He is best known for his college career at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, where he scored over 2,000 points and recorded over 1,000 rebounds and was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year as a senior.
As a junior in 1993–94, Jackson averaged 18.6 points and 12.0 rebounds and the Colonels to a 19–9 mark and a 12–6 SLC record.
As a senior, he led an experienced Colonels team to Southland regular-season and tournament titles.
He was selected in the first round (fourth pick overall) of the 1995 Continental Basketball Association (CBA) draft by the Rockford Lightning.
Following a brief stint in Italy, Jackson returned to the CBA, where he played the 1997–98 season with the La Crosse Catbirds.