Leroy Jackson
North Carolina Tar Heels
87
Great

Leroy Jackson

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Projected Starter

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Leroy Jackson is the projected starter at DE for North Carolina Tar Heels.

Redshirt sophomore · #91 · 6'1", 290 lbs

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Depth at DE · North Carolina Tar Heels

  1. 19187Leroy JacksonStarter
  2. 28976Emmanuel Nwaiwu
  3. 31468Tarvorise Brown

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Lee County, ranked #1,175 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 34 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,175 Natl2-Yr Total35 tackles · 0 sacksTeam Share3%
Leesburg, GA
Jersey
#91
Class
RS SO
Height
6'1"
Weight
290 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20253400
2024100

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8617
National Rank
#1175
High School
Lee County
Hometown
Leesburg, GA

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 67th-percentile production (×0.91 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 67% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WPITTTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-17

Oct 3LNDTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 37-26

Sep 19LCLEMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-20

Sep 12WETSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-3

Aug 29WTCUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 15-10

Leroy Jackson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

34 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement60%
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