Georgia Southern Eagles – No. 25 | |
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Position | Running back |
Class | Senior |
Major | Interdisciplinary Studies |
Personal information | |
Born: | Leavenworth, Kansas |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career history | |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Daleville ( Daleville, Alabama) |
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Jalen Jermayne White (born June 5) is an American football running back for the Georgia Southern Eagles.
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]
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]
Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
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GP | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | |||||
Georgia Southern Eagles | |||||||||||||
2020 | 12 | 20 | 86 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
2021 | 12 | 63 | 383 | 5.6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | ||||
2022 | 11 | 162 | 914 | 5.6 | 10 | 22 | 217 | 9.9 | 1 | ||||
2023 | 10 | 159 | 891 | 5.6 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 1 | ||||
Career | 45 | 409 | 2,274 | 5.6 | 23 | 39 | 292 | 7.5 | 2 |
Georgia Southern Eagles – No. 25 | |
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Position | Running back |
Class | Senior |
Major | Interdisciplinary Studies |
Personal information | |
Born: | Leavenworth, Kansas |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
|
Bowl games | |
High school | Daleville ( Daleville, Alabama) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Jalen Jermayne White (born June 5) is an American football running back for the Georgia Southern Eagles.
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]
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]
Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
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GP | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | |||||
Georgia Southern Eagles | |||||||||||||
2020 | 12 | 20 | 86 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
2021 | 12 | 63 | 383 | 5.6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | ||||
2022 | 11 | 162 | 914 | 5.6 | 10 | 22 | 217 | 9.9 | 1 | ||||
2023 | 10 | 159 | 891 | 5.6 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 1 | ||||
Career | 45 | 409 | 2,274 | 5.6 | 23 | 39 | 292 | 7.5 | 2 |