THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2020: Missed the entire 2020 season recovering from an injury...UNA 2019: Played in 10 of the Lions 11 games last season and finished as the team's second-leading rusher with 248 yards on 68 carries and three touchdowns...Averaged 3.6 yards per carry and 24.8 yards per game...Also caught 10 passes for 112 yards and one touchdown...Top rushing game was 61 yards on 11 carries against Presbyterian...Had rushing touchdowns against Hampton, Campbell and Gardner-Webb and caught a TD pass at Monmouth...Finished the season with 380 all-purpose yards...COLLEGE: Originally signed with Kennesaw State in 2017 and was redshirted...Spent one season at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Miss., under coach Benjy Parker... Played in 10 games with two starts...Rushed 88 times for 393 yards and two touchdowns...Added 10 catches for 90 yards...HIGH SCHOOL: Played running back at Central High School under head coach Jamey Dubose...The Red Devils reached the third round of the state playoffs three straight years...Team's Player of the Year as a senior and played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game...First-team all-area running back as a senior...Dandy Dozen selection, received the Jack B. Russell Award and the Backfield Bruiser Award... A three-year letterwinner at Central...In three varsity seasons, he totaled 1,471 rushing yards, 18 TDs and averaged 70.0 yards per game...Enjoyed a breakout season during his junior year with 698 yards on 136 carries (5.1 yards per carry)...Averaged a career-high 7.6 yards per carry and 111.7 yards per game his senior year...Emerged as a reliable receiver out of the backfield, totaling 13 receptions for 112 yards...Averaged 8.6 yards per catch...Made at least one catch in all 21 career games at Central...PERSONAL: Full name is Jaxton Kierre Carson...Born on April 18, 1999...Son of Jason and Tomeka Carson and has one brother and one sister...Major is Sport Management.

Year    Att    Yds    Avg    TD    Long    Avg/G
2019    68    248    3.6        3      28       24.8