North Carolina Tar Heels · RB RoomRB

#5 Kaleb Jackson

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  LSU (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'0" · 234 lbHometown  Baton Rouge, LA · Liberty Magnet

Depth-chart placement

Current role

RB3

Placement

Depth

Room

Running Back

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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RB room context

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Kaleb Jackson holds the RB · Depth spot in North Carolina Tar Heels’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

RB · StarterDemon JuneStarter

RB · BackupBenjamin HallBackup

RB · DepthKaleb JacksonDepth

Transfer history

2026LSU→North Carolina Tar Heels

Background & career

Kaleb Jackson is a running back who transferred to North Carolina from LSU. The 6'0", 234-pound back from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, attended Liberty Magnet High School and was a four-star recruit in the 2023 class, ranked 177th nationally. Jackson holds redshirt junior/transfer status for the 2026 season.

LSU2023 – 2025

North Carolina2026 — present

Previous schoolLSURecruiting4-star · No. 177 nationalOriginBaton Rouge, LA · Liberty Magnet