Class of 2027 · linebacker
Deion Jackson
LB
6-2, 215 lb · Vero Beach HS · Fort Pierce, FL
Uncommitted76Model gradeiBetter offers than 84% of his classTop 1,000 board. Past boards here: 71% signed at a Power 4 school, 8% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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Where he is likely to commit
Where he is likely to commit
our odds · early version
South FloridaOfficial visit Jun 5Last contact Jun 5In-state
Florida StateCamped there Jun 1, 2025In-stateUnofficial visit Sep 6, 2025
MiamiOne of the stronger programs on his boardIn-stateLast contact Jan 23, 2025
MichiganLast contact May 7One of the stronger programs on his boardOut of state
Mississippi StateLast contact May 7One of the stronger programs on his boardOut of stateOur odds for each school, all of them adding to 100%, so the ones shown can add to less: from his offers, visits, distance and who needs him, never expert picks. On 2,927 past commits our top pick was right 51% of the time (visits alone: 31%). How the odds are made · Every miss.
His offers, dated
His offers
16 offers · visited 2
Strongest program firstVisited
Notre Damecoldoffered May 19, 2025Georgiacoldoffered Jan 23, 2025Miamicoldoffered Jan 23, 2025Penn Statecoldoffered Jan 21, 2025Michigancoldoffered May 7Mississippi Statecoldoffered May 7Kentuckycoldoffered May 15, 2024Florida Statecoldvisited Sep 6, 2025Baylorcoldoffered Jan 23, 2025Memphiscoldoffered Feb 10Syracusecoldoffered Jan 23, 2025Georgia Techcoldoffered Feb 15South Floridacoolofficial visit Jun 5UConncoldoffered Feb 10UNLVcooloffered Jun 1UT Martincoldoffered Mar 17Strongest programs first (how strength is made). Warm: an offer, visit or camp in the last 60 days, or an official visit in the last 120. Cool: contact in the last 180. Cold: older, or a decommit. These are the offers on record, not every offer made.
His board on any day
May 2024 to todayMay 2024OctMarAugJan 2026JunNov 2026
Drag to any month: the offers, the timeline and the grade become what they were on the last day of it, on today's scale. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
20 dated moves since May 15, 2024Official visit South FloridaJun 5Offered UNLVJun 1Offered MichiganMay 7Offered Mississippi StateMay 7Offered South FloridaMay 7Offered UT MartinMar 17Offered Georgia TechFeb 15Offered MemphisFeb 10Offered UConnFeb 10Unofficial visit Florida StateSep 6, 2025Camp Florida StateJun 1, 2025Offered Notre DameMay 19, 2025Junior day Florida StateFeb 1, 2025Offered BaylorJan 23, 2025Offered Florida StateJan 23, 2025Offered GeorgiaJan 23, 2025Offered MiamiJan 23, 2025Offered SyracuseJan 23, 2025Offered Penn StateJan 21, 2025Offered KentuckyMay 15, 2024Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
His testing numbers
Testing numbers
none yetNo testing numbers for Deion yet. His family can add his 40, shuttle, jumps, bench and track times below, with proof.
How we know each number. Verified: a testing company or state meet result we matched to his name, class and date. Coach-confirmed: his coach said yes from a school email. Video-evidenced: a clip of the timer or tape that we watched. Self-reported, in grey: his family's word. Testing numbers here come only through this form.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 16 offersNotre DameA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size6 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 5 starters his size since 2022 · our odds 4%2Georgia TechA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size2 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · 6 starters his size since 2022 · our odds 2%3Florida StateA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size7 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 5 starters his size since 2022 · our odds 15%Ranked by how thin each program is at his spot, whether it starts players his size, who leaves after this season and, while he is uncommitted, our odds. How it is made.
His role
Hybrid linebacker6-2, 215 lb: safety-sized. Built like Jack Kiser (6-2, 215), a starter at Notre Dame in 2024.
- Fitsa defense with five defensive backs, at the nickel or star spot
- His offers that doNotre DameMiamiMichiganMississippi StateKentuckyFlorida State+5 more
- The rest3 of his offers play it another way
Read off his size at his position; schemes from each program's season article on Wikipedia (base defense) and our play-by-play (how much it throws). A guide to where he would line up, not a scouting report. How it is made.
