2017 Football Roster
Roster
Willie Jackson IV
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 217
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mobile, Ala.
- High School:
- Faith Academy
Senior receiver who will compete for a starting spot again in 2017 … Has shown a penchant for making big catches during his career … Gained more than 15 pounds in the offseason, which will allow for more physical play as a blocker on the perimeter … Has good hands and has played a variety of receiver spots over the course of his time in Boiling Springs … Has seen action in 31 games during his career.
2016 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 11 games as a top reserve in the receiving corps … Established new career-highs with 12 catches for 238 yards and three touchdowns … Averaged a team-best 19.8 yards per catch … Caught two passes for 26 yards and a score vs. No. 15 Citadel (9/17), including a go-ahead score in the fourth quarter … Had a 28-yard touchdown reception at Ohio (9/24) … Hauled in a 70-yard touchdown catch vs. Kennesaw State (10/22) … Had a 19-yard reception for a first down at No. 8 Charleston Southern (11/5) … Caught a 16-yard pass vs. No. 15 Coastal Carolina (10/15) … Eight of his 12 catches went for either first downs or touchdowns on the season. 2015 at Gardner-Webb: Played in all 11 games … Made one start … Caught seven passes for 72 yards and a touchdown … Had one carry for eight yards … Caught two passes for 39 yards and a score vs. ETSU (11/14) … Had a 34-yard touchdown catch in that game … Caught two passes for 13 yards in the win over No. 15 Liberty (10/10) … Had a 13-yard reception vs. Monmouth (11/21) … Had an eight-yard rush vs. No. 8 Coastal Carolina (11/7). 2014 at GWU: 2014 at Gardner-Webb: Played in eight games … Caught 11 passes for 104 yards … Had a career day in the win over Charlotte (10/4), hauling in seven passes for 73 yards, including a tight-rope grab for 34 yards just before halftime … Caught two passes for 13 yards at VMI (10/18).
High School: Played at Faith (Ala.) Academy under Coach Rusty Mason ... Collected 96 catches for 1,486 yards and 13 touchdowns over his final two high school seasons … A first-team Class 5A All-State selection by the Alabama High School Coaches Association and Alabama Sportswriters Association in 2013 … A second-team All-Coastal Alabama selection by the Mobile Press-Register newspaper as a senior … Caught 41 passes for 711 yards and nine touchdowns in seven games as a senior, averaging 101.6 yards per game … Had eight catches for 110 yards and two touchdowns in the season finale vs. Robertsdale (Ala.) High … Caught 55 passes for 775 yards and four touchdowns as a junior in 2012 … Had nine catches for a season-high 189 yards and a touchdown vs. Vigor (Ala.) High … Chose GWU over Samford, Alabama State and Alcorn State … Also recruited by UAB, Navy, Louisiana-Lafayette, Troy, Southern Miss, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Memphis and Middle Tennessee State.
