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Lance Jackson named to the 2025 SEC All-Freshman team

Joe Cookby: Joe Cook12/11/25josephcook89

Freshman EDGE Lance Jackson was named to the SEC’s All-Freshman team on Thursday. Jackson, a product of Texarkana (Texas) Pleasant Grove, was the only Longhorn to earn all-freshman honors from the SEC.

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A 6-foot-5, 254-pounder, Jackson played in all 12 games in 2025. He logged 15 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss and two sacks. He also was credited with four quarterback hurries.

Jackson split the game-ending sack with Brad Spence versus Oklahoma as part of a two tackle day. His most productive outing was at Mississippi State, where he had three tackles including 0.5 sacks.

Jackson was ranked as the No. 19 overall prospect, the No. 2 EDGE, and the No. 6 player in Texas in the 2025 Rivals Industry Ranking. On3 ranked Jackson as the No. 5 overall prospect, the No. 1 EDGE, and the No. 2 player in Texas. He was the the third highest-ranked member of Texas’ No. 1 2025 class behind Jonah Williams and Justus Terry according to the Rivals Industry Ranking.

2025 SEC All-Freshman Team presented by Allstate  

Offense

QB
Cutter Boley, Kentucky

RB
Chauncey Bowens, Georgia
Tory Blaylock, Oklahoma

WR
Vernell Brown III, Florida
Braylon Staley, Tennessee

TE
Kaleb Edwards, Alabama

OL
David Sanders Jr., Tennessee
Michael Carroll, Alabama
Kobe Branham, Arkansas
Dontrell Glover, Georgia

C
Kail Ellis, Auburn

AP
Vernell Brown III, Florida

Defense

DL
Jayden Woods, Florida
Elijah Griffin, Georgia
Lance Jackson, Texas
London Simmons, Alabama

LB
Edwin Spillman, Tennessee
Elijah Melendez, Auburn
Tyler Lockhart, Mississippi State

DB
Dijon Lee Jr., Alabama
Courtland Guillory, Oklahoma
DJ Pickett, LSU
Ty Redmond, Tennessee

Special Teams

PK
Scott Starzyk, Arkansas

P
Mason Love, South Carolina

RS
Vernell Brown III, Florida

KOS
Max Kelley, South Carolina

LS
Silas Hall, LSU

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