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Jersey Number 10
Quinton Jackson
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Fort Worth, Texas
- High School:
- North Crowley
Pronunciation GuideHonors at Rice
- 2025 Hornung Award Watch List
- 2025 All-AAC
- Phil Steele Preseason second team (kick returner), third team (running back)
- Athlon Preseason first team (kick returner), third team (all-purpose back)
- American Conference All-Acadmic Team 2025
2025
Led the Owls in rushing (889 yards), all-purpose yards (1,225), and kickoff returns (262), and tied for the team lead with seven touchdowns… Ranked seventh in the conference in rushing… Season total was the most yards rushing by an Owl since Jowan Davis ran for 956 in 2014… Rushed for over 100 yards three times (119 at Louisiana, 128 vs. Florida Atlantic, 168 vs. UConn), matching Dean Connors in 2024…The last Owl to top the century mark in more than three games was Astin Walter in 2019 (5)… Set career-highs with 168 rushing yards, four touchdowns, and 248 all-purpose yards to lead Rice to a 37-34 overtime win over UConn… Became the first player in school history and the 11th at the FBS level since 1996 to have a rushing and receiving touchdowns of 70+ yards in the same game, scoring on a 73-yard run and 75-yard reception in the second quarter vs. UConn… Earned a helmet sticker from ESPN’s College Football Final and earned Honorable Mention from the American Conference and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. rushed for over 100 yards three times this year, matching Dean Connors in 2024…The last Owl to top the century mark more than three games was Astin Walter in 2019 (5)… Became the first Rice player with a 100-yard game in the season opener since Nahshon Ellerbe had 103 at Army on Aug. 30, 2019, and his 119 yards against Louisiana were the most in a season opener since Anthony Ekpe had 173 against Prairie View A&M on Aug. 25, 2018…Named to the American Conference and Paul Hornung Honorable Mention lists for his efforts in the opener… Heads into 2026 with 2,678 all-purpose yards and needs 106 to move into 10th on the Rice career list and needing 296 yards to become the 26th Owl to rush for at least 1,500 in his career… Ranked sixth in career kick return yards (1,244) and tied for sixth in career returns (52).
2024
Second on the team with a career-best 933 all-purpose yards, highlighted by 589 yards on kickoff returns… Ranked third in the AAC and seventh nationally in KOR yardage and was third in the conference and 13th nationally with a 26.7 average per return… Set a school record with a 100-yard kickoff return at UConn combined with a receiving TD vs. Charlotte and a rushing TD in the season finale vs. USF, Jackson became the first Owl to have a touchdown rushing, receiving, and by kick return since James Sykes in 1976… Set career highs for rushing (275) and receiving (69) as well… Rushed for a career-high 70 yards on six carries at Memphis, including a career-long carry of 45 yards… Completed his second career pass for a gain of 21 yards at Army… Saw action in a career-high 158 snaps on offense, including a career-high 26 at Tulane.
2023
Led the team and fourth in the AAC with a 23.12 average on 17 kickoff returns (398 yards)… Yardage total was the most by an Owl since Austin Walter had 491 yards (18 returns) in 2018… Broke off a 44-yard return vs. SMU, the longest by an Owl since Juma Otoviano’s 50-yarder on Oct. 23, 2021 at UAB… Totaled 114 yards on four kick returns vs. UConn, the highest single-game total by an Owl since Otoviano had 123 yards on five returns vs. Louisiana Tech in 2021… Carried the ball 10 times for 40 yards, including a pair of 11-yard runs which matched his career high… Caught six passes for 33 yards, including two for 13 yards at South Florida.
2022
Made an explosive debut in the Lending Tree Bowl and averaged 13.8 yards on five touches (15 yards rushing, 54 yards receiving)… Rushed for 11 yards after taking a direct snap for his first career play from scrimmage… Helped set up the Owls’ first field goal with a 20-yard reception from AJ Padgett and added an acrobatic 34-yard reception from Padgett in the fourth quarter.
North Crowley High School
Two-time Offensive MVP on District 3-6A for coach Courtney Allen at North Crowley and rushed for 1,104 yards and 14 TD while passing for 1,641 yards and 18 TDs as a senior… Led the Panthers to their first playoff appearance in 15 years and the first playoff win in 17 years as a junior… Also played baseball and was named the 3-6A Defensive Player of the Year as a junior while also hitting .321 with 32 steals… Academic All-State honorable mention.
Personal
Full name: Quinton Rashad Jackson ... Born: February 20 at Fort Worth, Texas... Parents: Rudolph and Lisa Jackson…One brother, one sister … Sister (Delya) played softball at Arkansas Pine Bluff and brother (Trey) played baseball at Mid-America Christian University… Rice major: Business... Rice College: Sid Richardson
Sid Richardson College
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