2006: Jackson started for his third season at defensive end as a junior in 2006 ... While appearing in all 13 games, he had 43 tackles, including 11 for losses of 47 yards (with 4 sacks for minus 26 yards), plus 3 deflections, 2 blocked field goals, an interception, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble ... Made the 2006 All-Pac-10 second team and Scout.com All-Pac-10 first team ... Won USC's Defensive Lineman of the Year Award.

2005: Jackson started for his second season at defensive end as a sophomore ... While starting all 13 games, he had 46 tackles, including 13 for losses of 76 yards (with a team-best 10 sacks for minus 60 yards), plus 6 deflections, a team-best 2 fumble recoveries, a team-best 4 forced fumbles and a blocked PAT ... Made the 2005 All-Pac-10 first team ... Won USC's Defensive Lineman of the Year and Co-Player of the Game versus UCLA Awards ... had a team-high 7 tackles (including 2.5 for losses, with 1.5 sacks) at Arizona State.

2004: Jackson started at defensive end as a redshirt freshman ... While appearing in all 13 games (he started all but BYU), he had 32 tackles, including 11 for losses of 41 yards (with 6 sacks for 31 yards), plus a deflection and an interception (against Arizona, which he returned 19 yards to set up a TD).

2003: Jackson redshirted as a freshman defensive end ... He won USC's Service Team Defensive Player of the Year award ... After the season, he had arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle to remove debris.

HIGH SCHOOL: All-Bay League MVP honors as a senior at Inglewood (Calif.) High ... Had 142 tackles, with 11 sacks, plus 4 fumble recoveries and 2 interceptions in 2002 while playing defensive line and middle linebacker ... posted 57 career sacks ... Was on Inglewood's track team.

PERSONAL: Sociology major ... His brother, Keith, was an offensive tackle at Arizona.