Education
Jackson attended Westside High School in Houston, Texas.
Jackson attended Westside High School in Houston, Texas.
Jackson played college football for the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs football team Jackson committed to Texas Christian University on January 31, 2005. He choose Texas Christian University over football scholarships from Baylor, Houston, Louisiana Technical & Louisiana–Lafayette.
Jackson redshirted his freshman year at Texas Christian University, before finding himself as the back up to Jeff Ballard during his redshirt-freshman season.
In 2007, Jackson was giving the opportunity to compete for the starting quarterback job, but lost the battle to Andy Dalton. Jackson spent the duration of his career as a backup to Dalton, with the exception of starting two games in 2008 during a Dalton injury.
While at Westside, Jackson was a member of the football team