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DenniousJackson

  • position Defensive Lineman
  • height 6-5
  • Weight 335
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Augusta, Ga.
  • High school Lakeside
  • Previous School Contra Costa College

2023 – Sophomore (Contra Costa CC)
• Played in seven games and had 30 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks

2022 – Freshman (Contra Costa CC)
• Played in two games and totaled 11 tackles

High School
• Four-year letter winner and three-year starter at Lakeside High School in Evans, Georgia
• Coached by Steve Hibbitts
• An all-around player who saw action at defensive tackle, defensive end and fullback for the Panthers

Personal
• First name pronounced “dee-NIE-us”
• Born in Augusta, Georgia
• Son of Cohester Johnson-Stroman and Dennis Jackson
• Father, Dennis, played football at Albany State
• Has one younger brother, Aadyen
• Major is pre-communication

Dennious Says
• His nickname is “D-Nice”
• His hobbies include gardening, cooking and barbequing
• After his football career, he hopes to get into engineering or fire fighting
• If money was no object, he would provide rent free housing for the homeless
• One thing most people don’t know about him is that he can play the trombone

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