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2023 Football Roster

14 John Jackson III

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 215
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Redondo Beach, Calif.
  • High School Serra HS
  • Previous School USC

Biography

NEVADA CAREER
FIFTH YEAR (2023):
 Appeared in all 12 games, making nine starts ... Led the team with 35 receptions, with those going for 267 yards ... Made three catches for 52 yards in his return to No. 6/6 USC (Sept. 2) ... Had two receptions for 20 yards against Idaho (Sept. 9) ... Caught four passes for 31 yards against UNLV (Oct. 14) ... Made four receptions for 32 yards against New Mexico (Oct. 28) ... Posted a career-high six receptions for 41 yards at Colorado State (Nov. 18) ... Caught three balls for 28 yards against Wyoming (Nov. 25).

USC CAREER
SENIOR (2022): Jackson saw action in 13 games as a senior in 2022. He contributed to the USC receiving corps and special teams. He had 1 catch for 3 yards in the Cotton Bowl against Tulane.

JUNIOR (2021):  Jackson, who has strong USC bloodlines, was a contributor at wide receiver as a junior in 2021.  Overall in 2021 while appearing in 10 games (all but Arizona State and BYU), he had 3 catches for 16 yards (5.3 avg).  He had 2 receptions for 12 yards at Washington State and a 4-yard catch at California.  He missed the Arizona State game with a hamstring strain.

SOPHOMORE (2020):  Jackson was a backup wide receiver and played on special teams as a sophomore in 2020.  Overall in 2020 while appearing in all 6 games, he had a 23-yard catch (at Arizona).

FRESHMAN (2019):  Jackson, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2019 after sitting out the 2018 football season while a part-time student at a junior college, saw action as a backup wide receiver as a first-year freshman in 2019.  He appeared in 11 games (all but Fresno State and Washington), but did not catch a pass.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
He made 2017 South Bay Daily Breeze All-Area second team as a senior wide receiver at Serra High in Gardena (Calif.) ... In 2017, he caught 63 passes for 573 yards (9.1 avg) with 2 TDs and completed a 10-yard pass ... As a junior in 2016, he had 32 receptions for 411 yards (12.8 avg) with 6 TDs and also ran 10 yards on 6 carries (1.7 avg) and completed a 3-yard pass ... Also played baseball (infield, pitcher) at Serra, hitting .449 with 2 home runs, 16 RBI and 7 stolen bases and posting a 4-3 record with a 2.91 ERA and 29 strikeouts as a 2018 senior (he made 2018 All-CIF Division 3 and South Bay Daily Breeze All-Area), hitting .574 with 20 RBI and 8 stolen bases and posting a 1.75 ERA with 17 strikeouts as a 2017 junior (he made 2017 MaxPreps All-State Medium School second team, All-CIF Division 4 and South Bay Daily Breeze All-Area) and hitting .368 as a 2016 sophomore ... He spent his 2014 freshman and 2015 sophomore footballs seasons at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana (Calif.).

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