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Weldon Jackson

Weldon Francis Jackson

Fullback

5-11, 170 lbs

Mesa, Arizona

Born: July 20, 1937 in Kanab, Utah

Died: February 16, 2026 (88-211)

High School: Mesa HS

1x All-MSAC

40 30

Passing

Season	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	INT	Lng	Eff	Sacked	Sack Yds
1956	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	.0	0	0
Total	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	.0	0	0

Rushing

Season	Att	Yd	Yd/Att	TD	Lng
1956	56	171	3.1	0	1
1957	138	605	4.4	3	0
1958	102	698	6.8	6	93
Total	296	1474	5.0	9	93

Receiving

Season	Rec	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1956	7	38	5.4	0	0
1957	4	9	2.3	0	11
1958	3	29	9.7	0	12
Total	14	76	5.4	0	12

Kick Returns

Season	No	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1956	15	358	23.9	0	31
1957	5	111	22.2	0	32
1958	7	142	20.3	0	33
Total	27	611	22.6	0	33

Punt Returns

Season	No	Yd	Avg	TD	Lng
1956	5	68	13.6	0	0
1957	3	10	3.3	0	5
Total	8	78	9.8	0	5

Punting

Season	No	Yd	Avg	Lng	Net Yd	Net Avg	In 20	50+	TB	Blk
1956	21	718	34.2	0	718	34.2	0	0	0	0
1957	1	34	34.0	34	34	34.0	0	0	0	0
Total	22	752	34.2	34	752	34.2	0	0	0	0

Defense

Season	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
1956	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0

Scoring

Season	Touchdowns								PAT		FGM	Sfty	Pts
Season	RshTD	RecTD	KRTD	PRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1957	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	18
1958	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	36
Career	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	54

Participation

Season	Class	No	Pos	Games	Starts
1956	SO	40	HB	9	0
1957	JR	30	FB	10	0
1958	SR	30	FB	10	0
Total				29	0

Roster History

Season	Class	No	Pos
1956	SO	40	HB
1957	JR	30	FB
1958	SR	30	FB

Passing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Att	Pct	Yds/Att	Eff
Sep 15, 1956	A	WICH	L 0-13	1	0.0	0.0	.0

Rushing

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Sep 22, 1956	H	FRES	L 13-26	10	40	4.0	0	0
Sep 29, 1956	A	CSU	T 0-0	11	24	2.2	0	0
Oct 5, 1956	H	UTAH	L 6-41	14	49	3.5	0	0
Oct 20, 1956	A	MONT	L 14-21	1	1	1.0	0	1
Oct 27, 1956	A	USU	L 7-33	10	32	3.2	0	0
Nov 10, 1956	A	DEN	L 34-58	4	-6	-1.5	0	0
Nov 17, 1956	H	WYO	L 6-7	2	18	9.0	0	0
Nov 24, 1956	N	AFA	W 34-21	4	13	3.3	0	0
Sep 21, 1957	A	ARIZ	T 14-14	11	44	4.0	0	0
Sep 28, 1957	A	KSU	L 7-36	3	10	3.3	0	0
Oct 4, 1957	H	MONT	W 20-7	16	83	5.2	1	0
Oct 12, 1957	A	UTAH	L 0-27	12	51	4.3	0	0
Oct 19, 1957	A	WYO	T 0-0	15	65	4.3	0	0
Oct 26, 1957	H	DEN	W 25-6	14	43	3.1	1	0
Nov 2, 1957	H	USU	W 14-0	26	129	5.0	1	0
Nov 9, 1957	A	FRES	L 14-27	15	66	4.4	0	0
Nov 23, 1957	H	CSU	W 26-9	9	56	6.2	0	0
Nov 30, 1957	A	UNM	W 14-12	17	58	3.4	0	0
Sep 20, 1958	H	FRES	W 29-7	10	139	13.9	2	93
Sep 27, 1958	A	UTAH	W 14-7	2	3	1.5	0	1
Oct 4, 1958	A	CSU	L 6-32	7	30	4.3	0	0
Oct 11, 1958	A	PAC	L 8-26	9	32	3.6	0	0
Oct 18, 1958	H	UNT	L 6-12	9	29	3.2	0	0
Oct 25, 1958	A	MONT	W 41-12	7	107	15.3	1	0
Nov 1, 1958	A	USU	W 13-6	16	127	7.9	1	79
Nov 8, 1958	H	UNM	W 36-19	15	63	4.2	0	0
Nov 15, 1958	A	DEN	W 22-7	21	130	6.2	2	0
Nov 22, 1958	H	WYO	L 14-22	6	38	6.3	0	0

