by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Jackson State University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Jackson State competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southwestern Athletic Conf..
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The Jackson State men’s football team carries 136 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 318. Academic data covers 349 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports Jackson State sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is T.C. Taylor.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Jackson State men’s football program brought in $3,307,433 in revenue against $3,307,433 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $4,875 in operating expense per athlete, or $663,035 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 27% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 961 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 968, football trails the average at 961.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.