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#24 Ja'Kobi Jackson
Class RS SR/TRFrom Florida (transfer)Ht / Wt 5'11" · 217 lbHometown Pensacola, FL
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Updated 2026-07-29RB room context
View full depth chart →Ja'Kobi Jackson holds the RB · Depth spot in Ohio State Buckeyes’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Transfer history
2026Florida→Ohio State Buckeyes
Background & career
Ja'Kobi Jackson is a redshirt senior running back from Pensacola, Florida, who transferred to Ohio State after three seasons at Florida. At 5'11" and 217 pounds, Jackson appeared in all 13 games as a redshirt junior in 2024, making one start, and compiled 509 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 95 carries, plus 76 receiving yards on seven catches. In 2025, he played in four games before suffering an injury that led to a medical redshirt, recording 98 yards on 27 carries and 24 receiving yards. Jackson made the NFF Hampshire Honor Society and earned SEC academic honors in 2025.
Floridathrough 2025
Ohio State2026 — presentPrevious schoolFloridaOriginPensacola, FL