2016 Season Review: DE Joseph Jackson

Miami has needed players with an innate ability to rush the passer. After several failed projects and a system that didn’t help, Mark Richt and staff found their man in Freshman DE Joseph Jackson.

As a Recruit

Jackson was a consensus 4-star recruit out of local Miami (FL) Gulliver Prep HS. Teammates with 2016 signees S Cedric Wright and WR Dionte Mullins (and 2017 early enrollee RB Robert Burns) at Gulliver, Jackson starred on both sides of the ball.

Jackson played WR, TE, RB, DE, DT, and LB for Gulliver in his career, each with great success. Jackson committed to Miami early in January 2015, and never wavered on his commitment. I said throughout his senior year that Jackson was a 5-star…