The First Academy football's Devin Jackson decommits from Florida Gators

After picking the Gators this past fall, Jackson has picked up offers from North Carolina, FSU, Baylor, Oregon, Miami and more.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 a.m. April 24, 2025

Sports
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The First Academy football’s Devin Jackson, a four-star defensive back, has announced he has decommitted from the Florida Gators. He originally chose Florida in the fall over six other Power 4 schools including UCF, Georgia, Missouri and LSU.

Since his commitment announcement in August, the 6-foot-1, 195-pound safety has picked up offers from North Carolina, FSU, Baylor, Oregon, Miami and more to go along with a ton more from prior to his decision to play ball in Gainesville.

Jackson — who can play anywhere in the defensive backfield, runs a 4.53 40-yard dash and is electric in the return game — had a stellar junior season for the Royals with 80 total tackles, four interceptions and seven deflected passes.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.