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- Career & Game-By-Game Statistic CAREER: The anchor of the MSU offensive line with All-American potential for 2012 . . . Named to the preseason 2012 All-SEC second team by the SEC Coaches, Phil Steele, Athlon and the SEC’s Football Information Directors . . . Member of the 2012 Outland Trophy Watch List . . . 2011 Rivals.com Sophomore All-American after being named to the All-SEC second team by Rivals and the AP . . . Has started 25 games in his three years at State . . . Named Rivals.com All-SEC Second Team in 2011, starting all 13 games his redshirt sophomore season . . . Started all 13 games at left guard during his redshirt freshman season. . . Redshirted during his true freshman season on campus . . . Highly-recruited lineman from the Mississippi prep ranks. 2011: Named to the AP and Rivals.com All-SEC second team, as well as the Rivals.com Sophomore All-American team . . . Started at left guard for all 13 games . . . Graded out a champion in five games and recorded a team-high 69 takedowns . . . Notched a season-high nine takedowns at Auburn . . . Graded out at a career-high 91 percent against UT Martin . . . Blocked for a running back who finished fourth in the SEC in rushing, while giving up the fifth-fewest sacks in the league . . . As a blocker, helped the 2011 squad reach the top 10 in school history for single-season marks in passing touchdowns, passing completions, total yards and first downs . . . Helped the offense tally multiple rushing touchdowns in games against Memphis, Auburn, Kentucky, UT Martin, Ole Miss and Wake Forest . . . Blocked for an offense that scored 50-plus points twice in the same season for the first time since 1914 (four), and only the third time in school history (1907, twice) . . . Part of an offense that paved the way for running back Vick Ballard to rush for a career-high 180 yards against Wake Forest in the Music City Bowl. 2010: SEC All-Freshman selection by the coaches . . . Earned the starting spot at left guard prior to the season opener . . . Helped pave the way for the Bulldog rushing attack that averaged 214.8 yards per game, 16th in the country and second-highest average in the SEC . . . Graded out at 80 percent or higher six times this season . . . Posted 40 knockdown blocks . . . Graded out at 93 percent in the Bulldogs’ win over Kentucky . . . Helped State rush for over 200 yards seven different times this season. 2009: Redshirted his true freshman year. HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as the No. 52 offensive tackle prospect in the country by recruiting website Scout.com . . . Considered the third-best offensive lineman in Mississippi by Scout.com, which credits him with a 5.1-second time in the 40-yard dash . . . Rivals.com had him ranked as the No. 85 offensive tackle prospect in the nation . . . That site also has him ranked as the No. 28 prospect in the state of Mississippi, the fourth-best offensive lineman on the chart . . . Rated with the top 40 high school prospects in the state of Mississippi by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger following his senior season . . . Has started both ways at tackle since his freshman season . . . Other top scholarship offers: LSU, Auburn, and Ole Miss . . . Solid 2.8 grade point average in the high school classroom . . . Committed to MSU in July 2008. PERSONAL: Born Gabriel C. Jackson on July 12, 1991 . . . Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jackson . . . His father was his high school coach. |
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