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Jersey Number 24
Ja'Kobi Jackson
- Position:
- Running Back
- Weight:
- 214
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Pensacola, Fla.
- High School:
- Pensacola Catholic
Pronunciationย SEASON Stats (PDF)ย Career Stats (PDF)ย Feature Clips
ACADEMIC HONORS
2025 SEASON: Rushed for 98 yards on 27 carries across four games... Recorded 24 yards on two receptions, with a career long 26 yard receptionย against USF (Sept. 6)... Had a career high 39 rushing yards on seven attempts and a career high rush of 27 yardsย against No. 4 Miami (Sept. 20)... Played a total of 102 snaps, 70 on offense and 32 on special teams.ย
2024 Season:ย Saw action at running back in all 13 games with one start totaling 95 carries for 509 yards and seven scores on the ground along with seven catches for 76 yards.ย
Prior to Florida
2022 at Coahoma CC:ย Started all nine gamesโฆ Led the team for the second straight season in rushing yards (661), touchdowns (7) and average per game (73.44)... Averaged 5.2 yards per carryโฆHad three multi-touchdown gamesโฆ Ran for 105 yards at East Mississippi CC (Oct. 6).
2021 at Coahoma CC:ย Saw action in eight gamesโฆ Led program in rushing yards (498), rushing touchdowns (4) and average per game (62.25).
2020 at Coahoma CC:ย Played in three gamesโฆ Rushed for 130 yards and three touchdowns in his debut vs. Itawamba CC (Oct. 1)... Totaled 231 yards rushing, three touchdowns on the season.ย
High School
Two-way player at Pensacola Catholic Highโฆ Starting at running back and linebacker.
ACADEMIC HONORS
- Earned his bachelor's degree in Education Sciences (Fall 2024)
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2025)
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
- SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
2025 SEASON: Rushed for 98 yards on 27 carries across four games... Recorded 24 yards on two receptions, with a career long 26 yard receptionย against USF (Sept. 6)... Had a career high 39 rushing yards on seven attempts and a career high rush of 27 yardsย against No. 4 Miami (Sept. 20)... Played a total of 102 snaps, 70 on offense and 32 on special teams.ย
- vs. LIU: Appeared in the season opener as a running back, rushing for 24 yardsย on seven attempts (3.4 per carry). Played for a total of 31 snaps (20 on offense and 11 for special teams).
- vs. USF: Gained 22 yards off of six rush attempts and 24 yards off of two receptions across a total of 26 snaps (20 on offense and six on special teams). Recorded a 3.7 yards per attempt according to PFF.ย
- at No. 3 LSU: Rushed for 13 yards on seven attempts across 26 total snaps (17 on offense and nineย on special teams).ย
- at No. 4 Miami: Played a total of 19 snaps (13ย offensive snaps and six special teams)ย and rushed a season high 39 yards on seven attempts, with the longest rush for 27 yards. Recorded one reception for four yards.ย
2024 Season:ย Saw action at running back in all 13 games with one start totaling 95 carries for 509 yards and seven scores on the ground along with seven catches for 76 yards.ย
- vs. No. 19 Miami: Made Gator debut in season opener recording nineย yards on two carries.
- vs. Samford: Recorded two carries for 18 yards.
- vs. Texas A&M: Gained 23 yards on four attempts and scored his first careerย touchdown.
- atย Mississippi State: Had three carries for 18 yards and a score to go along with two catches for 27 yards.ย
- vs. UCF: Rushed for 25 yards and one touchdown on three carries.ย
- at No. 8 Tennessee: Rushed for 16 yards on five carries... Recorded 1 tackle.ย
- vs. Kentucky: Recorded 44 rushing yards on nine attempts... Notched his second solo tackle in as many weeks.ย
- vs. No. 2 Georgia: Tabbed his first career start andย a career high 74 rushing yards and a touchdown on 12 attempts.ย
- at No. 5 Texas: Reset career-highs in carries and rushing yards for the second consecutive week finishing with 19 carries for 116ย yards and a touchdown. Added 13 yards receiving off of one catch.ย
- vs. No. 21 LSU: Rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown on six carries along with eight receiving yards on one catch.ย
- vs. No. 9 Ole Miss: Notched eight carries for 21 yards in the win.ย
- at Florida State: Tallied 10 carries for 51 yards and a a touchdown in the win.ย ย
- Gasparilla Bowl vs. Tulane:ย Tabbed 12 carries for 57 yards while also catching two passes for a career high 29 yards in bowl win.ย
Prior to Florida
2022 at Coahoma CC:ย Started all nine gamesโฆ Led the team for the second straight season in rushing yards (661), touchdowns (7) and average per game (73.44)... Averaged 5.2 yards per carryโฆHad three multi-touchdown gamesโฆ Ran for 105 yards at East Mississippi CC (Oct. 6).
2021 at Coahoma CC:ย Saw action in eight gamesโฆ Led program in rushing yards (498), rushing touchdowns (4) and average per game (62.25).
2020 at Coahoma CC:ย Played in three gamesโฆ Rushed for 130 yards and three touchdowns in his debut vs. Itawamba CC (Oct. 1)... Totaled 231 yards rushing, three touchdowns on the season.ย
High School
Two-way player at Pensacola Catholic Highโฆ Starting at running back and linebacker.
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