2023 Football Roster

2 Jalen Jackson

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position RB
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 220
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • Highschool Thomas Jefferson

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 SEASON
CAA Football Second Team Offense
ACADEMIC HONORS
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2022, Spring 2023
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2020, Fall 2022

Villanova: Has the ability to be one of the top running backs in the CAA…Hard runner with outstanding vision…Expected to be a go-to player for the Villanova offense.

2022: Limited to four games due to injury and had 57 carries for 334 yards and five touchdowns to go with three receptions for 14 yards…Registered 28 carries for a career-high 187 yards and a career-best three touchdowns versus Monmouth…Posted nine rushes for 67 yards and a score versus Lehigh…Ran 10 times for 39 yards at Army…Recorded 10 carries for 41 yards and a touchdown at Maine.

2021: Played in 11 games and wound up second on the team in both rushing yards and rushing touchdowns … Tallied 96 carries for 589 yards and seven scores to go along with five catches for 66 yards and a touchdown; Bucknell (9/11): In the Wildcats home opener recorded 11 carries for 70 yards and a touchdown as well as one catch for five yards in a 55-3 victory; Richmond (9/18): Had three rushes for eight yards; Penn State (9/25): Posted seven carries for 58 yards; UAlbany (10/16): Credited with four rushes for 71 yards, including a 55-yard run; Rhode Island (10/23): Recorded 12 carries for 104 yards and two touchdowns as the Wildcats tallied a 44-0 victory; William & Mary (10/30): Tallied three rushes for nine yards; Elon (11/6): Registered a career-high 22 carries for 77 yards and had two catches for 20 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown reception … Helped Villanova post a 35-0 road win with his efforts; Stony Brook (11/13): Had 11 rushes for 103 yards and two touchdowns; Delaware (11/20): Posted nine carries for 21 yards and a touchdown to go with an 11-yard catch in the annual “Battle of the Blue” rivalry game; Holy Cross (12/3): Totaled eight rushes for 45 yards and a touchdown to go along with a 30-yard reception in the second round of the FCS playoffs; South Dakota State (12/11): Had six carries for 23 yards in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Saw playing time in all four games in the Wildcats running back rotation … Rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns on 37 carries during the season … Averaged a career-best 6.0 yards per carry with a long rush of 51 yards on the season … Tallied four receptions for 30 yards and finished the year with 252 all-purpose yards; Stony Brook (3/6): Rushed eight times for 18 yards and a touchdown … Scored the Wildcats first points of the season on a one-yard run in the first quarter; Rhode Island (3/13): Had a season-high 11 carries for 60 yards and a touchdown in the home opener … Found the end zone on a one-yard scamper and had a long rush of 27 yards for the day … Caught an 18-yard pass in the contest and finished the game with 78 all-purpose yards; Maine (4/3): Scored a touchdown for the third straight game and rushed for a season-high 76 yards on 10 carries … Had a long rush of 38 yards and scored on a five-yard touchdown run in the third quarter … Made a season-high two catches for six yards … His 82 all-purpose yards were a season best; Delaware (4/17): Tallied his longest carry of the season with a 51-yard rush … Ran eight times for 68 yards and caught a six-yard pass in the season finale.
 
2019: Played in eight games as a member of the Wildcats running back rotation … Rushed for 314 yards and a touchdown on 57 carries … Averaged 5.5 yards per rush and 8.8 yards per reception on four catches … Had four receptions for 35 yards and a touchdown to finish the season with 349 all-purpose yards; Colgate (8/24): Caught an 18-yard touchdown pass for his first career scoring reception and rushed a season-high 11 times for 64 yards in the season opener … Had 82 all-purpose yards; Lehigh (9/7): Ran for a career-high 95 yards and had a career-long 52-yard run among his 10 carries in the game; Bucknell (9/14): Rushed seven times for 27 yards and recorded an eight-yard reception; Towson (9/21): Tallied three carries and a catch for five yards; William & Mary (10/5): Rushed eight times for 31 yards with a long run of 16 yards while adding a four-yard reception; LIU (11/15): Rushed four times for 21 yards after missing the previous four games; Delaware (11/23): Rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries … Had a late one-yard scoring run and earlier in the game recorded a 22-yard rush in a 55-33 win over Delaware in the annual ‘Battle of the Blue’ rivalry game; Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Rushes four times for 11 yards in the first round of the FCS playoffs.
 
2018: Appeared in eight games as a true freshman and saw playing time as a running back and kick returner … Totaled 236 all-purpose yards for the year … Rushed 22 times for 108 yards and a touchdown while averaging 4.9 yards per carry … Had a long rush of 21 yards … Returned six kickoffs for a total of 128 yards … Averaged 21.3 yards per return and had a long return of 34 yards … Averaged 29.5 all-purpose yards per game … Made his collegiate debut in the season opener at Temple on September 1; Lehigh (9/8): Earned significant playing time in the Wildcats win at Lehigh … Rushed 12 times for 69 yards with a long carry of 21 yards, all of which were season bests … Also returned a kickoff for 29 yards against the Mountain Hawks and finished the game with a season-high 98 all-purpose yards; Towson (9/15): Returned a kickoff for 12 yards in the team’s home opener; Stony Brook (9/29): Returned two kickoffs for 52 yards, including a season-long 34-yard return in the third quarter; Maine (10/6): Totaled 35 yards on kickoff returns of 19 yards and 16 yards during the game; Richmond (11/3): Scored his first collegiate touchdown while playing in his hometown for the first time as a collegian … Rushed seven times for 31 yards and a score … His 17-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter accounted for the Wildcats final points of the day in a 45-21 victory; Delaware (11/17): Rushed three times for eight yards in a 42-21 win over the Blue Hens in the season finale.
 
Thomas Jefferson High School: Earned first team all-state honors … Three-time all-conference performer … Garnered first team all-region and first team All-Metro accolades … Set a record with eight touchdowns in a single game … As a senior in 2017 totaled 1,446 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns while averaging 8.3 yards per carry.
 
Personal: Born 6/26/00 … One of three children of James and Ronjea Jackson.

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2018Freshman

    RB
    5'10" 210 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2019Sophomore

    RB
    5'9" 215 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2020Junior

    RB
    5'9" 215 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2021Senior

    RB
    5'9" 215 lbs
    36
  • 2

    2022Graduate Student

    RB
    5'9" 220 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Graduate Student

    RB
    5'9" 220 lbs
    2