The 2017 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Tony Hughes and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

They finished the season 3–8, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.