2024 Football Roster

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15 Makai Jackson

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Levittown, Pa.
  • High School Harry S. Truman
  • Prev School Saint Francis (Pa.)

Biography

2024: All-Sun Belt third team … Appeared in all 11 games, starting 10 at wide receiver … Led the Mountaineers in all-purpose yards with 1,015 … Caught 46 passes for 745 yards and five touchdowns … Also had five rushing attempts for 90 yards and one touchdown … Had 162 yards and one touchdown against JMU for the fifth-highest total by an App State receiver in the FBS era … Finished the last two games with 13 receptions for 319 yards and two touchdowns … Finished season with back-to-back games of 150-plus receiving yards … Ranked No. 6 in Sun Belt with 72.6 receiving yards per game in league play and No. 7 in the Sun Belt with 67.7 receiving yards per game for the whole season … Ranked No. 2 in Sun Belt with eight receptions of 30-plus yards and had six total touchdowns thanks to a 47-yard rushing touchdown … Closed the regular season with eight catches for 157 yards and one touchdown against Georgia Southern.

2023: Played in all 14 games and made first App State start in the bowl win against Miami (Ohio) … Caught 27 passes for 418 yards and two touchdowns … Scored on a 29-yard touchdown reception against Marshall and a 44-yard touchdown reception to open the second quarter at Georgia State … Also had a 45-yard reception against Georgia State as part of a three-catch, 98-yard performance … Had a 67-yard reception against Coastal Carolina to set up a score … Totaled five catches of at least 25 yards … Caught three passes for 35 yards as a starter in a driving rainstorm in the bowl victory … Season-high five catches (for 49 yards) in the win at JMU.

Prior to App State: In 2022, had 85 catches for 991 yards with nine touchdowns in 12 games as a college newcomer at Saint Francis in Pennsylvania, contributing to HERO Sports Freshman All-America recognition from a 9-3 team that went 7-0 in league play and reached the FCS playoffs … Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year as well as a first-team all-league performer … Had five 100-yard receiving games in 2022, highlighted by 11 catches for 117 yards against Wagner and eight catches for a season-high 123 yards against Richmond … Totaled 1,125 all-purpose yards, including a 79-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

High School: All-league standout at Harry S. Truman High School, where he played for coach Benjamin Johnson … Three-sport athlete also played basketball and baseball.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 190 lbs
  • 15

    2023Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 200 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2024Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 200 lbs
    15