2025 Football Roster
Roster
Jackson, Tristan

Jersey Number 31
Tristan Jackson
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- Choctawhatchee HS
Bio
High School
Personal
- Prepped at Choctawhatchee
- Three-star prospect (247Sports)
- No. 173-ranked linebacker nationally (247Sports)
- No. 243-ranked player in Florida (247Sports)
- Multi-sport athlete (baseball, basketball and football)
- Led Choctawhatchee to District 1-3A title as a junior
- 100 tackles, 22 TFL, 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles as a junior
- Also recovered 2 fumbles and added five pass deflections as junior
- 2024 Sam Hairston Man of Honor Award Winner
- Award named for former Choctawhatchee and UH linebacker Sam Hairston
- Sgt. 1st Class Hairston, 35, was killed in action in Afghanistan on Aug. 12, 2014
- Hairston was a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Meritorious Service Medal winner
- Sam Hairston Award winner wears his No. 34 for season
Personal
- Nickname: TJackk
- Hobbies: video games, fishing, outside activities
- Dream job outside of football: trainer/coach
- Something most people don’t know about him: shy and nervous
- Hidden talent: baseball
- Chose UH because it felt like home, the brotherhood and the connections within the city and University
- One word to describe him on the field: dawg
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: ribs
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his dad
- Favorite childhood memory: winning Little League state championship in baseball
- Sports hero: his dad
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: earning Athlete of the Year
- Interesting fact: real deal gamer
- Gameday rituals: eat, take a nap, listen to music, visualize
Recap: Houston vs Colorado
Monday, September 15
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Colorado
Friday, September 12
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29