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Chaos sign ‘steal of the draft,’ Tewaaraton finalist Jackson Eicher

By Hayden Lewis | May 22, 2025

The Carolina Chaos announced on Monday the signing of Army star attackman Jackson Eicher, along with Providence’s Ryan Bell and Ohio State’s Gannon Matthews. 

Eicher is a powerful, right-handed downhill dodger with a howitzer of a shot, which helped him join CJ Kirst, Coulter Mackesy, Chris Kavanagh and Sam King as a Tewaaraton Award finalist.

The 6-foot-4, 220-pound attackman notched 85 points (6.07 per game) in 14 games for the Black Knights this season. Eicher’s big year led to him winning the Lt. Col. JI Turnbull Outstanding Attackman of the Year Award.

“He was the steal of the draft,” Chaos head coach Roy Colsey said. “There wasn’t a better player picked up later than Jackson Eicher.”

Eicher’s size and ability to bully defenses with powerful dodging and stretch them with an elite outside shot led to his breakout campaign for Army. The Virginia native set a school record at West Point with 54 goals in a season and did so in many different ways. However, Eicher’s most underrated skill is his ability to stretch the field as a range shooter. 

“When you're at West Point Military Academy, we know you're tough enough,” Colsey said. “He’s obviously a top-five Tewaaraton finalist, a first-team All-American and a really physical dodger.”

The goal that broke the West Point record at the beginning of May was unremarkable, but Eicher’s six-goal outburst against North Carolina was a true show of what the attackman can bring.

Eicher showcased his ability to torture corners from inside 12 yards and cut through defenses off-ball to get inside scoring looks, and he added a creative flair with a twister mixed in while notching a sock trick against the Tar Heels' 13th-ranked defense. 

The two-point line is 13 yards from the goal line in the PLL, and Eicher has a legitimate ability to stretch a defense and become a two-point threat in the league. 

Another underrated aspect of Eicher’s game is his willingness to demand the ball in the big moments in the game. Against the Naval Academy, Eicher’s hunger for the ball resulted in the game-winning overtime goal in one of the biggest rivalries in the sport. 

Eicher shouldered the load at West Point in every pivotal offensive situation Joe Alberici’s squad faced this year, and he consistently shined in the team’s biggest moments. 

However, just because Eicher was signed to the training camp roster doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed a spot on the team. He’ll have to earn it. 

“I'm really excited to see him play and to see how he fits in our system,” Colsey said. 

In the Colsey unstructured offensive system, Eicher projects to find playing time on the righty wing if he makes the 25-man roster and the 19-man gameday roster. 

With his outside shooting ability, he could play the “stretch shooter” role in the offense, but he’ll compete with other righties for that spot. In the righty “flex” position, Eicher could be a dominant threat matched against short-stick defensive midfielders. His stature, combined with his power, would make him a tough cover. 

Eicher likely won't fight for a spot at the righty inside scoring position in the unstructured offense, but he does have solid inside finishing skills. 

Though the first-team All-American isn’t guaranteed a Day 1 starting job, don’t be surprised if he goes out and wins one. 

“There's no doubt that he's talented enough and tough enough and certainly has the pedigree to be a Day 1 starter,” Colsey said.

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