Irone Jackson

Photo by: Jack Reeber '23,M'25 - @jackreeber.raw

Height:
6-1
Weight:
180
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Bradenton, Fla.
High School:
Manatee H.S.

2022

As a redshirt freshman, played in all 12 games with two starts at wide receiver… saw action in 242 plays both on offense and on special teams … listed as a backup wide receiver on the depth chart … returned 12 kickoffs for 220 yards with a long of 29 yards, caught three passes for 19 yards with a long of 12 and made a total of four tackles on special teams …led the team in kickoff returns (12-220 yards) … caught one pass for three yards, returned one kickoff for 24 yard in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … made a tackle on special teams in start at wide receiver vs. Buffalo (11/9) … made start at wide receiver at Northern Illinois (11/2) … caught a career-high two passes for 16 yards with a long of 12 vs. Bowling Green (10/22) … returned two kickoffs for 18 yards vs. Ball State (10/8) … returned four kickoffs for 84 yards and a season-long of 29 yards at Toledo (10/1) … returned two kickoffs for 35 yards at Penn State (9/24) … returned two kickoffs for 37 yards in season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).

2021

Redshirted his freshman season … appeared in each of the final three games of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL

A 2021 graduate of Manatee High School in Bradenton, Fla., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Yusuf Shakir … had multiple kickoff return touchdowns, receiving touchdowns and interceptions in 2020 … a Herald-Tribune All-Area First Team selection on defense in 2019 … totaled 417 kickoff return yards and 121 punt return yards … had six carries for 84 yards and a touchdown, 33 catches for 462 yards and four touchdowns … on defense, recorded 24 tackles, two interceptions and forced two fumbles … rated a three-star recruit by ESPN, Rivals, and 247sports.

PERSONAL

Born Irone Jackson on March 13, 2002 … son of Tiniya Parker and Irone Jackson … committed to Central Michigan on August 19, 2020 … selected Central Michigan over offers from Florida State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Duke, Rutgers, Toledo, and North Carolina State.