2017 Football Roster
Justin Jackson
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Carol Stream, Ill.
- High School:
- Glenbard North
Drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers with the 251st pick in the seventh round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
2017: True senior ... Consens Second-Team All-Big Ten selection ... Program's all-time leader rushing attempts (1,142), rushing yards (5,440), rushing touchdowns (41), all-purpose yards (6,298) and total touchdowns (42) ... Rushed for 1,154 yards during the regular season, becoming just the second player in Big Ten history (Ron Dayne, Wisconsin) and ninth player in FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards in four-straight seasons ... Nation's second-active leading rusher behind only Oregon's Royce Freeman ... Ranks third in Big Ten history in career rushing yards, third in career rushing attempts and seventh in career all-purpose yards ... Ranks 10th in NCAA history in career rushing yards ... Ranked third in the Big Ten in rushing yards and fourth with 11 rushing touchdowns on the season ... Rushed for over 100 yards seven times ... Became the program's all-time leader in rushing yards with a season-best 171-yard performance in a win at Maryland ... Scored a season-high three touchdowns and rushed for 121 yards in a win over Bowling Green ... Finished the season strong, rushing for over 100 yards in three of the final four games, compiling 510 yards during the stretch ... Threw a 12-yard touchdown pass in the Wildcats' 39-31 triple-overtime win over No. 16 Michigan St. ... Finished the regular season with career highs in receptions (43) and receiving yards (266) ... Was named a finalist for the 2017 William V. Campbell Trophy ... Doak Walker Award Watch List ... Maxwell Award Watch List ... Wuerffel Trophy Watch List ... Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee ... Academic All-Big Ten ... In the Music City Bowl, Jackson surpassed 100 yards rushing for the 27th time in his career, with 32 carries for 157 yards and two touchdowns to earn Most Valuable Player honors for the second-straight year … Jackson recorded two rushing touchdowns in the first half, marking his 11th career multi-touchdown game.
2016: True junior … First-Team All-Big Ten as voted by the conference media … Named Second-Team All-Big Ten by the coaches … CoSIDA Academic All-American® Second-Team honoree … Preseason Doak Walker Award Watch List … Finished the 2016 season ranked second in the program history with 4,129 career rushing yards … Led the Big Ten with a career-high 1,524 rushing yards, becoming the first player in Northwestern history to rush for 1,000-plus yards in three seasons … Also led the Big Ten with 117.2 rushing yards per game … Ranked 13th in the country in total rushing yards and 16th in rushing yards per game … Finished the season with a career-high 15 rushing touchdowns to rank 21st in the country … Posted six 100-yard rushing performances … Rushed for a career-high 224 yards and three touchdowns to earn MVP honors in the Wildcats’ victory over No. 23 Pittsburgh in the 2016 Pinstripe Bowl … Had a career-long 68-yard rush in the Pinstripe Bowl … Rushed for 124 yards and a career-high three touchdowns in the season opener versus Western Michigan … Rushed 26 times for 171 yards and a 58-yard touchdown in the Wildcats’ 38-31 win at Iowa … Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week following the win over the Hawkeyes … Carried the Wildcats’ to a 54-40 victory at Michigan State behind a season-high 34 carries, 188 yards and two touchdowns … Rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries in the ’Cats’ 45-17 win at Purdue … Had 21 carries for 173 yards and matched his career high with three touchdowns in the 42-21 win over Illinois to conclude the regular season … Averaged a season-best 8.2 yards per carry versus the Fighting Illini … Finished the season with career highs of 35 receptions and 219 receiving yards … Caught at least two passes out of the backfield in eight games … Recorded a career-high eight catches for 51 yards at Minnesota … Rushed for 20-plus yards 16 times, six of which resulted in touchdowns.
