2022 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: Drake Jackson | USC | EDGE

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Player Bio: Drake Jackson attended Centennial High School, located in Corona, CA. As a senior defensive end, he had 27 tackles, including five for losses, 3.5 sacks, six pass deflections, three fumble recoveries, and one touchdown. He garnered Drake Jackson attended Centennial High School, located in Corona, CA. As a senior defensive end, he had 27 tackles, including five for losses, 3.5 sacks, six pass deflections, three fumble recoveries, and one touchdown. He garnered Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Area First-Team, All-Big VIII League Co-MVP, 2018 PrepStar All-American, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State First-Team, All-CIF Division 1, Orange County Register Fab 15 First-Team, and  Los Angeles Times All-Area.

ACCOLADES
2021 Lott IMPACT Trophy Quarter Finalist  
2021 All-Pac-12 Second-Team 
2021 AP All-Pac-12 Second-Team
2021 PFF All-Pac-12 Second-Team
2021 Phil Steele All-Pac-12 Second-Team
2020 All-Pac-12 Second-Team 
2020 AP All-Pac-12 Second-Team 
2020 Phil Steele All-Pac-12 Second-Team
2019 247 Sports Freshman All-American First-Team 
2019 PFF Freshman All-American Second-Team 
2019 All-Pac-12 Second-Team 
2019 AP All-Pac-12 Second-Team 
2019 Phil Steele All-Pac-12 Second-Team 
2019 Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year Honorable Mention 
2019 The Athletic Midseason Freshman All-American   

DRAKE JACKSON
EDGE
HOMETOWN                      |           CLASS
CORONA, CA                      |           JUNIOR 
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DRAFT YR:  2022              COMBINE INVITE: YES

​HEIGHT                    WEIGHT                    ARMS
6' 3"                 254 lbs             34"

HANDS                   PROJECTED 40-TIME            DRAFT GRADE
10 1/8"                    4.90                        6.00

SCHOOL:  USC                                                |                    CONFERENCE: PAC-12
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COMBINE RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       DNP         |              DNP             |                 36”            |            127”          |             DNP            |              DNP                     
 
​PRO DAY RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       DNP         |              DNP            |                DNP            |            DNP           |             7.09            |              4.28                    

GAME FILM
#99 DRAKE JACKSON VS UCLA (2020)

#99 DRAKE JACKSON HIGHLIGHTS

Strengths

• He is an athletic and versatile player who can play the EDGE, outside linebacker, or defensive end.
• He is very agile and shows no signs of immobility in his movement
• He is fast off the edge with a tremendous burst of speed.
• His athleticism allows him to be creative on the rush, as he is so forever dangerous crashing the inside games.
• He uses excellent rip and spin moves to beat the blocker in front of him.
• He uses a dip move to get underneath the blockers to get home to the quarterback.

Weaknesses

• He will need to get stronger on the defensive side of the ball and 10 pounds of muscle mass.
• He lacks the power and strength needed at the point of attack to fight through traffic.
• He eats many blocks and struggles to disengage from the blocker, subsequently getting washed out of the play.
• He will need to develop better pass-rushing moves; one-trick pony moves will not work at the next level

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Draft Projection: 2nd Round

NFL Comparison: Whitney Mercilus (Green Bay Packers)

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