2025 Football Roster
Evan Jackson
- Position:
- S
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 183
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, TX
- High School:
- North Shore HS
2024: Played in all 13 games, making nine starts ... totaled 55 tackles with 38 solo stops ... produced three interceptions on the year ... logged eight tackles against SFA and Army ... had seven tackles and 0.5 TFL against Texas Tech ... named to the PFF G5 Defensive Team of the Week (9/30) after posting six tackles and grabbing a pair of interceptions in the win over Tulsa ... had four tackles, 0.5 TFL and an interception in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl against Texas State.
2023: Appeared in all 12 games at safety for UNT, making two starts … posted 27 tackles, 20 of which were solo on the year … also had an INT and three PBUs … had four tackles (three solo) in his career debut against Cal … posted a tackle and his first career INT against Abilene Christian … had a season-high 11 tackles, the most for a true freshman at UNT since 2008, with nine solo stops against UTSA … posted two tackles and a PBU on the road against SMU.
Prior to UNT: Prepped at North Shore High School in Houston, Texas for coach Jon Kay … helped team to 15-1 record as a senior … second team All-State ... finished season with 62 tackles, 4.0 TFL and seven pass breakups … also a skilled returner that recorded three punt return touchdowns … named first team All-District 21-6A as both a safety and return specialist … Honorable Mention All-Vype Public School pick.
