teams … 2 tackles and a pass breakup in the season opener against LA Tech on Sept. 1 … Logged time on kick return, kick coverage, punt return and field goal/extra-point block … 2021 (Freshman): Played in 11 games, including starts in the final 3 games of the season … 13 tackles (10 solo) and 1.0 TFL … 5 pass breakups, which were third-most on the team … 413 snaps … 264 defense snaps, nearly all of which were at cornerback … Also had 149 snaps on special teams … Career-high 5 tackles, 1.0 TFL and 2 pass breakups vs. Florida on Nov. 20 … Played in the 2021 Armed Forces Bowl against Army, totaling 3 tackles, 1 pass breakup and 76 snaps.
 
High School
A consensus three-star recruit coming out of high school … Two-year letterwinner at Red Oak … Two-time first team all-district … Academic All-State Second Team as a senior in 2020 … Began playing corner as a junior in 2019 and earned first team all-district honors … Also helped Red Oak to a 6-5A Division II championship in 2019 … First-team all-district as a senior in 2020 … Also ran track in the 110 meter hurdles, 300 hurdles, 400 and 4x400 relay … Before selecting Missouri, he fielded offers from Texas State, Kansas State, Kansas, Oregon State, UConn, Navy, Air Force, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell and Arkansas State.
 
Personal
Son of Brittany Dotsy and Stephen Jackson … his uncle, Brian Jackson, played football at Oklahoma and in the NFL for the New York Giants and St. Louis Rams.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Safety
    6'2" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Safety
    6'2" 195 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Safety
    6'2" 195 lbs
    5