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Jersey Number 10
Tavyn Jackson
- Position:
- NICKEL
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tallahassee, Fla.
- High School:
- Rickards HS
- Prev School:
- South Carolina / Coffeyville C.C.
Graduated in May 2023 with a bachelor's degree in information technology.
Honors
2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
2023 (Graduate Student)
- Did not see game action
2022 (Super Senior)
- Played in all 13 games on the season, making five starts in the defensive secondary
- Also served as a kick returner for the Chants on the season, returning four kickoffs for 51 yards
- Returned one punt for 16 yards on the season
- Finished the year with 29 total tackles, including 14 solo stops
- Added two interceptions, four pass breakups, and one quarterback hurry from his safety spot
- Recorded an interception and returned it 54 yards in the home win over Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
- Had four tackles and an interception in the season-opening win over Army (Sept. 3)
- Finished with a season-high six tackles in the road win at ULM (Oct. 8)
- Totaled four tackles in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game at Troy (Dec. 3)
- Tallied three stops, including two solo tackles in the home win over Gardner-Webb (Sept. 10)
- Picked up two tackles in four games - versus Buffalo (Sept. 17), at Georgia State (Sept. 22), against Georgia Southern (Oct. 1), and in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl game versus East Carolina (Dec. 27)
- Had two pass breakups versus Southern Miss (Nov. 12)
- Recorded one tackle, one pass breakup, and one quarterback hurry in the road win at Marshall (Oct. 29)
- Was awarded the Male Academic Triumph of the Year Award, as voted on by his fellow student-athletes at the 2022-23 SAAC Student-Athlete Excellence Awards
- Named to the 2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Football team
- Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for both the 2022 fall and 2023 spring semesters
2021 (Redshirt Senior)
- Played in eight games on the season, starting three contests on defense
- Also played on special teams
- Made starts as the nickel defensive back versus ULM (Oct. 2), Arkansas State (Oct. 7), and Troy (Oct. 28)
- Recorded 15 tackles and two pass breakups on the season
- Had a season-high four tackles twice - versus ULM and against Troy
- Also had three stops in the road win at Arkansas State
- Picked up two tackles and a pass breakup in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17)
- Also returned a kickoff for 28 yards versus UMass (Sept. 25)
- Named the Most Improved Safety over the 2022 spring practice
- Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2022 spring semester
Prior to Coastal Carolina
2020-21 (Redshirt Junior) at Coffeyville Community College
- Played in six games on the season for the Red Ravens
- Totaled 21.0 tackles and 2.0 tackles-for-loss on the year
- Forced one fumble and had one interception on the year, both coming in the 38-10 win over Dodge City Community College (April 3)
- Returned the interception for 30 yards and a touchdown
- Recorded a season-high four tackles in the road game at Garden City Community College (May 15)
- Also had three stops in the road game at Hutchinson Community College (March 26) and versus Independence Community College (May 23)
- Teammate of current Chant Jacob Proche
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore) at South Carolina
- Received a medical hardship
2018 (Redshirt Freshman) at South Carolina
- Did not see any game action on the year
2017 (Freshman) at South Carolina
- Redshirted
- Missed time during the season due to a hamstring injury
- Dressed for the Texas A&M game
High School
- Rated a three-star recruit at cornerback in the Class of 2017 in the state of Florida
- Ranked as high as the 70th-best cornerback in the nation by Rivals
- Considered the 112th-best player in the state of Florida and the 88th-best cornerback in the country by 247Sports
- Ranked as the 98th-best cornerback in the country by ESPN
- Rated as the 66th-best cornerback in the nation by Scout
- Lettered at James S. Rickards High School in Tallahassee, Fla. for head coach Quintin Lewis
- Earned first-team all-state honors his senior year
- Helped the Raiders to a 10-2 record and the third round of the Class 5A playoffs as a senior
- Logged 76 tackles and four interceptions his senior year
- Collected 58 tackles and 15 pass breakups as a junior
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