Ohio Enlighten soccer recruiting: Four-critical particular person DE Kenyatta Jackson commits to Buckeyes on CBS Sports activities HQ

Ohio Enlighten added a essential defensive share to its 2022 recruiting class Tuesday as four-critical particular person defensive discontinuance Kenyatta Jackson dedicated to the Buckeyes are residing on CBS Sports activities HQ. Jackson, a fabricated from Chaminade-Madonna Prep in Hollywood, Florida, selected Ohio Enlighten over Oklahoma and Alabama. 

Listed at 6-foot-5 and 231 kilos, Jackson helped lead Chaminade-Madonna to support-to-support Class 3A declare championships. He posted more than 20 sacks over his first three years of high college. The alternate long-established 247Sports activities Composite ranks Jackson because the No. 78 total player in the nation and No. 7 edge defender in his class. 

Jackson is a essential defensive addition to Ohio Enlighten’s 2022 recruiting class, rating because the seventh top-100 commit and top-ranked lineman on both facet of the ball. His addition pushes Ohio Enlighten to the nation’s No. 5 recruiting class without reference to handiest preserving 15 dedicated gamers.

Jackson has a lengthy legacy in college soccer as his grandfather Rudy Barber and uncles Rudy Barber Jr. and Kantroy Barber all played in the NFL. 247Sports activities Southeast Recruiting Analyst Andrew Ivins had this scouting characterize on Jackson: 

Constructed practically fancy an action figure with thick neck, wide shoulders and round biceps. Famous reach owning over an 80-high-tail flee span. Nice hands. Should always be ready to at closing derive as a lot as 260 kilos or more. A disruptive edge player that uses his vitality and quickness to carry out things extremely no longer easy for opposing offensive tackles. Performs with an awesome forward lean, conserving his momentum downhill. Heavy hands allow him to displace blockers and derive after the quarterback. Does now not disappear in opposition to the traipse. Squeezes his methodology by gaps and into the backfield with nimble lateral actions. Affords a persistent effort in pursuit, working his methodology all the intention in which by the self-discipline to drop a ball carrier. Has a bit an lawful posture to him, but keeps a low pad diploma and is aware of the intention in which to persistently rep leverage.