KJ Jackson

2025 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll 2025 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in five games while starting the regular season finale against Missouri (Nov. 29) … Completed 33-54 passing attempts for 441 yards and three touchdowns … Registered 11 carries for 52 yards and two touchdowns on the ground … Earned his first career start in a season-finale loss to Missouri, completing 11-17 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown while rushing four times for 14 yards (Nov. 29) … Came off the bench and led Arkansas to a pair of touchdown drives while completing 16-29 passing attempts for 206 yards and a touchdown in addition to rushing four times for 17 yards and a touchdown during a loss at No. 17 Texas (Nov. 22) … Completed one pass for three yards in a loss to Texas A&M (Oct. 18) … Completed all three of his passing attempts for 70 yards while rushing once for a six-yard touchdown during the fourth quarter of a win over Arkansas State (Sept. 6) … Saw action in a season-opening win over Alabama A&M, completing two-of-four passes for 36 yards and a touchdown while rushing twice for 15 yards … Threw his first collegiate touchdown pass on a 27-yard strike to Mike Washington Jr. with 13:51 on the clock in a 52-7 triumph over Alabama A&M (Aug. 30) 2024 (FRESHMAN): Played in the season opener vs. UAPB before redshirting during his first season … Saw first college action during a 70-0 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Completed all four passing attempts for 59 yards (Aug. 29). HIGH SCHOOL: A four-star prospect according to 247Sports and Rivals … Rated the No. 18 quarterback in the country and No. 20 overall prospect in Alabama by 247Sports … No. 16 overall prospect in Alabama by Rivals … No. 8 quarterback in Alabama according to Rivals … Played for head coach Neal Posey at Saint James School in Montgomery, Ala. … Finished high school with 130 career touchdown passes, good for third all-time in Alabama High School Athletic Association history … As a senior in 2023, led Saint James to 11-3 overall record … Completed 147-of-259 passes (56.8%) for 2,951 yards and 43 touchdowns … Ran for 665 yards and 14 touchdowns on 147 carries (4.5 ypc) … Recorded two 100-yard rushing performances on the year … As a junior in 2022, powered Saint James to a 13-2 record and a 3A Alabama state championship, completing 132-of-205 passes for 2,813 yards with 42 touchdowns … Also ran the ball 77 times for 171 yards and six scores … Threw for 351 yards and five touchdowns in the 3A state championship game to earn MVP honors … Tabbed WSFA Fever Athlete of the Year and Capital City Conference Player of the Year in 2022 … As a sophomore in 2021, recorded a 10-2 record after completing 87-of-131 pass attempts for 1,992 yards with 28 touchdowns and only three interceptions … Birthdate: Jan. 18, 2006 … CHOSE ARKANSAS OVER: Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Missouri, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Penn State, West Virginia and others.