Furman University

Honors & Awards
2024 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2023 Southern Conference Fall All-Academic Team
2023 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2023 — Completed a successful return from injury in 2023 to register substantial action time in all 13 games and play a key role in Furman’s 10-3 season headlined by a SoCon championship and FCS quarterfinal round playoff appearance...squad was ranked sixth in the AFCA FCS final poll...worked as the backup to All-SoCon defensive end Jack Barton...credited with 12 tackles, including 3.5 for-loss, three sacks for a loss of 14 yards, and seven quarterback hurries...part of a Paladin defense that topped the SoCon in virtually every statistical category, including, among others, scoring defense (18.2 ppg), rushing defense (96.9 ypg), total defense (316.0 ypg), and sacks (38), with the sacks tally ranking as second most in Furman history...tallied his first sack of the season against Samford (27-21 win) to effectively seal the victory...top performance (four tackles, two sacks) came in Furman’s 17-14, SoCon title clinching road win over Chattanooga...named to the SoCon Fall All-Academic Team....named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2023-24 school year.

2022 — Entered the season as the starter at defensive and made the lineup in Furman’s first four games before sustaining a season ending injury early in the Charleston Southern game (24-19 win)...was replaced in the lineup by Jack Barton...registered five tackles, a sack, and two quarterback pressures prior to injury...had a pair of stops and sack for loss of 10 yards in 27-14 win over FCS 18th-ranked East Tennessee State...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2022-23 school year.

2021 — Earned playing time in all 11 games as a backup defensive end...credited with 15 tackles, including one for-loss...had three tackles in season opening, 29-18 win over FCS 24th-ranked North Carolina A&T...logged a season high five stops against Chattanooga...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2021-22 school year.

2020 — Saw limited action in four games...credited with one tackle (vs. Chattanooga)...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 school year.

High School: 2020 graduate of Fleming Island (7A) High School...football coach was Damenyum Springs...collected 15 offers before committing to Furman...saw action at fullback, linebacker, defensive tackle, and defensive end during his prep career...had 80 tackles and 20 tackles for-loss, including 13 sacks in 2019, in helping Fleming Island to a 10-1 campaign, district championship, and two rounds into the state playoffs...earned first team all-district and All-Clay County honors as a defensive lineman...also excelled in weighlifting in the clean and jerk and bench press, qualifying for state in both events his junior year and winning conference championship his senior year before season was cut short due to coronavirus.

Personal: Full name is Jeremiah Deshawn Jackson...born January 31, 2002, in Hampton, Virginia...son of LaTanya and Marvin Jackson...has a brother, Ladarius...health sciences major.