2017 Football Roster
Daiquain Jackson
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Mesquite, Texas
- High School:
- Poteet
TULSA – A five-year letterwinner … played in 54 career games … had 45 career tackles, two forced fumbles and one PBU.
2022 – Played in 11 games … missed the Temple game … tallied 17 tackles, one forced fumble and one PBU in 2022 … had his first career PBU vs. #19 Tulane … tallied three stops vs. SMU and USF … had a career-best four tackles vs. JAX State … added two tackles vs. #13 Ole Miss … saw most of his career playing time on special teams.
2021 – Played in 12 games … missed the Oklahoma State game … had nine tackles … had high games of two stops against South Florida and Old Dominion.
2020 – Played in all nine games … was credited with seven tackles and caused one fumble … tallied three stops at USF … had two tackles and forced one fumble at #11 UCF.
2019 – Played in all 12 games … saw most of his playing time on special teams … compiled nine tackles … had a career-high three tackles in the season finale at East Carolina.
2018 – Played in 10 games … missed the first two contests … played mostly on special teams … was credited with three tackles.
2017 – Was one of several true freshmen to sit out the 2017 season due to redshirt status.
HIGH SCHOOL – Led Poteet High School to the state semifinals as a senior . . . racked up 1,451 all-purpose yards as a senior . . . rushed for 1,253 yards and 18 scores on 192 carries his senior season . . . was credited with seven tackles, one interception and one forced fumble as a senior . . . was named to the Dallas Morning News’ SportsDay Area Top-100 . . . earned a 3-star ranking by Scout.com and Rivals.com . . . high school coach was Kody Groves.
PERSONAL – Enjoys drawing, reading and dancing … favorite NFL team is the Seattle Seahawks … his favorite TV show is “Criminal Minds” … his go-to-snack is hot fries … began playing football at age 4 … his favorite athlete is Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt … favorite ice cream is cookies & cream … favorite food is pizza … his favorite book is The Bible … has three younger siblings … mother is Yvette … majoring in media studies … born February 15, 1999.
