Jackson Sterling

Height:
5-11
Weight:
205
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Simi Valley, CA
High School:
Oaks Christian HS/Simi Valley HS

High School -- Sterling is a 2019 graduate of Simi Valley High School, where he was a running back and linebacker under head coach Jim Benkert ... rushed for 1,453 yards on 193 carries (7.5 yards per carry) and 13 touchdowns as a senior in 2018 ... also caught 20 passes for 259 yards ... rushed for a career-high 327 yards on 22 carries, scoring twice, against Thousand Oaks and produced seven other games of 100 or more yards on the ground ... Pioneers were 8-4 in 2018 with a second-place finish in the Canyon League ... Simi Valley reached the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 10 playoffs ... Sterling was named Offensive Back of the Year in the Canyon League ... played his first three prep seasons at Oaks Christian in Westlake Village ... as a junior rushed for 206 yards and four touchdowns and caught five passes for 74 yards ... also made 16 tackles on defense ... decided to come to Cal Poly "due to the opportunities that would open up after college and the education."

Personal -- Son of Lance and Carryn Sterling ... no siblings ... born in Simi Valley, Calif. ... majoring in economics.