Jalen Bell

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
5-11
Weight:
280
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Detroit, Mich.
High School:
Martin Luther King Jr. HS
Prev School:
Mississippi Valley State / Tennessee State

Honors

• 2022 Phil Steele Third Team All-SWAC
• 2022 Preseason Second Team All-SWAC
• 2022 HBCU Sports Preseason Second Team All-SWAC
• 2022 Phil Steele Preseason Second Team All-SWAC
• 2021 Phil Steele Third Team All-SWAC

2023-2024 (at Tennessee State)

• Played in four games during the 2024 season … Made 22 tackles (13 solo) with 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks
• Saw action in the 2023 season opener against Notre Dame before an injury sidelined him for the season … Finished with two tackles and a QB hurry against ND (9/2)

2019-2022 (at Mississippi Valley State)

• Played in all 11 games during the 2022 season … Collected 43 tackles (22 solo, 21 assists), 13 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks … Earned Third Team All-SWAC honors from Phil Steele
• Saw action in 10 of 11 games in 2021 ... Recorded 39 tackles (16 solo, 23 assists), 13 tackles for loss, and 4.0 sacks … Finished with seven tackles in back-to-back games against Southern (9/26) and N.C. Central (10/2) … Also recorded three TFLs against SU and a sack versus N.C.C. … Made six stops against Alcorn (10/16) … Earned Third Team All-SWAC honors from Phil Steele
• Played in all three of the teams’ games in the shortened 2021 spring season … Finished with 13 tackles (eight solo, five assists), four tackles for loss and one sack … Logged six tackles and a TFL against Alabama State (4/10)
• Saw action in six games during his true freshman season in 2019 … Tallied 18 tackles on the year (nine solo, nine assists) … Recorded three tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks … Finished with a season-high seven tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble against Virginia-Lynchburg (10/5)

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• A native of Detroit, Michigan, where he played high school football at Martin Luther King Jr. HS