Jalen White

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Jalen White
Georgia Southern EaglesNo. 25
Position Running back
ClassFifth Year
Major Interdisciplinary Studies – Kinesiology
Personal information
Born: Leavenworth, Kansas
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolDaleville (Daleville, Alabama)
Career highlights and awards

Jalen Jermayne White (born June 5) is an American football running back for the Georgia Southern Eagles.

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High school career

White attended Daleville High School in Daleville, Alabama. [1] [2] As a senior, White rushed for 3,517 yards, setting the record for most rushing yards in a single season in Alabama high school football history, surpassing Jamarius Henderson's previous record of 3,483 yards in 2014. [3] A three-star recruit, White committed to play college football at Georgia Southern University over offers from South Alabama and Tennessee State. [4] [5]

College career

After playing sparingly as a freshman in 2020, White's playing time increased the following season. Against Arkansas State in 2021, he rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns. [2] [6] He finished the season rushing for 383 yards and four touchdowns. [7] In his first year as Georgia Southern's premier running back in 2022, White recorded 914 yards rushing and ten total touchdowns. [8] As a result, he was named to the third team All-Sun Belt. [9] Entering the 2023 season, White was named to the preseason Maxwell Award watchlist. [10] In a game against UL Monroe in 2023, he rushed for a career-high 164 yards and two touchdowns, while being named the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week. [11] In the 2024 season opener against Boise State, White rushed for three touchdowns in a 45–56 defeat. [12]

Statistics

SeasonGamesRushingReceiving
GPAttYardsAvgTDRecYardsAvgTD
Georgia Southern Eagles
2020 1220864.30000.00
2021 12683835.6411010.00
2022 111629145.610222179.91
2023 111608895.6917694.11
2024 7903874.3714523.70
Career 535002,6595.330543486.42

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