The 20-year-old centre-back, who came through the youth ranks at Old Trafford, made his debut in the 1-0 William Hill Premiership defeat by Rangers at Ibrox on Wednesday night.
Louis Jackson will draw upon his Manchester United upbringing after redirecting his career to St Mirren.
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The 20-year-old centre-back came through the youth ranks at Old Trafford and mixed with and learned from the club’s top stars.
After loan spells at Tranmere Rovers and Solihull Moors, he joined the Buddies on a two-year deal last month.
Jackson made his debut in the 1-0 William Hill Premiership defeat by Rangers at Ibrox on Wednesday night, and he recalled a stellar apprenticeship as he looked forward to life as a tradesman.
He said: “Around my age group, Kobbie Mainoo – he broke in when he was younger.
“Just being around players like that, Bruno (Fernandes), it’s a different level. You have to raise your game to even compete with them in training, so it’s good.
“I was around them quite a bit so it definitely elevated my game and got me prepared for a move like this.
“I think it’s a perfect time for me. I’m 21 next week, getting out of academy football and into the men’s game, it’s what I wanted to do and I’m very happy being here.
“That was my debut. I was pleased with that, it doesn’t get much harder than going to Ibrox on your debut.
“I think the performance on a whole from the team, like I said, it shows we’re full of confidence at the minute and I think we can take that to any team in the league.
“The grit we showed, especially that period in the first half… A lot of games this season we have been nice on the ball, nice playing out but we showed we have that other side, but obviously a last-minute winner hurts that little bit more.
“But I think when it settles and we look back at it we will gain a lot of confidence from it.
“If we can play like that, we can we can take it to anyone in the league.”