Education
He attended Grant Union High School in Sacramento, California before attending and competing for three different colleges.
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Jackson was a standout freshman center at Lassen College in 2012-2013, averaging an impressive 11.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. He also averaged 12.2 points and tallied 21 double-doubles. As a sophomore, Jackson moved to the College of Southern Idaho.
He managed just 16 games in 2013-2014 after recovering from a broken leg earlier in the season.
He averaged 5.8 points and 5.6 rebounds in limited action, appearing in just 17.8 minutes per game. As a junior in 2014-2015, Jackson played Division I college basketball for the Tennessee Technical Golden Eagles.
In 30 games (all starts), he averaged 13.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. He subsequently earned OVC All-Newcomer Team honors.
On April 24, 2015, Jackson declared for the National Basketball Association draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility.
New Zealand (2015–2016)
After going undrafted in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft, Jackson joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2015 National Basketball Association Summer League where he averaged 7.5 points and six rebounds in four games. On August 10, 2015, Jackson signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2015-2016 NBL season. In his debut game for the Breakers in the team"s season opener on October 7, he came off the bench to record 12 points and seven rebounds in a loss to the Adelaide 36ers.
On January 17, 2016, he recorded 11 points and 18 rebounds in a 103–96 double overtime loss to the Illawarra Hawks, fouling out in the second overtime.
Of his 18 rebounds, 10 of them were offensive, becoming the first player in Breakers" history to grab 10 offensive rebounds in a game, and the first player in the NBL to record that mark since Rosell Ellis did so in January 2007. In the playoffs, the Breakers defeated first-placed Melbourne United in the semi-finals with a 2–0 sweep, moving on to their fifth Grand Final appearance in six years.
Jackson appeared in all 33 games for the Breakers in 2015-2016, averaging 10.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game. On March 9, 2016, Jackson signed a short-term, two-game deal with the Wellington Saints.
He appeared in both of the Saints" Round 1 games, scoring a total of 26 points and helping the team claim a 2–0 start to the season.
Delaware 87ers (2016–present)
On March 18, 2016, Jackson was acquired by the Delaware 87ers of the National Basketball Association Development League. On March 25, he made his debut for Delaware in a 99–93 loss to the Sioux Falls Skyforce, recording six points, 13 rebounds, three steals and three blocks in 23 minutes off the bench.
Achievements
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On December 5, he scored a season-high 22 points in an 86–75 win over the Townsville Crocodiles. The Breakers finished the regular season in fourth place with a 16–12 win/loss record. There they faced their arch rivals the Perth Wildcats in a best-of-three series where they lost Game 1 in Perth 82–76, fought out a Game 2 72–68 win in Auckland to level the series, and then lost Game 3 in Perth 75–52.
