Biography

BIOGRAPHY

D’Marco Jackson was born July 20, 1998, in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He is a linebacker in the NFL.

He redshirted his first year at Appalachian State and appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman, recording 25 tackles and two tackles for loss. The following season, Jackson had 60 tackles and three sacks. In his junior season, he tallied 87 tackles, 2.5 sacks, two interceptions, and he was named to the second team All-Sun Belt. Both of Jackson's interceptions came in a 45–17 victory over Arkansas State. Jackson played in all 14 games his senior season. He would have a career-high 119 tackles and six sacks, as well as a forced fumble. Jackson was named to the first-team All-Sun Belt and the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year. Jackson would play in 53 games with the Mountaineers were they amassed a record of 43–10.

In the 2022 NFL Draft, D'Marco Jackson was taken 161st by the New Orleans Saints.