Michael Jackson III Season 2025

2025 / AS A FIFTH-SENIOR
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention as a Return Specialist (Media)
• Started all 12 games
• Led Purdue with 63 receptions for 570 yards and added one touchdown
• Finished third in the Big Ten with 52 receptions in conference games
• Returned 26 punts for a 4.8-yard average and 22 kicks for a 23.6-yard average (sixth in B1G)
• Opened his Purdue career with six catches for 72 yards and scored a 14-yard touchdown vs. Ball State (Aug. 30)
• Caught seven passes for 70 yards vs. USC (Sept. 13)
• Had a season-high 14 receptions for 94 yards vs. Illinois (Oct. 11); his 14 catches were the most by a Big Ten player in a game in 2025 and most by a Boilermaker since Rondale Moore had 15 on Nov. 20, 2020
• Recorded six receptions for 58 yards at Michigan (Nov. 1)
• Concluded the season with six receptions for 66 yards vs. Indiana (Nov. 28)

2024 / AS A SENIOR AT GEORGIA
• Appeared in five games as a reserve wide receiver/kick returner and redshirted
• Caught one pass for 10 yards vs. Tennessee Tech

2023 / AS A JUNIOR AT USC
• Appeared in nine games with one start
• Totaled 17 catches for 146 yards and one touchdown 
• Caught a 15-yard touchdown vs. Nevada
• Had two receptions for 30 yards with a season-long 16-yard catch at Arizona State
• Produced 30 yards on three receptions at Colorado
• Caught a season-high six passes for 51 yards at Notre Dame

2022 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT USC
• Played in eight games with two starts
• Totaled 17 receptions for 236 yards and four touchdowns
• Added two rushes for 72 yards and 11 punt returns for 70 yards
• Scored a 20-yard touchdown on his only reception at Utah
• Had a 53-yard rush and added three catches for 19 yards at Arizona
• Set a career high with 115 receiving yards on five catches with two touchdowns vs. Cal
• Hauled in three passes for 42 yards and had a season-long 17-yard punt return at UCLA
• Totaled four catches for 31 yards and a touchdown in the Cotton Bowl vs. Tulane

2021 / AS A FRESHMAN AT USC
• Appeared in eight games
• Recorded 12 catches for 116 yards and two punt returns for five yards
• Caught his first collegiate pass for an 11-yard gain at Arizona State
• Had four catches for 17 yards vs. UCLA
• Hauled in six passes for 73 yards at Cal

HIGH SCHOOL
• Played at Desert Pines High School
• Named a PrepStar All-American as a senior
• Earned Las Vegas Review Journal All-Southern Nevada Honorable Mention as a junior
• Caught 34 passes for 627 yards and five touchdowns as a junior
• Totaled 29 receptions for 430 yards for seven touchdowns his sophomore year