Donte Jackson ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Jackson in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jackson a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Donte Jackson
Combined Season Grid
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2018 | 22–23 | CAR | 16 | — | 65 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 896 | 90.1% | 105 | 25.6% | 78 | 46 | 0.6 | 97.6 | 12.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 23–24 | CAR | 13 | — | 40 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 726 | 82.8% | 78 | 20.3% | 59 | 36 | 0.6 | 103.2 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 24–25 | CAR | 14 | — | 33 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 599 | 65.6% | 33 | 9.6% | 65 | 37 | 0.6 | 78.7 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 25–26 | CAR | 12 | — | 59 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 718 | 94.3% | 53 | 16.3% | 67 | 42 | 0.6 | 86.5 | 10.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 26–27 | CAR | 9 | — | 32 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 442 | 70.4% | 7 | 2.6% | 49 | 37 | 0.8 | 90.5 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 27–28 | CAR | 16 | — | 54 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 903 | 89.8% | 3 | 0.8% | 67 | 45 | 0.7 | 107.7 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 28–29 | PIT | 15 | — | 37 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 780 | 82.3% | 54 | 13.4% | 67 | 40 | 0.6 | 69.9 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 29–30 | LAC | 17 | — | 24 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 594 | 58.8% | 3 | 0.7% | 49 | 21 | 0.4 | 56.8 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.2 |
| 2026 | 30–31 | LAC | 4 | — | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 113 | 41.5% | 1 | 1.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 116 | — | 351 | 276 | 75 | 19 | 1 | 1.0 | 21.0 | 23 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 501 | 304 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 75 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
175 career value over replacement — #500 all-time of 4,695. 21.9/season above a replacement-level CB.
Career Profile
Draft OutcomeSteal ↑
Pick #55 (Rd 2) · CAR · 2018 · +28.4 vs expected KV-H
76actual
47.6 expected · Δ+28.4
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