Biography
NSU Career Honors:
Mid-Major Madness National Player of the Week, Dec. 6, 2022
College Insider's Lou Henson National Player of the Week, Dec. 5, 2022
Southland Conference Player of the Week, Dec. 5, 2022
Southland Conference Player of the Week, Nov. 21, 2022
2022-23: Hit 8 of 11 shots from the field, including all four 3-pointers, and finished with a game-high 23 points in a Feb. 4 win at Lamar ... paced the Demons with 29 points, grabbing six rebounds and handing out five assists in a Feb. 2 win at Houston Christian ... recorded his fourth double-double — first with points and assists — of the season, scoring 23 points and handing out a career-high 10 assists in a Jan. 28 win against Lamar ...pumped in 26 points and collected a career-high six steals in a Jan. 21 win at New Orleans ... poured in 28 points and handed out a game-high seven points in an overtime win at Southeastern on Jan. 19 ... delivered his third double-double of the season, scoring 18 points and pulling down a career-best 12 rebounds, in a Jan. 12 win against McNeese ... produced his second career double-double, scoring 11 points and tying a career high with 10 rebounds, in a Dec. 31 loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... matched a career high with three 3-pointers, finishing with 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists in a Dec. 27 loss at Texas A&M ... collected his first career double-double, scoring 17 points and grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds in a Dec. 20 loss at No. 12/13 Baylor ... buried buzzer beaters at the end of each half, including the game-winning, step-back jumper, and finished with 32 points in a Dec. 4 win against Southern Miss ... carried the Demons with 25 of his 34 points in the second half of a Dec. 1 win at Stephen F. Austin, adding seven assists in the game ... extended his run of double-figure scoring output to five games, scoring 10 and 11 points against Central Arkansas and Bethune-Cookman, respectively, at the Central Arkansas Classic from Nov. 26-27. ... continued his scoring surge, dropping 23 points, in a Nov. 17 win at Illinois State ... had 14 points in the second half and scored five of NSU’s final seven points of the game ... established a career high in points for the second straight game and hit the game-winning shot in NSU’s 64-63 upset of No. 15 TCU on Nov. 14 ... sank all three of his 3-point attempt and led NSU with a career-high 15 points in a Nov. 12 loss to Illinois State.Â
Prior to NSU: Voted to the All-Missouri Valley Newcomer team in 2020-21 after averaging eight points and nearly four assists per game … started the final 12 games of his junior season before being hampered by a leg injury in 2021-22 and playing just eight games (starting five) … at Colby Community College, Earned NJCAA Division I All-America first-team honors as a sophomore in 2019-20 ... averaged 16.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists and a league-best 2.5 steals per game as a sophomore ... appeared in 32 games for coach Rusty Elmore's Trojans and also garnered All-Region VI first team, Jayhawk West Offensive Player of the Year and Jayhawk West Defensive Player of the Year honors ... Also knocked down 44 percent (48-of-109) of his 3-point attempts as a sophomore standout while helping Colby to a 28-5 record, its first-ever Jayhawk Conference regular-season title and a bid in the NJCAA national tournament ... played his freshman season at Moberly (Mo.) Area Community College where he played in 35 games, averaged 4.4 points and made 28 3-pointers … at Charleston High (Mo.), an all-state performer who was runner-up for conference player of the year.
Personal: Son of David Jackson and Shyretta Sharp … brothers David, Dontarius and Alvin … sisters Kaithlyn, Kershawnte and Alexis … sociology major who aims to play and coach professional basketball.
