Josiah Jackson holds the FS · Depth spot in Temple Owls’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Josiah Jackson is a 6'1", 195-pound free safety from Cincinnati, Ohio, who attended Fairfield High School before playing at Garden City CC. At Fairfield, he earned 2022 OHSAA Division I all-state first-team honors and competed in the 2023 US Army Bowl. Jackson initially signed with West Virginia in 2023 as a freshman, appearing against Duquesne and Oklahoma before redshirting. He transferred to Temple in January 2025 after one season at Garden City CC, where he recorded 34 total tackles and 18 solo tackles across 11 games, including eight tackles in a 24-17 victory over Dodge City CC and his first career interception in an 89-0 win over Community Christian. Jackson is one of eight children and played college football with his twin brother, Jordan Jackson.