Team: Indiana Pacers · PG/SG · Age 27 · Base role: injury-path guard with zero simultaneous healthy-night minutes
Projection card
| GP | MPG | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .460 | .820 | 0.5 |
Nine-category: 240+. Points: injury streamer in very deep leagues. Dynasty: 300+.
Why the line looks like this
Jackson appeared in 49 games with 19 starts, averaging 9.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 0.9 threes in 18.3 minutes; his late run included 21 points, eight assists and three steals in the finale. Indiana converted his two-way to a standard contract, then fully guaranteed his 2026-27 salary at $2.58M on 2026-07-15 rather than use the waiver window. Haliburton, Nembhard and McConnell still own the lead minutes, so the projection scales his observed per-minute rates down to eight. Pacers player/video hub · Hoops Rumors on the guarantee
Correction 2026-07-18: the baseline here previously read 7.5 / 1.9 / 2.4, understating all three averages; corrected to 9.1 / 2.3 / 2.9 with 0.9 threes in 18.3 minutes, and the projection card rescaled from 3.1 points and 1.0 assists to 4.0 and 1.3 at the same eight minutes. ESPN game log
Redraft, dynasty, and scenarios
- Redraft: ignore unless two point guards sit; then the assists/steals become streamable.
- Dynasty: roster only in leagues deep enough to reward a 27-year-old contingent guard.
- Floor: healthy backcourt all season and stretches of DNP-CD; the salary is guaranteed, so the roster spot itself is no longer the risk.
- Ceiling: 20 minutes, 8 points, 4 assists and a steal during an injury run.
Confidence
| Roster | Minutes | Rates | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Medium | High |
Career record
Pre-NBA: Two years of junior college at College of Central Florida, averaging 18.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists as a sophomore, then three years at Texas A&M: 8.8 points in 2019-20, 10.4 in 2020-21, and 14.8 points with 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.8 steals in 2021-22 as a fifth-year senior, when he took the Aggies to the NIT final. Draft: undrafted (2022).
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 24 | WAS | 9 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .452 | .773 | 0.4 |
| 2023-24 | 25 | IND | 3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0 |
| 2024-25 | 26 | IND | 28 | 13.6 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .475 | .775 | 0.6 |
| 2025-26 | 27 | IND | 49 | 18.3 | 9.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 | .470 | .824 | 1.3 |
| Career | — | — | 89 | 16.0 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .469 | .809 | 0.9 |
Durability: Nothing to flag. Every thin games-played total is a contract or rotation matter, not health: an Exhibit 10 with Washington waived in October 2022, a Wizards two-way in February 2023, a Chicago camp deal waived in October 2023, G League time with Capital City, Windy City and Indiana, then a Pacers two-way in March 2024 and again in July 2024. Indiana converted him to a standard three-year, $6.2M deal on February 27, 2026 and guaranteed his 2026-27 salary on July 15, 2026 rather than use the waiver window.
Trajectory: Four seasons of steadily rising per-game production on steadily rising minutes, and 2025-26 is the first sample large enough to trust — 49 games, 19 starts, and a career-high 18.3 minutes, with 25 points and 10 assists against Golden State on November 1 and 21 points, eight assists and three steals in the finale. But those minutes existed because Indiana's backcourt was hurt. With Haliburton, Nembhard and McConnell healthy there is no simultaneous role for him, and he turns 28 in September. The guaranteed salary removes roster risk without creating minutes; he becomes fantasy-relevant only when two of the three guards ahead of him are out at once, at which point the assists and free-throw percentage make him a deep-league streamer.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · Wikipedia · NBA.com player page · Hoops Rumors on the salary guarantee
Open questions
- Does the guaranteed salary make him a trade-filler candidate at the February deadline?
- Is he ahead of Sheppard when Indiana needs point-of-attack pressure and ballhandling together?