2024 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in one game...Named the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week three times (West Virginia - 8/31; UCLA - 10/5; Boise State - 10/31)...Earned the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Special Teams Player of the Week (SMU - 12/21).
2023 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Did not see any game action.
2022 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman for head coach Bill Dungee at Hickory High School...Was a team captain...Team posted a District 10 championship in 2020...Was a 3A all-state honoree during his junior and senior seasons...Posted 113 tackles and two interceptions as a senior, while also adding 645 total yards on offense with nine touchdowns...Was a three-year letterwinner in basketball as a center.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jackson Samuel Pryts...Son of Stacia and Ed Pryts...Has two brothers, Calvin and Andrew Pryts...Father, Ed, played football at Penn State (1978-82)...Brother, Andrew, played football at Stanford (2016-20)...Enjoys fishing and snowboarding in his free time...Plans on majoring in business at Penn State.