Nakian Jackson
James Madison Dukes
88
Great

Nakian Jackson

James Madison DukesAverage
MLBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Nevada
Projected Starter

Is Nakian Jackson starting?

Nakian Jackson is the projected starter at MLB for James Madison Dukes.

Redshirt senior · #2 · 6'0", 240 lbs

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Depth at MLB · James Madison Dukes

  1. 1288Nakian JacksonStarter
  2. 21575JT Hooten
  3. 34261JT Kouame-Yao

James Madison Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Tackling Machine

A 3-star recruit out of Edison, ranked #2,364 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 51 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,364 NatlTeam Share4%
Stockton, CA
Jersey
#2
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
240 lbs
Transfer
Nevada

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—5100

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
0.8000
National Rank
#2364
High School
Edison
Hometown
Stockton, CA

Why this rating?

On a 81-rated defense; 71th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.84 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
81
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 71% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 30% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.84)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 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 11WGASOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Oct 3WMRSHTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-17

Sep 26WODUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
2
SACK
1.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 46-20

Sep 20WSDSUTKL 14
TKL
14
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 26-13

Sep 12WWAGTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 87-3

Sep 5WLIBTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-13

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

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Team Role

Tackling Machine
51 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement80%
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