Rickea Jackson plays for the Los Angeles Sparks as a starting forward. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, U.S., Jackson was born on March 16, 2001, and she is 23 years of age as of January 2025. She is a professional American Basketball player, and the fourth overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks via Seattle Storm on April 15, 2024.

Jackson plays at a small forward position. Her teammates call her “Kea” or “RJ”. Earlier, she played for the colleges – Mississippi State Bulldogs (2019-2022) and Tennessee University (2022-2024). Her college basketball career ended with total games played 127, a 3-point percentage of 30.9, a rebound per game is 6.1, a field goal percentage is 47.9, and assists per game is 1.6. In the 2024 WNBA season, Rickea Jackson averaged 13.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. In 2025, Rickea Jackson also played in the “Unrivaled” 3×3 basketball league for Team Mist.

Rickea Jackson Personal Information

Rickea Jackson’s Early Life

Rickea Jackson, a native of Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S., played basketball for Detroit Edison Public School in Detroit and led it to consecutive Class C Championships in 2018. She earned the prestigious Michigan Miss Basketball honor and was selected to the McDonald’s All-American Game and Jordan Brand Classic.

Jackson went to Mississippi State for her studies in 2019 and earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) and All-Freshman honors as a freshman. In the 2019-2020 season, Jackson won the Gillom Trophy representing Mississippi State. In 2022, Jackson entered the transfer portal and transferred to Tennessee University. In 2023, she played in the Southeastern Women’s Basketball Tournament and scored a senior season-high 34 points to win against Kentucky.

She was the fourth consecutive Tennessee Lady Vols. Her collegiate journey extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing her to return for a fifth season journey with the Tennessee Lady Vols. Jackson represented the United States along with her Mississippi State teammates at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Italy and won the silver medal. She secured a gold medal in the 2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup in Mongolia and a silver medal in the 2023 FIBA Women’s Americup in Mexico.

Rickea Jackson’s Personal Life and Family Background

Rickea Jackson was born to parents Caryn Jackson and Rickey Jackson. She has three brothers Rickey Jackson Jr., Ryon Jackson, and Jordan Anderson. Jackson’s mother played basketball at Kansas and their brother, Rickey, played basketball at Adrian College. She had locally volunteered with the Brown Bread Project as a student leader who helped to organize and provide meals to the homeless.

Rickea Jackson’s Social Media

Jackson’s Instagram handle is (@r.ickea), her X account is (@iamthathooper) and her TikTok account is (@keajackson5).

Rickea Jackson Brand Ambassador

Rickea Jackson had landed endorsements deals with, Lady Vol Boost Her Club, Heydude, Book Bag Giveaway, Sketchers, Mercedes-Benz of Knoxville, Zips Car Wash, Magnuson Performance, and Bojangles, as per On3.com.

Rickea Jackson’s Career Stats

Rickea Jackson’s Career Stats are mentioned below :

Rickea Jackson’s Achievements

• 2x First Team All-SEC (2023-2024)

• Second Time All-SEC (2020)

• SEC All-Freshman Team (2020)

• Michigan Miss Basketball (2019)

• McDonald’s All American (2019)

• Gillom Trophy as women’s college player at Mississippi State (2019-2020)

• Won Silver medal in the 2019 Summer Universiade in Italy

• Won Silver medal in 2023 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup in Mexico

• Won gold medal at the 2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup in Mongolia

Rickea Jackson’s Contract

On April 19, 2024, Rickea Jackson signed a four-year $338,056 contract with the Los Angeles Sparks, i.e., from 2024 to 2027. Her average annual salary is $76,535.

In the 2025 WNBA season, Jackson is expected to earn $78,066. Then her salary will increase to approximately $85,873 in 2026, and $97,582 in 2027.

Rickea Jackson’s Diet

Rickea Jackson has not mentioned any specific details about her diet as of January 2025.

In an interview with Tennessee Athletics on YouTube, Jackson disclosed that she loves strawberry and vanilla ice cream and in another interview with Maria M.Cornelius, she disclosed that her favorite food as a child was tilapia with hot sauce and her favorite food now is steak with broccoli with mashed potatoes as her go-to food.

Rickea Jackson’s Car

Rickea Jackson owns a 2022 Mercedes Benz CLA250. Not much else is known about her car collection as of January 2025.