HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Todd Dodge … First Team District 25-5A All-District selection as a senior in 2019 … Named Honorable Mention All-District as a junior … Earned Academic All-State honors as a senior in 2019 … Named team captain in 2019 … Led the Chaparrals to the Class 6A state championship in 2019 … Guided the Chaparrals to district championships in 2017 and 2018 … Over three-year career, finished with 70 receptions for 1,298 yards and 20 touchdowns as a wide receiver … Led the Chaparrals to a 15-1 overall record, state title, 7-1 league record as a senior … Caught 28 passes for 437 yards and eight touchdowns and rushed 31 times for 225 yards and four touchdowns, and completed three passes for 56 yards as a senior … Caught 40 passes for 541 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior … Caught two passes for 14 yards as a sophomore … Also competed in indoor and outdoor track and field in the sprint relays and long jump … Top times include a 23.24 in the 200-meter, 53.85 in the 400 meter, and also competed in the long jump, 100-meter, 4x100 relay, 4x200 relay, and 4x400 relay … Involved in a variety of volunteer activities … Served as a camp volunteer for his church from 2016-20.
PERSONAL
Born Jackson Haile Coker on April 24, 2002 in Austin, Texas … Son of Jon and Laura Coker of Austin, Texas … Has two older brothers Jake and Jared … Brother Jake played football at Colorado School of the Mines (2015-17) … Role models are his father and brothers who made him who he is … Favorite sports memory was winning the state title as a senior … Hobbies and interests include reading, working out, and hanging out with friends … Plays the piano … Nickname is “Joker,” a combination of his first and last name … Became interested in Columbia while walking around campus on vacation and fell in love with it … Favorite sports figure is Christian McCaffrey … Notable individuals who attended his high school: Drew Brees, Nick Foles, and Justin Tucker … Chose Columbia because there is no other place in the world that has the combination of education, location and level of football like Columbia does … Also that Columbia is the best place to not only help him become a better player, but also prepare him for life after sports and college … Selected Columbia over offers from Davidson, Air Force and all other seven Ivy League schools … Enrolled at Columbia College … Plans to major in Economics/Political Science with future plan of enrolling in law school.
ARTICLES
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