Player
Mike Jackson
CB · Panthers
Mike Jackson: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
35 pass breakups in 2024-25 — most in the NFL among defensive backs.
RareNFL pass-breakup leaders, 2024-25 regular season
| Player | Team | PDs | INTs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Jackson | CAR | 35 | 6 |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | HOU | 33 | 9 |
| Quinyon Mitchell | PHI | 29 | 0 |
| Marlon Humphrey | BAL | 28 | 10 |
| Denzel Ward | CLE | 28 | 4 |
| Alontae Taylor | NO | 27 | 2 |
| Riley Moss | DEN | 27 | 3 |
| Nate Wiggins | BAL | 27 | 4 |
A two-year breakup count above 30 puts you in the league lead. 35 PDs for Mike Jackson is more than every other corner in the database, including Stingley (33), Mitchell (29), Humphrey (28), and Ward (28). What makes the number unusual is the cast: those other names are All-Pros, top-10 picks, or both. Jackson was a 5th-round Cowboys pick in 2019 who didn't earn a starting job until his fourth NFL team.
Career line: 0 starts in 2019-21. Then he became a full-time outside CB.
TrendYear-by-year defensive production
| Year | Team | G | Solo | Comb | PDs | INTs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | NE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | SEA | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | SEA | 16 | 58 | 70 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | SEA | 10 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | CAR | 17 | 51 | 69 | 16 | 2 |
| 2025 | CAR | 17 | 52 | 66 | 14 | 4 |
Pass breakups per season
| Season | PDs |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2025 | 14 |
Drafted by Dallas. Cut. Spent 2019-21 across DAL, DET, NE, SEA practice squads before getting his first real start in 2022 with Seattle. After a quiet 2023 he hit free agency, signed a one-year prove-it with Carolina, and has now logged back-to-back 34-game seasons as a full-time CB1.
In 2025 he leads the NFL outright with 19 PDs — Riley Moss is the only other corner tied.
Comparison2025 NFL pass-breakup leaders (DBs)
| Player | Team | PDs | INTs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Jackson | CAR | 19 | 4 |
| Riley Moss | DEN | 19 | 2 |
| Tyson Campbell | JAX | 18 | 1 |
| DJ Turner II | CIN | 18 | 3 |
| Emmanuel Forbes | WAS | 18 | 3 |
| Keisean Nixon | GB | 17 | 1 |
| Kamari Lassiter | HOU | 17 | 4 |
| Quinyon Mitchell | PHI | 17 | 0 |
19 PDs in 17 games is more than one pass broken up every game. Jackson and Moss are co-leaders, but Jackson edges him on interceptions (4 vs 2). His 4 picks in 2025 are also his career high — the ball is finding him more, not just being knocked away.
He's a top-4 PD producer in both 2024 AND 2025 — no other corner appears in the top-4 both years.
Split2024 PD leaders (top 8)
| Player | PDs |
|---|---|
| Denzel Ward | 19 |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | 18 |
| Zyon McCollum | 17 |
| Mike Jackson | 16 |
| Cam Taylor-Britt | 16 |
| Jack Jones | 16 |
| Alontae Taylor | 16 |
| Brian Branch | 16 |
Top-4 in 2024 (16 PDs), tied for #1 in 2025 (19). Mike Jackson is the only NFL cornerback in the top-5 in pass breakups in both 2024 and 2025. Stingley took a step back in 2025, Ward got hurt, McCollum changed teams. Jackson is the constant.
Sixty-six tackles a year as a boundary CB — he's a willing tackler, not a no-fly-zone island.
MilestoneTackle production by season
| Year | Team | Solo | Asst | Comb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | SEA | 58 | 12 | 70 |
| 2023 | SEA | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| 2024 | CAR | 51 | 18 | 69 |
| 2025 | CAR | 52 | 14 | 66 |
Three 65+ tackle seasons — outside corners typically post in the 40s. He plays mostly press-man and lives at the line of scrimmage, so the tackle volume isn't a sign of busted coverages — it's a function of where he lines up on Carolina's defense.
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