NFL Draft
3/20/25
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Cam’Ron Jackson 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Florida Gators NT
Height: 6064 (verified)
Weight: 339lbs (verified)
Year: Redshirt Senior
Pro Comparison: Jerrod Clark
Scouting Overview
Florida Gators defensive tackle Cam’Ron Jackson is a hulking frame capable of stuffing up interior gaps in the defensive front. He offers good length, hand power, and natural strength to neutralize drive blocks and double teams — when he’s vigilant with his pads and leverage.
He is a run stuffer through and through, however. Given his lack of juice and twitch, he seems unlikely to command even front reps or passing down opportunities in favor of more disruptive members of the rotation. The question for Jackson will be how in-demand his skill set is as a developmental nose who may struggle to warrant playing time early in his career unless he takes a significant leap.
2025 NFL Combine Results
| Position | Name | School | 40-Yard Dash | 10-Yard Split | Broad Jump | Vertical Jump | 3-Cone Drill | 20-Yard Shuttle | Bench Press |
| DT | Cam'Ron Jackson | Florida | 5.17 | 1.81 | 93 | 24 |
Positives
- Possesses elite length with over 34-inch arms and nearly a 7-foot wingspan
- Boasts impressive natural strength that takes over as reps develop longer
- Shows very good hand power to jolt blockers with a well-placed stun punch
Negatives
- Can be guilty of playing too tall, costing him anchor ability and real estate at the point
- Offers negligible value as a pass rush threat on passing downs and is likely to concede reps in obvious rush downs
- Can play a bit top-heavy at times, costing him a reliable center of gravity
Background
Jackson is from Haynesville, LA, and played high school football for Haynesville HS. There, he was ranked as a 3-star recruit (247 Sports) who initially enrolled at the University of Memphis as a member of their 2020 recruiting class. As a true freshman in 2020, Jackson played nine games for the Tigers but kept his fourth year of college eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic policy.
Jackson then played in 12 games in 2021 before assuming a starting role with the team in 2022. He started all 13 games that season for Memphis.
After the 2022 season, Jackson entered the transfer portal as a 4-star transfer (247 Sports). He landed with the Gators and started 22 games in 23 appearances with the program across the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Jackson accepted an invitation to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl to culminate his college career.
Tale Of The Tape
Jackson has a role to play for an NFL team if he can fortify some of the basics of playing in the heart of the defense. This is a long, powerful athlete who possesses the raw strength to hold ground and facilitate his teammates on the second level. Better pad-level discipline and relation to the line of scrimmage can help him consistently execute.
As a run defender, Jackson doesn’t always maximize his length and can be prone to playing chest to chest with blockers. In these instances, Jackson can get his pads ridden up and be turned or torqued out of gaps — hurting the integrity of the front he’s anchoring. But when he can shoot hands and secure a fit, Jackson has the ability and upper-body power to create statemates that bog down the run game.
Typically, Jackson’s strength wins over time. If there’s an opportunity to press across the face or collapse a blocker back into a gap, this is where you see the raw strength that he possesses. His losses, ironically, can be tied back to missed execution at first contact, which stresses his flexibility, body control, and ability to anchor late to reset himself.
As a pass rusher, Jackson flashed some intrigue at the Senior Bowl, but the game tape shows a player that doesn’t offer a great deal of creativity or diversity in how he attacks the pocket. He lacks pop out of his stance, offers a larger surface area to offensive linemen, and is missing the quick-twitch ability to have secondary reactions and counters to uncover into gaps. He’s projecting most favorably as a pocket pusher on neutral downs.
Where can he be an asset in passing situations? Getting his hands up to disrupt throwing lanes. He’s a mountain of a human being with a long wingspan. As a result, Jackson can change the trajectory of throws or the release point of the quarterback if he can generate even modest push on the interior.
This same quality has been frequently called upon on field goal block units at both Memphis and Florida — he’s logged 228 snaps on that unit during the course of his five-year college career. He blocked a field goal in 2020 against UCF.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Jackson projects as a developmental nose tackle at the NFL level. He has the length and strength to physically overwhelm most centers at the league level in Bear fronts, but putting him in more neutral game situations will pose challenges.
He deserves the chance to further diversify his game, but he’d be well used as a depth piece short-term who can play on field goal block teams as a potential shot blocker in the middle.
Grade: 69.50/100.00, Sixth Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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