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Drake JacksonWashington Commanders · #93

Defensive End · 6' 4", 273 lbs · Corona, CA · Age 25
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Washington Commanders · #93 · Defensive End
Drake Jackson
Season avg3 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg24 tkl · 6 sacks · 1 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
Scouting report

Drake Jackson — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Defensive End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Drake Jackson is a Defensive End for the Washington Commanders, drafted 61st overall, 2022. In 2025 he recorded 3 tackles.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
Act II

Where he stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
✦ Balladex Consensus: #979 of 2270 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
17Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

The engine

How the model sees him

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
⚖ Overlay a rival →
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Washington Commanders built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record
-42.5net index
50off index
8def index
94pace
Aggressive hedge & helpscheme
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: Ahkello Witherspoon, Ale Kaho.
How his role moves
Primary defensive end role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2001-04-12

The beginning

Drake Jackson is a Defensive End for the Washington Commanders, in his 4th NFL season.

Washington Commanders

Turning pro

Drafted 61st overall, 2022 as a Defensive End.

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Drake Jackson is a Washington Commanders defensive end, drafted 61st overall, 2022.

Chapter

Across 3 seasons (2022–2025) he has recorded 24 tackles, 6 sacks and 1 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 3 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

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Jackson's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
273 lbs
Draft
61st overall, 2022
Born
Corona, CA
Age
25
Jersey
#93
Drake Jackson career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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