Furman University

Honors & Awards
2023 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2023 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2022 — Saw action in all 13 games, working as a backup to All-SoCon free safety Hugh Ryan and also as a contributor on special teams...credited with 13 tackles and a pass breakup...recorded a blocked punt in a 31-6 triumph over Elon in FCS first round playoff action...blocked punt contributed to the FCS leading 10 blocked kicks recorded by the Paladins...had a season high three tackles versus Samford and credited with two stop against FBS sixth-ranked Clemson...named to the SoCon All-Academic Team and SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2022-23 school year.

2021 — Appeared in all 11 games...also contributed on special teams...tallied 11 tackles, including a season high six stops against N.C. State...opened the season with three tackles in the Paladins’ 39-18 win over 24th-ranked North Carolina A&T...named to the SoCon All-Academic Team and SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2021-22 school year.

2020 — Registered playing time in six of seven games (spring of ‘21), including start at free safety in the Paladins’ season opening, 35-7 win over Western Carolina...credited with six tackles, including three in 44-37 overtime triumph over Samford...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 school year.

High School: December 2019 graduate of Milton (7A) High School who enrolled at Furman in January of 2020 and took part in spring practice prior to outbreak of pandemic...entertained 14 Division I offers, including a pair from Air Force and Coastal Carolina...football coach was Adam Clack...saw action at six positions, including linebacker, cornerback, and safety on defense...named first team Atlanta Journal Constitution All-State and Region 5-AAAAAAA Athlete of the Year in 2019 after helping Milton to an 8-4 record and region championship...credited with 70 tackles, two sacks, two interceptions, and a pair of fumble recoveries in 2019...strong senior season followed 13-2, state championship 2018 season that included all-region and academic all-state honors...career statistics: 233 tackles, including 22 for-loss, seven interceptions, and five fumble recoveries, and three sacks...also starred in baseball.

Personal: Full name is Jackson Ware Rhodes...born May 11, 2001, in Alpharetta, Georgia...son of Marylynn and Hugh Rhodes...has two sisters, Anna and Allison...accounting major.