American football running back Justin Joseph Jackson, who plays for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League, was born on April 22, 1996.
Please continue reading to learn more about his academic background and to learn a little bit about his experience in college. This article will confirm whether or not he played collegiate football.
Where did Justin Jackson go to college? Did Justin Jackson play college football?
In college, he played football at Northwestern.
Jackson joined the Northwestern Wildcats football team in 2014 after becoming one of the most accomplished high school running backs in Illinois history. In his time in college, Jackson also broke a lot of records.
In his first season, he started five of the team’s 12 games and led the Wildcats in running each week, accumulating 1,187 yards and 10 touchdowns on 245 attempts (plus 22 receptions for 201 yards and one score) to earn honourable mention All-Big Ten recognition from the conference’s coaches.
With 1,418 yards and five touchdowns on 312 carries (ranked third in the FBS) and 21 receptions for 162 yards as a receiver, Jackson was selected for the second-team All-Big Ten in 2015.
