Here we’ve reached Day #55 in our count down to 2026 kickoff. We have a selection of 55s which we can drive (sorry, couldn’t resist) through today starting with…
…the 55 total tackles-for-loss by one Billy Jackson over the course of his record-setting Bulldog career from 1980-83. For those keeping up with our other summer series, Jackson was featured in the first edition for his 49.0 career quarterback sacks; a figure we propose will never, ever be broken under current statistical rules.
Stats aside, Billy Jack was truly a great Bulldog of any era or scoring system. A Plant City, Fla., native he began as a defensive end in a four-front set and was magnificent from day-one. Against the option offenses of the era he was dragging down quarterbacks who kept a little too long coming at his end of the line, which counted as a sack back then…