Texas A&M Aggies DT McKinnley Jackson Selected By Cincinnati Bengals In Third Round of NFL Draft

On Friday night, Jackson was a surprise third-round pick, going to the Cincinnati Bengals with the 97th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports

Jackson is the second Aggie to be drafted this year, after linebacker the Green Bay Packers took Edgerrin Cooper with the 45th overall pick in the second round. Jackson joins a Bengals team that went 9-8 last season and missed the playoffs, mostly due to a season-ending injury to quarterback Joe Burrow. But Burrow will be healthy this upcoming season and Jackson could be able to help shore up the defense for a playoff run in 2024.

Since 2018, A&M has had just one first-round pick in offensive lineman Kenyon Green in 2022 to the Houston Texans at No. 15 overall. But from 2011 through 2017, the Aggies had nine players taken in the first round and two in the second.

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