2015: True sophomore ... Consensus All-Big Ten Second Team selection ... Fifth player in program history to record back-to-back 1,000 yard rushing seasons, totaling 1,418 yards ... Ranks sixth in NU history in rushing yards ... Ranked 18th in the country in rushing yards and 21st in rushing yards per game ... Has rushed over 100 yards seven times ... Also picked up 162 yards on 21 catches ... Scored five touchdowns on the ground, including three in the last three games of the season ... Ran for a season-best 186 yards versus Penn State ... Picked up 134 yards on the ground and a pair of receptions en route to a season-opening victory over Stanford ... Had a season-long 62 yard gain in Ball State game ... Also picked up 184 yards on 33 carries against the Cardinals ... Picked up 172 yards on the ground through 37 carries versus Illinois ... Posted 139 yards and a touchdown through the ground at Wisconsin ... Ran for 116 yards on 24 carries in game versus Purdue ... Added a touchdown in the win over the Boilermakers ... Collected 120 yards through 35 carries at Duke ... Also posted a 120-yard game in the shutout of Minnesota ... Earned a spot on the watch list for the Maxwell Award before the season, given annually to the nation's top college player ... Also a candidate for the Doak Walker Award, presented annually to the nation's top collegiate running back ... One of 11 players named to the Big Ten's preseason Players to Watch list ... Named to the second-team offense on Athlon's 2015 All-Big Ten Team ... Earned a spot on the second team of Phil Steele's 2015 Preseason All-Big Ten Team.
2014: True freshman ... One of four true freshmen to see the field ... Earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten accolades from the league coaches ... Rushed for 1,187 yards and 10 touchdowns, recording the 16th 1,000-yard rushing season in program history and just the second by a freshman (Tyrell Sutton had 1,474 in 2005) ... His 98.9 yards per game were the fourth-most by a Power-5 conference freshman during the 2014 regular season and were sixth-most overall in the Big Ten ... NU's leading rusher in all 12 games, with six 100-yard rushing performances (all against Big Ten opponents and Notre Dame) ... Totaled 1,388 all-purpose yards ... Second on the team in points scored (66) ... Started five games ... Posted 130 yards and two TDs on 24 carries in season-finale vs. Illinois ... Also had two touchdowns at Purdue when he rushed for 147 yards, including a career-long carry of 68 yards against the Boilermakers that put him over the 1,000-yard mark for the season ... Busted a 44-yard run as part of 149-yard, one-touchdown performance at Notre Dame ... Made first career start at Iowa ... Ran for 96 yards and a touchdown against the Hawkeyes ... Put in career-high two touchdowns against Nebraska ... Ran for 100-plus yards for second straight week (106) at Minnesota ... Caught four passes for 50 yards and first career TD against the Gophers ... Had career highs with 162 yards on 33 carries against Wisconsin ... Recorded totals of 21 carries for 92 yards against Western Illinois, also scoring on a 21-yard TD rush ... Carried 12 times for 52 yards against NIU ... Caught two passes against the Huskies ... Made collegiate debut against Cal, rushing for team-high 40 yards and first career touchdown against Golden Bears ... Named NU's Offensive Player of the Game vs. Western Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and Purdue and offense's Big Playmaker vs. Cal.
High School: Ranked the No. 5 overall prospect out of Illinois by Scout.com and the No. 4 all-purpose running back in the nation by 247Sports.com ... Holds the Glenbard North record for career rushing yards and ranks fifth all-time in the IHSA record book for both career rushing yards (6,531) and rushing TDs (85) ... Competed in the USA vs. Canada International Bowl ... Two-time Gatorade Player of the Year and Dupage Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year ... Named Chicago Sun-Times, Carol Stream Press and Daily Herald Player of the Year ... Two-time Illinois All-State and All-Academic Team member ... Max-Preps All-American, two-time Chicago Tribune All-State and three-time Tom Lemming All-Area Underclassmen ... As a senior, recorded 42 carries, 405 yards, and five touchdowns in a 40-34 win over No. 15 Naperville Central ... Participated in the DuPage Training Academy for seven years ... Member of the Honor Roll and French Honors Society ... Also lettered in track and basketball and was the basketball team captain.
Personal: Born Justin Joseph Jackson ... Son of Phillip and Veronica Jackson ... Mother is the late Denise Jackson ... Major is economics.
