Former Virginia linebacker Nick Jackson commits to Iowa

Latest Hawkeye arrival from switch portal led ACC in tackles per sport in 2022

Virginia’s Nick Johnson (6) and James Jackson (7) have fun after the staff’s win over Georgia Tech in an NCAA school soccer sport Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photograph/John Bazemore)

IOWA CITY — Former Virginia linebacker Nick Jackson has dedicated to Iowa by way of the switch portal, he introduced Wednesday night on Twitter.

Jackson led the ACC with 10.4 tackles per sport and had 5 sacks in Virginia’s shortened 10-game 2022 schedule.

He has acquired both second or third-team all-ACC honors within the final three seasons and was a captain for the Cavaliers within the final two seasons.

The 6-foot-1, 235-pound linebacker can have a possibility to make a direct affect on a linebacker corps that’s shedding three starting-caliber linebackers — Jack Campbell and Seth Benson by way of commencement and Jestin Jacobs by way of the switch portal.

If Jackson performs center linebacker at Iowa, like he did at Virginia, he can be taking on for one among Iowa’s greatest defensive gamers within the Kirk Ferentz period. Campbell was Iowa’s first-ever recipient of the Butkus Award, which matches to the highest linebacker within the nation.

With 2,305 profession defensive snaps, in accordance with Professional Soccer Focus, Jackson can be Iowa’s most skilled linebacker in 2022 by a large margin. Jay Higgins, the one different Iowa linebacker to start out a sport, has taken 267 profession defensive snaps.

Jackson has one yr of eligibility remaining.

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