Wingate’s Jackson Earns National D2Football.com Honorable Mention Honors

Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University senior linebacker Vagas Jackson (Ellerbe, N.C.) has been named an honorable mention D2Football.com defensive "player of the week," the website announced on Monday.

Jackson led all defenders with a career-high 14 tackles in Wingate's 21-13 South Atlantic Conference home win over Presbyterian College Saturday. Jackson had 11 solo stops, two tackles for losses and one quarterback sack.

Thanks to the defensive pressure applied by Jackson and his Bulldog defensive mates, Presbyterian could not get the big play on Saturday. The Blue Hose were only four-of-14 on third-down conversions (and zero-of-three on fourth-down tries).

On the season, Jackson is fifth on the Wingate University defensive charts with 49 total tackles. He has 5.5 tackles for losses and four quarterback sacks.