2021 Football Roster
Roster
Green, Jalen

Jersey Number 0
Jalen Green
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School/Previous School:
- Houston Heights HS (Texas)
Bio
2022 (Fifth-Year Senior Season)
Appeared in 13 games with 10 starts ... Finished with 50 tackles (23 solo) including three tackles for loss ... Had two interceptions and seven pass breakups on the season ... Memphis (9/3): Tallied five tackles (two solo) and a pass breakup in MSU's season-opening win ... at Arizona (9/10): Had three tackles, all solo, and his first interception of the season ... at LSU(9/17): Totaled four tackles ... Bowling Green (9/24): Logged four tackles ... Texas A&M (10/1): Made a season-high seven tackles against the Aggies ... at Kentucky (10/15): Had a pair of stops ... at Alabama (10/22): Totaled one tackle and a pass breakup ... Auburn (11/5): Collected three tackles including one split tackle for a loss ... Georgia (11/12): Recorded four tackles with one being for a loss ... ETSU (11/19): Picked off his second pass of the season and fourth of his career ... Split a tackle for loss ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Broke up a career-high three passes ... Had one tackle for loss, tying his career-high ... vs. Illinois (1/2): Made three stops to go with a pass breakup.
2021 (Senior Season)
Appeared in 12 games while making 10 starts in his first season in Starkville ... Registered 41 total tackles on the campaign, including 22 solo stops ... Had 1.5 tackles for loss, along with two interceptions and four pass breakups ... Louisiana Tech (9/4): Made his MSU debut and totaled six tackles (3 solo), including a tackle for loss in State's season-opening win ... NC State (9/11): Had four total tackles, one interception, a fumble recovery and two pass breakups to help lead MSU to its second win of the campaign ... at Memphis (9/18): Totaled three tackles (2 solo) and a pass breakup ... LSU (9/25): Tallied four total tackles, including one solo stop ... at Texas A&M (10/2): Registered two tackles (1 solo) in State's road victory over the Aggies ... Alabama (10/16): Had three total tackles, including one solo stop against the Crimson Tide ... at Vanderbilt (10/23): Registered two total tackles (1 solo) in the road win over the Commodores ... Kentucky (10/30): Totaled three tackles, all solo, and his second interception of the season ... Ole Miss (11/25): Notched a career-high 11 tackles, including six solo stops, against the Rebels.
2020 (Junior Season – University of Texas)
Appeared in nine games with one start for the Longhorns … Lone start came versus Oklahoma (10/10) ... Logged his first career interception at Oklahoma State (10/31) ... UTEP (9/12): Logged one tackle ... at Texas Tech (9/26): Made one stop ... Added one pass breakup ... TCU (10/3): Had one tackle ... vs. Oklahoma (10/10): Owned three stops with two solo ... Owned a solo tackle for loss ... Baylor (10/24): Chipped in three tackles ... at Oklahoma State (10/31): Made two stops ... Grabbed his first career interception and returned it 41 yards ... West Virginia (11/7): Had one pass breakup ... Iowa State (11/27): Logged one stop ... vs. Colorado (12/29): Totaled two tackles.
2019 (Sophomore Season – University of Texas)
Appeared in 10 games with seven starts for the Texas defense … Missed games against West Virginia (10/5), Oklahoma (10/12) and Kansas (10/19) due to injury ... Louisiana Tech (9/12): Totaled five tackles – four solo ... Added two pass breakups ... No. 6 LSU (9/12): Posted eight tackles – all solo ... at Rice(9/12): Had one stop ... Oklahoma State (9/12): Made two tackles ... Had a solo tackle for loss ... Added one pass breakup ... at TCU (9/12): Posted three tackles ... Posted a solo tackle for loss ... No. 16 Kansas State (9/12): Chipped in two stops ... at Iowa State (9/12): Made two tackles ... Had one pass breakup ... at Baylor (9/12): Logged five tackles ... Added one pass breakup ... vs. No. 11 Utah (9/12): Posted two tackles.
2018 (Freshman Season – University of Texas)
Appeared in 11 games as a freshman for the Longhorns ... Saw times on defense and special teams ... Tulsa (9/8): Made collegiate debut ... at Texas Tech (11/10): Had one tackle ... vs. Georgia (1/1): Logged one stop.
