NIL Opportunities
2021: Started all 10 games…was credited with 21 total tackles, including 14 solo stops…had a season-best six tackles against UIW…had four solo tackles vs. the Cardinals…had two solos against Michigan State, North Dakota State and Southern Illinois…recovered fumbles against UIW and Michigan State.
2021 Spring (Junior): Honorable-Mention All-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection...started all seven games at defensive end...credited with 20 total tackles, including 15 solo stops...had four TFLs, two sacks and four quarterback hurries...had six total tackles, including four solo stops at North Dakota State...had three solo tackles against Missouri State...had three tackles and recorded a sack in victory over South Dakota...had three tackles vs. Southern Illinois (2-1)...had three stops at South Dakota State (2-1)...had a sack for a three-yard loss at Western Illinois...had two QB hurries and a solo tackle vs. UNI.
2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 12 games and made one start at defensive end...started against Robert Morris...finished the season with 14 total tackles and a sack...had nine solo stops...recorded a season-high four solo tackles and a QB hurry against the Colonials...recorded a sack for a seven-yard loss against Western Illinois...recorded four total tackles against the Leathernecks...had two tackles at Indiana State...had solo stops against Duquesne and South Dakota State...earned his second letter.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in six games as a reserve defensive end...was credited with two tackles for the season...had a solo stop against Valparaiso and an assisted tackle vs. Indiana State...earned his first letter.
2017 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: A two-star recruit by 247sports.com…ranked as the No. 30 recruit in Minnesota by 247sports.com…First-team all-state selection by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association and The Associated Press as a defensive lineman…also a first-team USA Today 2016 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Minnesota Football Team selection…played in the 2016 Minnesota High School All-Star Game…KARE 11 All-Metro Defensive selection…Minneapolis Star Tribune All-Metro First-team Defense pick…as a senior had 62 total tackles, including eight TFLs and two sacks…as a junior had 33 tackles, 10 TFLs and four sacks…coach was Brooks Bollinger as a senior.
Personal: Parents are Winnie Sullivan and James Jackson Jr....has three sisters and two brothers...major is exercise science.
