#22 Braeden Jackson Season 2026-27

2026 Honors -- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (9/28) for his performance at Michigan... 2026 -- Played in first five games... has rushed 19 times for 170 yards (long of 62 yards) and two touchdowns, caught three passes for 42 yards and one touchdown (long of 24 yards), and returned two kickoffs for 119 yards (long of 99 yards) and one touchdown this season... the kickoff return touchdown (1) leads the Big Ten and ranks third in the nation... rushed a career-high 11 times for a career-high 125 yards (career-high long of 62 yards) and his first career rushing touchdown, and caught his first career pass for 24 yards and his first career receiving touchdown in 55-0 shutout over UNI... the 62-yard rush is the longest by a Hawkeye this season... one of three Hawkeye running backs to rush for over 100 yards vs. UNI, making it the first time for three Hawkeyes to do that since 1983 (Eddie Phillips-172, Owen Gill-104, Norm Granger-128)... returned his first two career kickoffs for a career-high 119 yards (long of 99 yards) and one touchdown in 20-19 come-frome-behind win at #18 Michigan... first player in the Big Ten to return a kickoff for a touchdown this season and the 99-yard return is the seventh longest in program history... also rushed four times for 13 yards (long of five yards) and caught one pass for six yards at Michigan... rushed once for two yards and a touchdown, and caught one pass for 12 yards in 14-31 loss to #5/6 Ohio State... rushed three times for 30 yards (long of 24 yards) in 40-0 season-opening shutout vs. Northern Illinois.

2025 Honors -- Team Leader Award, offense and special teams... 2025 -- Redshirted... did not see any game action.

High school honors – First-team all-state and all-district honoree as a senior… two-time first-team all-conference selection. Career – Had a school-record 1,964 all-purpose yards with 27 touchdowns as a senior, including six in a single game… had 173 carries for 1,402 yards (8.1 ypc) and 22 touchdowns on the ground, 19 catches for 288 yards and three touchdowns through the air and six returns for 274 yards and two scores… National Player of the Week (Week 10) after compiling 342 all-purpose yards and scoring six touchdowns (three rushing, two receiving, one kickoff) in a win over Iowa City High… had 1,183 all-purpose yards as a junior (102 carries, 669 yards, 8 TDs on the ground; 31 receptions, 354 yards, four TDs and 162 return yards)… finished with 3,147 career all-purpose yards… team captain as a senior… led team to three state playoff appearances with 21 wins from sophomore to senior seasons… team went 8-3 as a senior… earned Sprinter of the Year Award and was Mr. Iowa Track recipient… was a Drake Relays Champion and four-time state track champion… school record holder in 200-meters (21.54)… state record holder in 4x100 relay (40.13) and 4x200 relay (125.6).

Personal – Born 9/19/06… pre-business major… son of Fred and Danielle Jackson… has three younger sisters -- Kaelen, Jaeden and Maecen… father was an All-America running back and two-time Iowa Athletic Intercollegiate Conference MVP at Coe College… he played nine seasons in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills, rushing for 5,746 yards and 30 TDs… high school coach was Ryan Pezzeti.