2017 Football Roster
Roster
Austin Jackson
- Position:
- Offensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, AZ
- High School:
- North Canyon
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CAREER: He has appeared in 39 games in his career, starting 25 times.
2019: Jackson started all 13 games for his second season at left offensive tackle as a junior in 2019. He blocked a field goal against Stanford. He was named the Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance against Stanford. He made the 2019 Phil Steele All-American honorable mention, All-Pac-12 first team and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 first team. He won USC’s Chris Carlisle Courage Award.
2018: Jackson started all 12 games at left offensive tackle as a sophomore in 2018 and did a solid job. He shared USC’s John McKay Award.
2017: Jackson appeared in all 14 games, including getting significant action against Washington State, Oregon State and Utah, as a backup offensive tackle and he also played on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2017. He had 3 tackles and a blocked field goal (at Colorado).
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2016 Prep Star All-American Dream Team, USA Today All-USA second team, Max Preps All-American second team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team and USA Today All-Arizona first teamas a senior offensive tackle and defensive end at North Canyon High in Phoenix (Ariz.). In 2016, he made 80 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, 1 deflection, 1 fumble recovery, 1 blocked punt and 1 blocked field goal on defense.
As a junior in 2015, he made Max Preps Junior All-American first team and USA Today All-Arizona first teamwhile getting 72 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 2 blocked field goals and 1 deflection.
As a 2014 sophomore, he had 56 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 5 sacks and 1 blocked field goal. He made 11 tackles as a 2013 freshman.
He also was on North Canyon’s track (with bests of 190-10 in the discus and 52-4.75 in the shot put, placing fourth in the discus and sixth in the shot put in the 2016 state Division I championships and then going third in the shot and 11th in the discus at the 2017 state Division II meet; he also won the 2017 and 2016 district meets in both events) and basketball (averaging 8.6 points and 5.1 rebounds as a 2017 senior) teams.
PERSONAL: He is a political science major at USC. His grandfather, Melvin Jackson, was a 1974 and 1975 letterman offensive tackle at USC (he played on the Trojans’ 1974 national championship team and in 1975 he won the team’s Lineman of the Year Award and Football Alumni Club Award for the team’s top cumulative grade point average), then he played 5 years (1976-80) in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers after being their 12thround pick in the 1976 Draft.
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |
| 2017 (Fr.) | 3 | 0/0 | 1# | 0 |
| 2019 (Jr.) | 0 | 0/0 | 1# | 0 |
| CAREER | 3 | 0/0 | 2## | 0 |
##Includes 2 blocked field goals
