Jackson caught 60 passes for 1,075 yards for 15 touchdowns his senior year, director Jack Rabbits to a CIF Southern championship. He was pressed into service last minute as a defensive back in the section title game against Los Alamitos High School, reacts with two interceptions, one that he returned 68 yards for a touchdown to help fuel Long Beach Poly's 21-6 victory.
Wearing the number 1 in his first collegiate game against Sacramento State in 2005, Jackson scored both an offensive and special teams touchdown, returning a punt 49 yards for a score.Jackson also returned four punt for touchdowns. Jackson went on his junior season, considered a Heisman Trophy candidate. His season started promising, with a 77-yard punt return for a touchdown against Tennessee in the opening game of the season.