Receiving

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
Nov 10, 1956	A	DEN	L 34-58	2	15	7.5	0
Nov 17, 1956	H	WYO	L 6-7	4	24	6.0	0
Nov 24, 1956	N	AFA	W 34-21	1	-1	-1.0	0
Sep 21, 1957	A	ARIZ	T 14-14	3	-2	-0.7	0
Oct 4, 1957	H	MONT	W 20-7	1	11	11.0	11
Oct 4, 1958	A	CSU	L 6-32	2	17	8.5	0
Nov 1, 1958	A	USU	W 13-6	1	12	12.0	12

Kick Returns

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Sep 22, 1956	H	FRES	L 13-26	4	75	18.8	0
Sep 29, 1956	A	CSU	T 0-0	1	31	31.0	31
Oct 5, 1956	H	UTAH	L 6-41	2	48	24.0	0
Nov 10, 1956	A	DEN	L 34-58	5	147	29.4	0
Nov 17, 1956	H	WYO	L 6-7	2	36	18.0	0
Nov 24, 1956	N	AFA	W 34-21	1	21	21.0	21
Sep 21, 1957	A	ARIZ	T 14-14	1	32	32.0	32
Oct 12, 1957	A	UTAH	L 0-27	1	23	23.0	23
Nov 9, 1957	A	FRES	L 14-27	3	56	18.7	0
Sep 20, 1958	H	FRES	W 29-7	1	24	24.0	24
Sep 27, 1958	A	UTAH	W 14-7	1	29	29.0	29
Oct 4, 1958	A	CSU	L 6-32	1	8	8.0	8
Oct 25, 1958	A	MONT	W 41-12	1	17	17.0	17
Nov 1, 1958	A	USU	W 13-6	1	13	13.0	13
Nov 8, 1958	H	UNM	W 36-19	1	33	33.0	33
Nov 15, 1958	A	DEN	W 22-7	1	18	18.0	18

Punt Returns

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Sep 29, 1956	A	CSU	T 0-0	2	26	13.0	0
Nov 17, 1956	H	WYO	L 6-7	2	35	17.5	0
Nov 24, 1956	N	AFA	W 34-21	1	7	7.0	0
Nov 9, 1957	A	FRES	L 14-27	1	5	5.0	5
Nov 23, 1957	H	CSU	W 26-9	2	5	2.5	0

Defense

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	INT	INT Yds	FF	FR
Sep 22, 1956	H	FRES	L 13-26	1	0	0	0
Oct 27, 1956	A	USU	L 7-33	1	0	0	0
Oct 19, 1957	A	WYO	T 0-0	1	0	0	0
Oct 25, 1958	A	MONT	W 41-12	1	1	0	0
Nov 15, 1958	A	DEN	W 22-7	0	0	1	0
Nov 22, 1958	H	WYO	L 14-22	0	0	0	1

Punting

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	No	Yds	Long
Sep 15, 1956	A	WICH	L 0-13	7	190	0
Sep 22, 1956	H	FRES	L 13-26	3	128	0
Sep 29, 1956	A	CSU	T 0-0	6	202	0
Oct 5, 1956	H	UTAH	L 6-41	3	112	0
Nov 24, 1956	N	AFA	W 34-21	2	86	0
Sep 21, 1957	A	ARIZ	T 14-14	1	34	34

Participation

Date	Site	Opponent	Result	GS
Sep 15, 1956	A	WICH	L 0-13	0
Sep 22, 1956	H	FRES	L 13-26	0
Sep 29, 1956	A	CSU	T 0-0	0
Oct 5, 1956	H	UTAH	L 6-41	0
Oct 20, 1956	A	MONT	L 14-21	0
Oct 27, 1956	A	USU	L 7-33	0
Nov 10, 1956	A	DEN	L 34-58	0
Nov 17, 1956	H	WYO	L 6-7	0
Nov 24, 1956	N	AFA	W 34-21	0
Sep 21, 1957	A	ARIZ	T 14-14	0
Sep 28, 1957	A	KSU	L 7-36	0
Oct 4, 1957	H	MONT	W 20-7	0
Oct 12, 1957	A	UTAH	L 0-27	0
Oct 19, 1957	A	WYO	T 0-0	0
Oct 26, 1957	H	DEN	W 25-6	0
Nov 2, 1957	H	USU	W 14-0	0
Nov 9, 1957	A	FRES	L 14-27	0
Nov 23, 1957	H	CSU	W 26-9	0
Nov 30, 1957	A	UNM	W 14-12	0
Sep 20, 1958	H	FRES	W 29-7	0
Sep 27, 1958	A	UTAH	W 14-7	0
Oct 4, 1958	A	CSU	L 6-32	0
Oct 11, 1958	A	PAC	L 8-26	0
Oct 18, 1958	H	UNT	L 6-12	0
Oct 25, 1958	A	MONT	W 41-12	0
Nov 1, 1958	A	USU	W 13-6	0
Nov 8, 1958	H	UNM	W 36-19	0
Nov 15, 1958	A	DEN	W 22-7	0
Nov 22, 1958	H	WYO	L 14-22	0

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