Background
Jackson was born in Memphis, Tennessee to parents Lachaundra Jackson and Joseph Burns.
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He also finished his four-year prep career having scored 3,451 points (232 per game) and amassed the second-highest points total in the history of Shelby-Metro area high school basketball.
Career
Jackson was a consensus top 15 recruit coming out of White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee. As a senior in 2009-2010, he averaged 29.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.8 steals per game. Jackson was named the 2009-2010 Tennessee Mr.
Basketball for Class American Automobile Association. He was also named a McDonald"s High School All-American as well as a first-team Parade All-American.
In the 2010 McDonald"s All-American Game, Jackson recorded two points, two assists and one rebound in 12 minutes of playing time.
Jackson struggled to adapt to the pace and size of college basketball in his freshman season and through the midpoint of his sophomore season despite his solid statistics – 9.9 points and 3.1 assists in 2010-2011 followed by 11.0 points and 3.8 assists in 2011-2012. Jackson was named the Most Valuable Player for both the 2011 and the 2012 Conference Tournaments. In 2012-2013, his junior season, Jackson averaged 13.6 points, 4.8 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals for a Memphis team that went undefeated in conference play (16–0), qualified for the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament as the number six seed (advancing to the Round of 32) and finished with an overall record of 31–5.
After going undrafted in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft, Jackson joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2014 National Basketball Association Summer League.
On September 26, 2014, he signed with the Phoenix Suns. However, he was later waived by the Suns on October 14, 2014.
On November 2, 2014, he was acquired by the Bakersfield Jam as an affiliate player. On April 16, 2015, he was named the Doctorate-League"s Most Improved Player for the 2014-2015 season after improving from 6.0 points per game during December to 17.7 points per game during March.
On the season, he averaged 13.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.5 steals in 38 games.
In July 2015, Jackson was selected with the 14th pick of the 2015 KBL draft by the Goyang Orion Orions, signing with them afterwards.
Achievements
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He played college basketball for the University of Memphis where he was named the 2013 Conference United States of America Player of the Year. The Tigers won the Conference United States of America Tournament his freshman year, then won both the regular season and conference tournament championships in his sophomore campaign. He surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career, was an All-Conference First Team selection and was honored as the Conference United States of America Player of the Year. On February 13, 2014, he was named one of the 30 finalists for Naismith College Player of the Year award.
