Nichols College Athletics

Jackson was a four-year letterwinner for the Nichols College football program under head coach Bill Carven. The Bison went 24-15 with Jackson on the field (.615 winning pct.) and won the NEFC Boyd Division Championship in 2001.
 
Jackson was named to the Worcester Area Football Association All-Star Second Team in 1999 and 2000 before earning a spot on the First Team as a senior in 2001. Nichols College’s Outstanding Male Athlete as a sophomore and senior, Jackson helped the Bison place 10th in the final ECAC New England Poll in 1999, when the Bison notched a 6-3 mark, and posted the top-ranked pass efficiency defense in the NEFC in 2000, when they won seven of their 10 games.
 
Jackson finished his career with 223 tackles – including a career-high 67 as a junior in 2000 – and also racked up five tackles for loss, 17 pass breakups, and 11 interceptions. He tallied a career-high four INT’s as a junior and eight breakups as a senior.