Compare his offers
any 4 of 16Fit for him
No. 1of 16 offers
No. 2of 16 offers
No. 3of 16 offers
Program strength
96of 100
41of 100
63of 100
Our odds he picks it
4%
2%
15%
Players like him who went there: drafted
1 of 5Smith, round 2
0 of 2closest: Cooksey, 2015
0 of 5closest: Brown, 2016
Players like him there: a real season by year two
0 of 1
-college seasons not on record
0 of 1
Room at linebacker
Thin6 with 2+ years left
Thin2 with 2+ years left
Average7 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
2
3
2
2027 commits at linebacker
1Roman Igwebuike
2Cole Crawford, Noah Renes
2CJ Ohuabunwa, Olrick Johnson III
Starts players his size
5starters his size since 2022
6starters his size since 2022
5starters his size since 2022
Base defense
4-2-5DC Chris Ash since 2025
4-2-5DC Jason Semore since 2026
3-3-5DC Tony White since 2025
Coaches linebacker
Brian Jean-Mary
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Jake Rothschiller
From home
1,040 miIN
499 miGA
In state317 miles
Where it stands
Coldoffered May 19, 2025
Coldoffered Feb 15
Coldvisited Sep 6, 2025
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Deion's 16 to compare. Green is the best in each row. Room counts the players at his spot with two or more years left. Players like him: up to five past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his and who signed at that school, from classes whose careers are over; a real season means 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. Offensive linemen and defenders from classes before 2016 are not in that row: the box score does not count linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him. Green on the scheme row: it plays the front or the offense his role fits. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
9 that have not offered
Louisville Stocked at linebackerOffered 9 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Adam Mueller2
North Carolina Stocked at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by September of junior year · linebackers coach Jamie Collins3
Virginia Tech Thin at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Jan Johnson Jr.4
UCF Thin at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by February of junior year · linebackers coach Mark D'Onofrio5
Florida Stocked at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by June of sophomore year · linebackers coach Greg Gasparato6
NC State Stocked at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year7
Pittsburgh Stocked at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year8
Wake Forest Even at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year9
Missouri Thin at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by May of sophomore year
NC State Stocked at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year7Pittsburgh Stocked at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year8Wake Forest Even at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year9Missouri Thin at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by May of sophomore yearPrograms that offered the recruits most like him (same position, size, home state and offers), have not offered him, and sit near the level of the offers he holds. How it is made.
Where his size starts
675of 1,101 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size6-1 to 6-3, 200 to 230 lb
- Most in
SEC115
Big Ten97
ACC91 - Start his size most
Alabama10Georgia9
Minnesota9 - His offers that doGeorgia9Mississippi State9South Florida8Michigan7
Who needs him
Georgia Tech is thinnest at linebacker of his 16 offersThin- 2 with 2+ years left of 7
- 3 leave after this season
- 9 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 2 commits this cycle
- Also thin thereSyracuse5Notre Dame6
A starter is six or more games in one of the position's starting slots, 2022-2026 (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is players with 2+ years left plus 2027 commits, against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame). How it is made.
Players like him, and how they turned out
How 50 boards like his turned out
classes 2012-20225%Transferred2 of 38 played for a second school
16%Drafted8 of 50, 6 in rounds 1-3
12%NFL starter6 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2012 to 2022, whose careers are over. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 38 of 50. No rate for a real season here: the stats can judge only 9 of those, because the box score has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
1 of 10 drafted, 1 in rounds 1-2
Richard McBryde LBNot draftedmatch
Trey Johnson LBNot draftedmatch
Adrian Jackson LBNot draftedmatch
Dee Crayton LBNot drafted yetmatchP.J. Blue LBNot draftedmatch
Kaleb Spencer LBNot drafted yetmatch
Gyasi Akem LBNot draftedmatch
Anthony Wheeler LBNot draftedmatch
Chans Cox LBNot draftedmatchPast recruits whose offer boards looked most like his: same position, about the same size, offers from programs of the same strength, about as many. Past boards are offers at signing day; his is the board he holds today (Nov 12, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2025 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2026. 8 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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