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#8 Ja'Keem Jackson

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  Florida (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'0" · 188 lbHometown  Kissimmee, FL · Osceola HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

LCB2

Placement

Backup

Room

Cornerback

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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CB room context

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Ja'Keem Jackson holds the LCB · Backup spot in LSU Tigers’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LCB · StarterDJ PickettStarter

RCB · StarterPJ WoodlandStarter

LCB · BackupJa'Keem JacksonBackup

RCB · BackupMichael Turner Jr.Backup

Transfer history

2026Florida→LSU Tigers

Production

2025 season

Latest season · 2025

Tackles

Background & career

Ja'Keem Jackson is a left cornerback for LSU in his redshirt junior season after transferring from Florida. The Kissimmee, Florida native appeared in 11 games during his 2023 freshman year at Florida, recording 7 tackles and 3 pass breakups. Jackson opened the 2024 season as the Gators' starter but suffered a season-ending injury after 2 games. He transferred to LSU in 2025 and appeared in 11 games as a redshirt sophomore, tallying 6 tackles across 84 total defensive snaps. Jackson carries 24 career appearances with 2 starts and 17 tackles with 4 pass breakups overall.

Florida2023 – 2024

LSU2025 — present

Previous schoolFloridaRecruiting4-star · No. 53 nationalOriginKissimmee, FL · Osceola HS