2024-25 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
• Purdue’s team leader in tournament wins (21), pins (5), shutout wins (14) and riding time differential (+37:13)
• Posted a 21-8 record, racking up the third-most wins on the team
• Won his first collegiate tournament title at the Greyhound Open (125 lbs.), outscoring his opponents 53-3
• Took third place at the Cleveland State Open and Kent State Open as well as fourth place in the Purple Raider Open and Michigan State Open (freshman/sophomore division)
• Registered 10 bonus point victories, tied for fourth-most by a Boilermaker
• Started at 125 lbs. in Purdue’s final dual, falling to Nebraska’s No. 7 Caleb Smith
• Had a total point differential of +90, improving on his mark of -19 as a true freshman
• Named Academic All-Big Ten as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
2023-24 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Stats
• Posted a 10-8 record in his redshirt season, racking up six pins
• His six wins via fall led the team, five coming in the first period. Also tied for the most shutout wins with four
• Made his dual debut in matches against Indianapolis and Northern Illinois. Picked up a fall (2:51) over Indianapolis’ Nathan Smith
• Finished on the podium in both the Greyhound Open (third) and the Purple Raider Open (fifth)
• Went 4-1 at the Greyhound Open, winning all of his matches with bonus points (three pins and a major)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-time Indiana state champion. In 2022 at 113 pounds, he only gave up two points the whole tournament to complete a perfect 50-0 season. In 2021 at 106 pounds, he went 35-2 to win the title
• Won 53 matches in a row as a senior before losing in the state title match
• Won his regional and semi-state tournaments the last two seasons
• Won his last four IHSAA sectional championships
• Won 120 matches in a row across his junior and senior years, a LaPorte school record
• Came in first at the 42nd annual Al Smith Wrestling Classic
• Took the title at the ISWA Freestyle State Finals in the Junior USA 1 division
• Named a team captain for the LaPorte High School wrestling team
• Varsity Record: 173-11
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Earned the No. 177 overall spot in the class of 2023 via MatScouts
• Ranked 12th in the country at 125 pounds by MatScouts
• Tabbed as the seventh best prospect from Indiana by MatScouts
PERSONAL
• Elite Athletic Club
• Major: Selling & Sales Management
• Nickname: “Action”
• Hometown: Laporte, Indiana
• Birthday: Dec. 2, 2004
• Parents: Adam and Nacole Jackson
• Siblings: Brothers – Damen and Brayden, Sister – Bailey
• Instagram: @action.jackson125
• Member of the American Sign Language Honors Society
• Stats
• Purdue’s team leader in tournament wins (21), pins (5), shutout wins (14) and riding time differential (+37:13)
• Posted a 21-8 record, racking up the third-most wins on the team
• Won his first collegiate tournament title at the Greyhound Open (125 lbs.), outscoring his opponents 53-3
• Took third place at the Cleveland State Open and Kent State Open as well as fourth place in the Purple Raider Open and Michigan State Open (freshman/sophomore division)
• Registered 10 bonus point victories, tied for fourth-most by a Boilermaker
• Started at 125 lbs. in Purdue’s final dual, falling to Nebraska’s No. 7 Caleb Smith
• Had a total point differential of +90, improving on his mark of -19 as a true freshman
• Named Academic All-Big Ten as part of a program record tally of 15 Boilermakers to receive the honor in 2025
2023-24 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Stats
• Posted a 10-8 record in his redshirt season, racking up six pins
• His six wins via fall led the team, five coming in the first period. Also tied for the most shutout wins with four
• Made his dual debut in matches against Indianapolis and Northern Illinois. Picked up a fall (2:51) over Indianapolis’ Nathan Smith
• Finished on the podium in both the Greyhound Open (third) and the Purple Raider Open (fifth)
• Went 4-1 at the Greyhound Open, winning all of his matches with bonus points (three pins and a major)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-time Indiana state champion. In 2022 at 113 pounds, he only gave up two points the whole tournament to complete a perfect 50-0 season. In 2021 at 106 pounds, he went 35-2 to win the title
• Won 53 matches in a row as a senior before losing in the state title match
• Won his regional and semi-state tournaments the last two seasons
• Won his last four IHSAA sectional championships
• Won 120 matches in a row across his junior and senior years, a LaPorte school record
• Came in first at the 42nd annual Al Smith Wrestling Classic
• Took the title at the ISWA Freestyle State Finals in the Junior USA 1 division
• Named a team captain for the LaPorte High School wrestling team
• Varsity Record: 173-11
NATIONAL RANKINGS
• Earned the No. 177 overall spot in the class of 2023 via MatScouts
• Ranked 12th in the country at 125 pounds by MatScouts
• Tabbed as the seventh best prospect from Indiana by MatScouts
PERSONAL
• Elite Athletic Club
• Major: Selling & Sales Management
• Nickname: “Action”
• Hometown: Laporte, Indiana
• Birthday: Dec. 2, 2004
• Parents: Adam and Nacole Jackson
• Siblings: Brothers – Damen and Brayden, Sister – Bailey
• Instagram: @action.jackson125
• Member of the American Sign Language Honors Society