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2025 Football Roster
Jackson, DJ
Jersey Number 90
DJ Jackson
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 280
- Prev School:
- NC State
- Hometown:
- Sumter, S.C.
Bio
2025 (So.):
- Athlon Sports CUSA Preseason All-Conference Third-Team
- Transferred to Liberty from NC State
- Did not see any playing time during the 2022 or 2023 seasons while he recovered from an injury
- Saw playing time in eight games during the 2024 season
- Finished the 2024 season with nine tackles, including 1.0 tackles for a loss (four yards)
- Graduated from Sumter High School in Sumter, S.C.
- Three-star recruit as ranked by Rivals.com
- Three-star recruit as ranked by 247Sports.com
- Three-star recruit as ranked by On3.com
- Ranked as the No. 15 player in the state of South Carolina by Rivals.com
- Ranked as the No. 149 defensive lineman nationally and the No. 21 player in the state by 247Sports.com
- Did not play during his senior season as he was recovering from an injury
- Finished his junior season with 56 tackles, 26 tackles for a loss and 4.5 sacks
- Helped Sumter High School post an 8-1 record and advance to the SC 5A state semifinals
- Finished his sophomore season with 64 tackles, 20 tackles for a loss and seven sacks
- Helped Sumter High School post a 10-1 record and advance to the second round of the SC 5A state playoffs
- Also participated in wrestling
- A two-time state runner-up as a wrestler, competing at 220 pounds as a sophomore and heavyweight as a junior
- Son of Emileigh Thynes
- Sport Management major
- Birthday is January 6
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