2013 Day 42 - Marrell Jackson

[BigWave96744]

Marrell Jackson
#10
Class: Sophomore
Position: Safety
HT/WT: 6’ 0’’ / 180 lbs

2013:

- Changing number from 25 to 10

2012:







Appeared in all 12 games making seven starts at free safety…shared the team lead in tackles with 56…also had one tackle-for-loss, five pass breakups, two quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and one blocked kick…made first career start against New Mexico (Oct. 13) which began a streak of seven consecutive starts to finish the season…posted team-high nine tackles in that game…career-high 12 tackles, including eight solo, at Air Force (Nov. 16)…also recovered a fumble against the Falcons…forced two fumbles, blocked one kick, and recorded nine tackles at Colorado State (Oct. 27)…tallied nine tackles and three pass breakups against Boise State (Nov. 10)…had two pass breakups and one QB hurry against South Alabama (Dec. 1)…named to all-MW academic team.

Prep:




2012 graduate of Miramar High School in Florida...a four-year letter winner in football...led the state and ranked in the top 10 nationally with 12 interceptions as a senior...returned three of those interceptions for touchdowns while also tallying 54 tackles at the safety position...recorded two interceptions each in wins against Blanche Ely and Boyd Anderson...was an honorable mention SI.com High School All-American...named to the all-Broward County first team and Class 8A all-state second team...led Miramar to the Class 8A state championship game...team was ranked as high as No. 3 nationally by USA Today...member of the Miramar squad that captured the Class 6A state championship game in 2009.


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Personal:
Marrell Jackson was born on December 30, 1993 in Miami, Fla...intends to major in sports management...has one older brother...parents are Mark Brooks and Valerie Jackson of Miami, Fla.

Fun Facts:
- Attended the same HS as Johnny Depp, West Virginia starting QB Geno Smith, former NFL Kicker Dean Biasucci,
- Chose Hawaii over UCLA

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Ladies and Gentlemen this is Marrell Jackson

[browndog]

This guys is a player.
Looking forward to watching him this year!

[TheDuke]

I'd like to see him at 190 this year and 200 next year. This is the kind of saftey we need as an enforcer over the middle.

[Grinch]

I like this guy.
Note: We've often had solid safeties . . . but I hope we have the corners covered, especially with Edwards leaving early.

[TheDuke]

We haven't had two solid safties and depth behind them recently and consistently. You need two have at least 4 that can play the run and the tight end.

Strong RBs up the gut, TEs have hurt us over the years and more recently jump balls deep over the middle.

[Grinch]

Yeah, I was talking historically . . . Hawaii has had some solid safeties (others can provide a pretty long list).
Strong RBs hurting us up the middle doesn't point only to weak safeties. If the RBs are getting to that level - there are other problems on D.