2024 Football Roster

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2 Ja'Keem Jackson

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Class Sophomore
  • Height 6-0.5
  • Weight 189
  • Hometown Kissimmee, Fla.
  • High School Osceola
  • Instagram darealjahh
  • Twitter Roadrunnerjah
  • Season at UF 2nd

Biography

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2024 SEASON: Started each of Florida’s first two games in the secondary before suffering a season-ending injury, finishing with four tackles and one pass breakup
  • vs. No. 19 Miami: Made first-career start in the secondary, finishing with one solo tackle and one pass breakup
  • vs. Samford: Started and totaled three tackles (one solo)
2023: Saw action in 11 games… Finished with seven tackles (five solo), three pass breakups and a quarterback hurry… Made two tackles vs. No. 5 Florida State (Nov. 25)... Recorded a solo tackle at No. 18 LSU (Nov. 11)... Assisted on a tackle vs. Vanderbilt (Oct. 7)... Had a solo tackle and quarterback hurry against Charlotte (Sept. 23)... Led the Gators with two pass breakups in the same drive and added one tackle in the win against McNeese (Sept. 9)... Made his collegiate debut in the season opener at No. 14 Utah (Aug. 31) and tallied one solo tackle.

High School
Ranked a consensus four-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3 and Rivals… Named an ESPN Top-300 Player… Rated as the No. 3 ranked and 40th overall recruit by On3… Invited to the 2023 Under Armour All-America game… Had four interceptions and pass breakups in 2022… Played both CB and WR in his junior and senior years… Intercepted three passes in four games on defense in junior season and had 36 catches for 548 yards and 4 fourTDs… Led Osceola to a 10-4 record and Florida State Semifinal appearance his senior year… Chose Florida over Georgia, Florida State, Miami and Tennessee, among others.

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2023Freshman

    CB
    6'1" 185 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    189 lbs
    2

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