Donovan Jackson

COLLEGE - OHIO STATE

• Part of Ohio State's 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship team.
• Played four seasons at Ohio State (2021-24), starting 40 of the 53 games he played in his career at both LG and LT, including starting every game he played from 2022-24.
• According to Pro Football Focus, only allowed 5.0 sacks in 1,293 pass blocking snaps played in his career.
• Was a part of an offensive line that allowed just 4.0 sacks in four games during the College Football Playoffs.
• In 2024, contributed to an Ohio State offense that ranked seventh nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed per game (3.75) and tenth in fewest sacks allowed per game (1.0).
• In 2023, started all 13 games at right guard.
• Started all 13 games at right guard in 2022, helping lead the Buckeyes to a No. 9 ranking nationally in total offense (490.7 yards per game) and No. 2 in scoring (44.2 points per game) in 2022.
• Appeared in all 13 games as a true freshman in 2021.

COLLEGE - OHIO STATE

• Part of Ohio State's 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship team.
• Played four seasons at Ohio State (2021-24), starting 40 of the 53 games he played in his career at both LG and LT, including starting every game he played from 2022-24.
• According to Pro Football Focus, only allowed 5.0 sacks in 1,293 pass blocking snaps played in his career.
• Was a part of an offensive line that allowed just 4.0 sacks in four games during the College Football Playoffs.
• In 2024, contributed to an Ohio State offense that ranked seventh nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed per game (3.75) and tenth in fewest sacks allowed per game (1.0).
• In 2023, started all 13 games at right guard.
• Started all 13 games at right guard in 2022, helping lead the Buckeyes to a No. 9 ranking nationally in total offense (490.7 yards per game) and No. 2 in scoring (44.2 points per game) in 2022.
• Appeared in all 13 games as a true freshman in 2021.

HONORS

• First-Team All-Big Ten (2023-24, Coaches and Media)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022-24)
• Rose Bowl Game Scholar-Athlete (2024)
• Dan S. Petty/Cotton Bowl Scholar-Athlete (2023)

PREP - EPISCOPAL (TEXAS)

• Five-star prospect according to 247Sports and the nation's No. 1 ranked guard.
• No. 1 player in the state of Texas and No. 17 overall player.
• Started at LT at Houston Christian High School as a freshman before transferring to Episcopal High School.
• Helped Episcopal win the Southwest Preparatory Conference 4A title as a junior.
• Selected for the Army All-American Bowl.
• Took home OL MVP honors at The Opening in July of 2019.

OFF THE FIELD

• Son of Melanie and Todd Jackson.
• Both his parents are from Ohio. Father grew up in Cleveland and his mother is from Cincinnati.
• Sister, Rachel, is working on her master's degree in environmental sciences at Duke.
• Mother was an elementary school teacher for 25 years before retiring. His grandmothers were also teachers, and one of his uncles is a music professor at the University of Georgia.
• Interned with the Ohio State Department of Athletics' fan experience and promotions area in the summer of 2023 as part of the Bucks Go Pro program.
• Graduated in December of 2024 with his degree in sport industry.
• Played basketball and baseball as a kid and threw discus and shot put in high school, and he won state twice in the shot put and discus.