A 2016 Bengals first-round draft pick, Jackson enters his third season as a full-time started CB ... Battled a shoulder injury in 2019, but played in 14 games and saw action on 77.7 percent (831 of 1070) defensive snaps ... Finished season with 37 tackles, three PDs and one INT; shoulder injury landed him on Reserve/Injured prior to the season finale ... In 2018, his first season as a full-time starter, started all 16 games, saw action on 94.2 percent of defensive snaps and led Bengals in PDs (13) ... Missed rookie season in 2016 due to pectoral injury suffered early in training camp, then was eased into CB rotation in 2017.
Career transactions: Selected by Cincinnati in first round of 2016 NFL Draft (24th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 6-10-16 ... Bengals exercised option to extend contract by one year through 2020 on 4-24-19.
2019 highlights: Played in 14 games (13 starts), while battling a shoulder injury ... Inactive for Game 7 vs. Jacksonville due to shoulder injury, then was placed on Reserve/Injured prior to the season finale ... Totaled 37 tackles, three PDs and one INT ... In Game 2 vs. San Francisco, picked off QB Jimmy Garoppolo and returned it 19 yards to set up a Cincinnati field goal attempt; according to NFL's Next Gen Stats, he reached a speed of 21.33 MPH on the runback, good for the second-fastest speed by a Bengal ball carrier in 2019 and 20th-fastest leaguewide ... Logged three tackles and a PD in Game 3 at Buffalo ... Led team with career-high 10 tackles (eight solo) in Game 12 vs. the N.Y. Jets.
Previous seasons: 2016—Suffered torn pectoral muscle tendon in practice on Aug. 1 ... Placed on Reserved/Injured list on Sept. 4 ... Was eligible to return to roster late in the season, however Bengals opted instead to activate HB Cedric Peerman due to injuries in the backfield. 2017—Played in 15 games with five starts (Games 6 and 13-16) at RCB, filling in for injured starter Adam Jones ... Inactive Nov. 19 at Denver with a toe injury ... Totaled 25 tackles, including one sack, and had 14 PDs (tied for the team lead) and one INT ... The INT came on Sept. 24 at Green Bay, when he jumped an Aaron Rodgers pass intended for WR Jordy Nelson and returned it 75 yards for a TD; it was only the second pick-six of Rodgers' career, and Jackson became just the 14th player in Bengals history to score on his first career INT (the first since DE Carlos Dunlap in 2012) ... According to NFL's Next Gen Stats, he reached 21.52 MPH on the runback, the fastest by a Bengal in '17 and the seventh-fastest by any NFL ball carrier ... Recorded a third-quarter sack of Titans QB Marcus Mariota on Nov. 12 at Tennessee. 2018—Started all 16 games at RCB, in first season of action as full-time starter ... Totaled 41 tackles and team-high 13 PDs (seventh in AFC) ... Saw action on 1063 of 1129 total defensive snaps (94.2 percent), second-most among Bengals defenders.
College: Played three seasons (2013-15) at Houston, after one season (2012) at Trinity Valley Community College (Athens, Texas) ... Houston career totals included eight INTs, 48 total PDs, 115 tackles, three FRs and two FFs ... Though he played only three seasons, his 40 career pass breakups were third-most in UH history ... Helped lead 2015 Cougars to a 13-1 record, tied for best in school history, and to best national ranking (eighth) since 1979 ... His five INTs in 2015 included two returned for TDs ... His Defensive MVP performance in 2015 season Peach Bowl win over Florida State included two INTs, two additional pass breakups and a career-high 10 tackles.
Personal: Hometown is Houston, Texas ... Attended Wheatley High School, where he played both WR and DB ... Earned first-team All District honors at DB as a junior and senior, and added 35 receptions for 626 yards and 10 TDs over the two seasons ... Sociology major at Houston ... Hobbies include horseback riding.
