Tim Jackson Season 1987

Honors & Awards

• First-Team All-Big Eight (AP, UPI, Coaches, 1988)
• Big Eight Defensive Player of the Week (vs. Arizona State, 1988)
• Ninth-Round NFL Draft Pick (224th Overall Pick, Dallas Cowboys, 1989)
• Dallas Cowboys (NFL, 1989)
• Barcelona Dragons (WLAF, 1991)

1988 (Senior)
A first-team All-Big Eight choice as a senior, Tim Jackson started 10 of Nebraska’s 11 regular-season games at free safety before adding the final start of his career against Miami in the 1989 Orange Bowl. He finished the regular season with 38 tackles, including 27 solos. He also registered an eight-yard sack for his only tackle for loss of the season. A ball-hawk and big hitter, Jackson hauled in four interceptions and forced three fumbles while adding one fumble recovery on the year. He also broke up five passes for the Big Eight champion Huskers, who went 7-0 in conference play on their way to an 11-2 overall record. Two of Jackson’s interceptions came in NU’s 47-16 win over Arizona State, including a 55-yard return. For his efforts against the Sun Devils, Jackson was named the Big Eight Defensive Player of the Week. After his performance against ASU, Jackson missed the UNLV game (Oct. 8), before returning to log the only sack of his career in a 63-10 pounding of Kansas (Oct. 8). He then grabbed his fourth interception of the season in Nebraska’s 63-42 win over Barry Sanders and Oklahoma State (Oct. 15). A 6-0, 190-pounder out of Skyline High School in Dallas, Texas, Jackson notched his first career interception and added a 19-yard return in Nebraska’s 23-14 win over Texas A&M in the Kickoff Classic at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. (Aug. 27). He capped his senior season with five tackles, including four solos against Miami in the Orange Bowl.

A two-year letterwinner at Nebraska, Jackson totaled 57 tackles in his career, including 43 solos. He managed three career TFLs (14 yards). Following his college career, Jackson was selected by Dallas in the ninth round (224th overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft and played one game for the Cowboys as a rookie. He was also a member of the Barcelona Dragons in the World League of American Football in 1991.

1987 (Junior)
In his first season as a Husker, Jackson began the year at cornerback before switching to safety early in the season. He came on strong after the position change, finishing his junior season with 29 total tackles, including 16 solos. He produced 28 of his stops over the last seven regular-season games. He also recorded two tackles for six yards in losses. Jackson played as an alternate behind starter Mark Blazek.

He registered five tackles, including three solos, to go along with a pass breakup against Florida State in the 1988 Fiesta Bowl.

1986 (Sophomore/Coffeyville JC)
Jackson spent the 1986 season at Coffeyville (Kan.) Junior College, where he earned all-conference honors after totaling 67 tackles for Coach Dick Foster’s Red Ravens. Jackson was a teammate of fellow Husker Bryan Carpenter at Coffeyville. Jackson joined the Huskers in the spring of 1987.

1985 (Redshirt Freshman/Kansas State)
Jackson earned a letter as a reserve defensive back at Kansas State in 1985. In Nebraska’s 41-3 win over the Wildcats in Manhattan, Jackson recorded five tackles against the Huskers and broke up a pass. He finished the season with 16 total tackles. He transferred to Coffeyville Junior College in the spring of 1985.

1984 (Redshirt/Kansas State)
Jackson redshirted as a true freshman at Kansas State in 1984.

Dallas Skyline High School
One of the top 50 players in the Dallas metro area according to the Dallas Morning News, Jackson played tailback and cornerback for Coach Red McCollum at Skyline High School.

Personal
The son of Christine Woods and Willard Jackson, Tim was born in Dallas. He majored in consumer science at Nebraska.