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2024 Football Roster

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6 Jalen Marshall

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 225
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Hiram, Ga.
  • Prev School Air Force Prep
  • High School South Paulding

Biography

2024: Played in all 12 games with seven starts at outside linebacker ... Led the team in total tackles with 95 and in tackles for loss with 13.5, along with 2.0 sacks, one interception, and one fumble recovery ... Was ranked third in the SoCon in solo tackles, third in tackles for loss, and seventh in total tackles ... Among NCAA leaders was 10th in solo tackles (5.3 per game) and 33rd in tackles for loss ... Was the team leader in tackles in five games and had five or more tackles in every game ... Named All-SoCon second team by Phil Steele ... At Gardner-Webb (8/29) had ten tackles, including two tackles for loss, as he earned SoCon Defensive Player of the Week honors ... At Richmond (9/7) recorded seven tackles with one tackle for loss ... Had six tackles and a tackle for loss against William & Mary (9/14) ... Against Mercer (9/28) had eight tackles with three tackles for loss ... Recovered a fumble by the Bears on the opening play of the game and then on the second series of the first quarter intercepted D.J. Smith ... At Western Carolina (10/5) had ten tackles ... Against VMI (10/12) had eleven solo tackles, with a strip-sack in the fourth quarter ... At Chattanooga (10/19) had six tackles ... At Samford (11/2) had 12 tackles, including three tackles for loss ... In the win at Furman (11/9) had eight tackles ... Added six tackles against The Citadel (11/16) ... At South Carolina (11/23) had six tackles and a sack of LaNorris Sellers in the second quarter ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2023: Played in all eleven games with nine starts at outside linebacker ... Finished fifth on the team with 48 total tackles ... Was fourth on the team with 4.5 tackles for loss and added six pass break-ups ... In the season opener at Pitt (9/2) had five tackles ... At William & Mary (9/9) had seven tackles ... Against Presbyterian (9/16) led the team in tackles with ten, including two tackles for loss and a sack ... At VMI (9/23) had six tackles, with one tackle for loss ... Against Samford (10/7) had five tackles with one tackle for loss ... Against Western Carolina (11/4) had six tackles ... Added five tackles against Furman (11/18) ...  Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2022: Played in nine games with seven starts at outside linebacker ... Finished fourth on the team with 53 total tackles and had two tackles for loss ... Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... Started the season opener at Chattanooga (9/3) and had four tackles ... Had five tackles against Elon (9/10) ... At Virginia Tech (9/17) led the team with 13 tackles, including one tackle for loss ... At Kennesaw State (9/24) had five tackles and a tackle for a loss of three yards ... Added five tackles against East Tennessee State (10/29) ... At Western Carolina (11/5) had seven tackles to tie for the team lead ... Had five tackles each in games against VMI (11/12) and at Furman (11/19) ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Joined the team in the spring of 2022 ... 2021: Spent the fall semester at Air Force Prep ...

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year starter in the secondary at South Paulding High School ...  As a senior, had 93 tackles, 20 tackles for loss and eight sacks in eight games ... Named first team All-Region and the county’s defensive player of the year ... During his junior season he had 95 tackles with seven tackles for loss and two interceptions in 12 games played ... Also played basketball, earning first team All-County and All-Region honors as a junior and senior ...

PERSONAL: Son of Tyrone and Shelia Marshall ... Majoring in business economics ... Brother, Thomas, played football at the Naval Academy.

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2022Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 205 lbs
    33
  • 6

    2023Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 210 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2024Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 225 lbs
    6