Lucky Jackson

CAREER NOTES

• Spent time in the CFL and XFL before signing with the Vikings on 5/23/23.

2024 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Spent the 2024 season as a member of the Vikings practice squad.

CAREER NOTES

• Spent time in the CFL and XFL before signing with the Vikings on 5/23/23.

2024 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Spent the 2024 season as a member of the Vikings practice squad.

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Appeared in three games for the Vikings in 2023.
• Concluded the season on the Vikings active roster, signing prior to the team's Week 18 game at Detroit (1/7).
• Elevated to the Vikings active roster for a second-straight week, seeing action on both offense and special teams against Green Bay in Week 17 (12/31).
• Elevated to the Vikings active roster in Week 16 against Detroit (12/24) and made his NFL debut.

2023 | D.C. DEFENDERS (XFL)

• In 10 games, caught 36 passes for 573 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns.

COLLEGE - WESTERN KENTUCKY

• Capped his Hilltopper career with one of the best receiving seasons in program history, cementing his name in the WKU record books while leading the team with 94 receptions and 1,133 yards.
• His 94 receptions ranked eighth in FBS and second in all-time WKU program history for a single season.
• With 16 catches at Marshall in 2019, he broke the Hilltoppers' 50-year single-game record dating back to 1969. Then, in the First Responder Bowl against Western Michigan, he broke that mark again with 17 grabs – tying for fifth-most in all-time bowl game history – to earn MVP honors.
• For the 2019 season, only Jackson and East Carolina's Tyler Snead had two games of at least 16 receptions, while the rest of the nation had zero. His 1,133 yards ranked 23rd in FBS and fourth in all-time WKU program history for a single season.
• Jackson had five games of 100-plus yards receiving in 2019, including a career-high 194 against Florida Atlantic, which tied for the fourth-most in a single game in Hilltopper program history. Also added an eight-yard touchdown pass on a trick play against Charlotte.
• For his career, his 209 catches stand second all-time and 2,680 yards are third, while his nine 100-yard receiving games are tied for second.

PREP - LAFAYETTE

• Helped the team to a 9-4 overall record and Courier-Journal All-State First Team and Associated Press All-State Second Team honors as a wide receiver.
• Was also named the District 8 Player of the Year and participated in the Best of the Bluegrass All-Star game.
• During his senior season, tallied 49 receptions for 1,018 yards and 14 touchdowns.
• Was rated the No. 20 prospect in Kentucky by 247Sports and was named to the Lexington Herald-Leader's Class of the Commonwealth team.

OFF THE FIELD

• Full name is Dontavian Jackson.
• Goes by "Lucky."