As a junior quarterback he led SOC to the state semifinals; as a senior defensive back in 1972, he made all-state.”[3] In 1984, the Dallas Morning News created an all-time Dallas-area high school all-star team.
On that hypothetical team, drawn from players from all area high schools over the preceding 60 years, Jackson started at defensive back.
To demonstrate their point, they listed 5 players from recent decades: Jackson, along with Egypt Allen, Danny Colbert, Michael Downs, and Rod Jones.
[8] Jackson was one of the leaders of the 1974 Baylor football team that ended the season ranked 12th in the country and won the Southwest Conference title for the first time since 1924.
[9][10][11] Early in that season, Jackson converted a short swing pass into a 56-yard touchdown that helped spark Baylor's upset of the University of Texas.