Jayshon Jackson

Photo by: Ball State Athletics

Position:
Wide Receiver
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
Prev School:
Cincinnati
High School:
Simeon HS

Career: Enters the 2022 season having caught a pass in each of his last 25 games, which is tied for the 11th-longest streak in the country.

2021: Played in all 13 games in first season in Muncie ... led team with 69 catches and 829 receiving yards to go along with five touchdowns ... ranked third on the team with 869 all-purpose yards ... was seventh in the MAC with 5.3 receptions per game and ninth with 63.8 receiving yards per game ... burst onto the scene with 10 catches for 92 yards at Wyoming (Sept. 18) ... caught first touchdown as a Cardinal vs. Army (Oct. 2) ... racked up five catches for 57 yards and also threw a 26-yard pass at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 16) ... totaled eight catches and 121 yards with a touchdown vs. Miami (Ohio) (Oct. 23) ... ended the year performances of nine catches, 103 yards and a touchdown vs. Buffalo (Nov. 23) and 12 receptions for 146 yards and a touchdown vs. Georgia State (Dec. 25).

PRIOR TO BALL STATE: Played three seasons at Cincinnati … recorded 67 career receptions for 786 yards and three touchdowns … second-leading receiver with 337 yards on 27 catches for a Bearcats team ranked among the top 10 nationally in 2020 … an American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Simeon … played for coach Dante Culbreath ... a composite three-star recruit who was ranked as the No. 19 player in Illinois by Rivals.com ... earned a spot on the 2017 Chicago Sun-Times All-Public League Football Team ... played quarterback, wide receiver, running back, cornerback and safety at different times ... also ran track... tabbed as one of the top 10 wideouts and top 50 players in Chicago prior to the 2017 season by the Sun-Times ... named to the 2016 Sun-Times All-Public League Football Team ... also a consensus all-city, all-conference and all-state player in 2016.

PERSONAL: Son of John and Sardashia Jackson … has three sisters and two brothers.