Former App State linebacker D’Marco Jackson was selected Saturday by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the NFL Draft with the 161st pick. This marks the third-straight year a Mountaineer football player has been drafted.
“You keep waiting and waiting, my stomach was in knots, and then when I seen the call, it was just my, like, my stomach dropped and just a bunch of relief,” Jackson said.
The 2021 Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year will join a defense that allowed the lowest rushing yards per carry and the fourth-lowest amount of points in the NFL last season.