Bryan Jackson finishes prep career with 2,300+ yards, 30+ touchdowns
McKinney (Tex.) three-star running back Bryan Jackson has wrapped up his prep career. I was on hand for his final game this past game this weekend, a game in which he found the end zone on a tough run.
Jackson had quite an accomplished career at McKinney, helping raise the program to a standard it had not seen in recent memory.
On the stat sheet, in two years on varsity, Jackson finished with 2,382 rushing yards and 32 touchdowns.
His junior season is where he found most of his production due to an injury that derailed a chunk of senior campaign. In that junior season, he found the end zone 23 times in 13 games. He ran for 1,647 yards, averaging 126.7 yards per game.
Because of a dislocated elbow in the first game of the season, Jackson was limited. He played in eight games this season, rushing for 594 yards and eight touchdowns.
What style to expect from Jackson
Most people do not appreciate his size until seeing him in person. Jackson measures in at 6-foot-1, 230 pounds. Most of his size comes in the form of a thick lower half.
Jackson will certainly not be a speed back, but he is not just a third down, short yardage back either.
Jackson has some quick feet that you do not always see from someone who weighs 230 pounds. He also routinely breaks out some nifty spin moves and and jump cuts that will open your eyes. And of course, he likes to use his body to play some bruising style of running, which is effective.
From the four or five games I have seen of Jackson in person over the past two seasons, I am confident in saying he is also the type of running back that picks up in production and effectiveness the more carries he gets. He tends to use his early runs to beat down a defense and wear them down, then will break off some longer runs.
Jackson is not your typical home-run hitter, but he will break off runs of 15-30 chunk yardage a few times per game.
Jackson’s recruiting profile
Jackson ranks as the No. 637 overall prospect in the country, No. 52 running back in the nation and No. 105 overall prospect in Texas, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
He is a four-star prospect on one of the recruiting media companies.
According to his Hudl profile, the 230 pound Jackson boasts a 4.6 second forty yard dash, 4.4 second shuffle, a 300-pound bench press, and just shy of a 500-pound squat.
