One of the nation’s best running backs will be sidelined for the majority of the regular season.



On300 tailback <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/kaleb-jackson-145458/">Kaleb Jackson</a>, an <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/rankings/consensus-player/football/2023/">On3 Consensus</a> top 10 running back nationally, is out between six and eight weeks after suffering a fracture in his ankle last Friday in his senior debut. The injury occurred four carries into the game in the midst of Jackson breaking tackles to keep a run alive.



“They packed the box with everyone they had, I broke five or six tackles but I couldn’t go down,” Jackson told On3. “I wasn’t giving them the satisfaction, so I kept pushing and put weight on my left ankle and it hurt a little bit.”



On the sidelines, Jackson was shocked when he looked down at the damage. That ended his night indefinitely.



“I took off my shoe and I was shocked; my ankle was huge,” he remembered. “I took off my ankle tape and I couldn’t walk on it. It was probably the size of a baseball … it was huge.”



Scans revealed a small piece of bone came out and there was a fracture in Jackson’s left ankle. Healing time is between six and eight weeks, and it’s allowed Jackson to be a leader from the sidelines.



“I’m passing the torch off my young backs, being a mentor, a coach and a leader supporting my guys as much as I can,” he said in <a href="https://twitter.com/samspiegs/status/1568018193297588224">his boot</a>. “I’m supporting them with everything I can.”



“This isn’t the end for me. I’m gonna play at the next level and it’s what I believe and it’s what I know,” he continued. “If I push too hard, that’s my career, so I know I’m gonna be alright and I can’t get too down or upset, especially in front of these guys. We’re a program and I believe that and they believe that, too.”



Jackson is the No. 6 running back according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average.

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