Tayven Jackson

Position:
QB
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 212
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Greenwood, IN
High School:
Center Grove HS
Prev School:
UCF / Indiana / Tennessee

Prior to UNT: Spent the 2025 season at UCF, was at Indiana in 2024 and 2023 and started his career at Tennessee in 2022 … has appeared in 27 games with 16 starts in his first four collegiate seasons … has completed 304 of 484 passes (62.8%) for 16 touchdowns with 14 interceptions in his career … has also rushed for eight touchdowns in his career … saw action in 11 games with 10 starts in 2025 with the Knights … passed for 2,151 yards on 200 of 315 attempts … finished the year with 10 passing touchdowns … also rushed for 85 yards and three TDs on the year … came off the bench and led UCF to a comeback win by throwing for 282 yards and two touchdowns against Jacksonville State … rushed for a pair of touchdowns against North Carolina A&T … went 23 for 34 for 277 yards and two TDs in a win over West Virginia … came from behind and threw a pair of second half touchdown passes and 271 total yards to lead UCF to a win over Oklahoma State … appeared in 13 total games making six combined starts at Indiana in 2023 and 2024 … saw action in seven games in 2024 with one start … earned the start against Washington in 2024 … went 11 for 19 for 124 yards and rushed for another in the win over the Huskies … had a strong relief appearance against Nebraska going 7 for 8 for 91 yards and two TDs … saw action in six games with five starts in 2023 … made his first career start against Indiana State and completed 18 of 21 passes for 236 yards and also rushed for a score … finished 24 of 34 for 299 yards and threw his first career touchdown pass against Louisville … appeared in three games at Tennessee in 2022 … made his career debut against Ball State … scored his first TD rushing while also going 2 for 2 for 28 yards against Akron … prepped at Center Grove High School in Johnson County, Indiana … led Center Grove to back-to-back undefeated Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 6A state championships … CGHS won 28-straight games between his junior and senior seasons … tabbed Indiana Football Coaches Association all-state as a senior… left the program as the school record holder for career passing yardage (4,813) … completed 329-of-547 passes with 47 touchdowns in his career … threw for 1,842 yards on 124-of-187 passing and 21 touchdowns as a senior … connected on 113-of-182 passes for 1,756 yards and 17 touchdowns as a junior … also rushed 46 times for 191 yards and six scores was a consensus four-star recruit per ESPN, 247Sports, Rivals, and On3 … rated the No. 100 prospect nationally by Rivals and a top-240 national recruit by ESPN, 247Sports (No. 237), and On3 (No. 202) … was a consensus top-20 quarterback nationally … ranked the No. 7 pro-style quarterback by Rivals, and No. 12 per 247Sports and On3 … tabbed as a top-10 prospect in Indiana by all four recruiting services … earned a No. 4 ranking from Rivals and was the No. 6 prospect in Indiana by 247Sports and On3 … named a Nike Elite 11 finalist … also lettered in basketball and track and field … has a brother Trayce Jackson-Davis who was a second round pick in the NBA Draft in 2023 and is currently a member of the Golden State Warriors … father, Ray Jackson, played cornerback at Washington State and was a member of the Cougars 1998 Pac-10 champion and Rose Bowl team, also played for three NFL teams in four years, two seasons in NFL Europe, and one season in the Arena Football League.

NCAA Stats Prior to UNT

Year	TEAM	GP	GS	PASS COMP	PASS ATT	CMP PCT	PASS YDS	PASS TDS	INT	PASS EFF	RUSH ATT	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD
2022	Tennessee	3	0	3	4	.750	37	0	0	152.70	4	10	1
2023	Indiana	6	5	78	128	.609	914	2	5	118.26	28	-21	1
2024	Indiana	7	1	23	37	.622	349	4	1	171.66	15	73	3
2025	UCF	11	10	200	315	.635	2,151	10	8	126.25	54	85	3
2022-25	TOTAL	27	16	304	484	.628	3,451	16	14	127.83	101	147	8