2026 Football Roster
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Oct 10 (Sat)
1 PM
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Jersey Number 6
Will Jackson-Linkhart
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 237
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Dayton, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Tiffin
- High School:
- Centerville
- Spring 2026 transfer from Tiffin
- Arrived with one year of eligibility remaining
- Career stats entering 2026: 34 GP, 80-866, 9 TD
Prior to Chattanooga
- Spent five seasons at Tiffin...played in 34 games collecting 80 receptions for 866 yards and nine TDs.
- Season highs of 31 catches (2025), 311 yards (2023) and four scores (2024).
- Career highs of six catches (Walsh-2024), 71 yards (Saint Anselm-2023) & one TD (9x).
- CSC Academic All-District in 2024.
- Prepped at Centerville High School in Ohio...played for Brent Ullery...honorable mention All-State as a junior as well as All-SW Ohio first team...Sonny Unger Memorial Scholarship winner.
- 2 star prospect per 247sports.
Personal
- Born 2003...son of Darius Jackson & Lorri Linkhart...six siblings: Julian, Hannah, Nastassia, Nadia, Noelle and Nashi.
- Brother Julian played at Ohio Dominican and Lincoln.
- Majoring in Business.
- Arrived with one year of eligibility remaining
- Career stats entering 2026: 34 GP, 80-866, 9 TD
Prior to Chattanooga
- Spent five seasons at Tiffin...played in 34 games collecting 80 receptions for 866 yards and nine TDs.
- Season highs of 31 catches (2025), 311 yards (2023) and four scores (2024).
- Career highs of six catches (Walsh-2024), 71 yards (Saint Anselm-2023) & one TD (9x).
- CSC Academic All-District in 2024.
- Prepped at Centerville High School in Ohio...played for Brent Ullery...honorable mention All-State as a junior as well as All-SW Ohio first team...Sonny Unger Memorial Scholarship winner.
- 2 star prospect per 247sports.
Personal
- Born 2003...son of Darius Jackson & Lorri Linkhart...six siblings: Julian, Hannah, Nastassia, Nadia, Noelle and Nashi.
- Brother Julian played at Ohio Dominican and Lincoln.
- Majoring in Business.
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