Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Jackson State
NCAA Division I · SWAC · MS
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Jackson State actually signed: 15 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 3 international signees. What it takes, straight from the results.
Jackson State is a 4,769-student public campus in Jackson, MS and competes in the SWAC. Jonathan Harris leads a staff of 4 covering 1 event group.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The Jackson State program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- SWAC
- Campus
- Jackson, MS
- Enrollment
- 4,769 students
- T&F operating budget
- $468K men · $405K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for Jackson State
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Jonathan HarrisAssociate Head Coach
- Johnson, JasmineDirector of Operations / Assistant Coach – Track & Field and Cross CountryDistance
- Mark SpoonerAssistant Coach
- Mark ThorneDirector of XC/TFDistance
Direct, verified contact info for the full Jackson State staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Jackson State's 2025-26 class
11 of the 15 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 4 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: Calif. · MS · FL
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: Ga. · Fla. · Mo. · NJ
Members see who each of these 11 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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Treat this as a snapshot of one signing class, not a fixed cutoff — it changes every cycle. Coaches also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots, so landing in range opens a conversation rather than settling one.
Mississippi does not permit high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Mississippi NIL rules →
More SWAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Jackson State recruits against.
- Alabama A&M recruiting standards
- Alabama State recruiting standards
- Alcorn State recruiting standards
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff recruiting standards
- Bethune-Cookman recruiting standards
- Florida A&M recruiting standards
- Grambling State recruiting standards
- Mississippi Valley State recruiting standards
- Prairie View A&M recruiting standards
- Southern University recruiting standards
- Texas Southern recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Jackson State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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