High School
Prepped at Houston Heights High School under head coach Stephen Dixon … Four-star prospect per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports ... Top-150 national prospect by all three recruiting services ... Rated a top-20 recruit in Texas by ESPN (No. 19), Rivals (No. 4) and 247Sports (No. 1) ... Tabbed the top-20 cornerback recruit per ESPN (No. 16), Rivals (No. 7) and 247Sports (No. 3) ... Participated in Nike’s The Opening and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl as a senior ... Earned first-team All-District 18-6A as a junior and senior ... Tabbed second-team all-district as a sophomore ... Named to by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Super Team as a senior ... Listed as the No. 4 prospect in the Austin American-Statesman’s Fab 55 and the Houston Chronicle’s Top 100 as a senior ... Helped HHHS to three straight 6A Division II bi-district playoffs three times ... Played offense and defense during his prep career ... As a senior, logged 13 tackles with 2.0 tackles of loss ... Threw three touchdown passes, rushed for eight scores and caught a pair of touchdown passes ... Gained 629 yards of total offense for an average of 125.8 yards per game ... Averaged 45.7 yards per kick return on three returns ... As a junior, logged 19 stops with 2.0 tackles for loss ... Part of a defense that allowed 23.3 points per game with two shutouts ... Intercepted one pass with two breakups ... As a sophomore, registered 15 tackles with 1.0 tackles for loss ... Part of a defense that allowed just 12.1 points per game with two shutouts ... Intercepted three passes with 11 breakups ... Also lettered in track in high school.
Personal
Born Jalen Shondre Green on March 3, 1999 in Monroe, Louisiana ... Son of Latonya and Al Green … Has three siblings: Janel, Jayda and Jayden ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies ... Twitter handle is @jaygreen__.
Appeared in 13 games with 10 starts ... Finished with 50 tackles (23 solo) including three tackles for loss ... Had two interceptions and seven pass breakups on the season ... Memphis (9/3): Tallied five tackles (two solo) and a pass breakup in MSU's season-opening win ... at Arizona (9/10): Had three tackles, all solo, and his first interception of the season ... at LSU(9/17): Totaled four tackles ... Bowling Green (9/24): Logged four tackles ... Texas A&M (10/1): Made a season-high seven tackles against the Aggies ... at Kentucky (10/15): Had a pair of stops ... at Alabama (10/22): Totaled one tackle and a pass breakup ... Auburn (11/5): Collected three tackles including one split tackle for a loss ... Georgia (11/12): Recorded four tackles with one being for a loss ... ETSU (11/19): Picked off his second pass of the season and fourth of his career ... Split a tackle for loss ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Broke up a career-high three passes ... Had one tackle for loss, tying his career-high ... vs. Illinois (1/2): Made three stops to go with a pass breakup.
2021 (Senior Season)
Appeared in 12 games while making 10 starts in his first season in Starkville ... Registered 41 total tackles on the campaign, including 22 solo stops ... Had 1.5 tackles for loss, along with two interceptions and four pass breakups ... Louisiana Tech (9/4): Made his MSU debut and totaled six tackles (3 solo), including a tackle for loss in State's season-opening win ... NC State (9/11): Had four total tackles, one interception, a fumble recovery and two pass breakups to help lead MSU to its second win of the campaign ... at Memphis (9/18): Totaled three tackles (2 solo) and a pass breakup ... LSU (9/25): Tallied four total tackles, including one solo stop ... at Texas A&M (10/2): Registered two tackles (1 solo) in State's road victory over the Aggies ... Alabama (10/16): Had three total tackles, including one solo stop against the Crimson Tide ... at Vanderbilt (10/23): Registered two total tackles (1 solo) in the road win over the Commodores ... Kentucky (10/30): Totaled three tackles, all solo, and his second interception of the season ... Ole Miss (11/25): Notched a career-high 11 tackles, including six solo stops, against the Rebels.
2020 (Junior Season – University of Texas)
Appeared in nine games with one start for the Longhorns … Lone start came versus Oklahoma (10/10) ... Logged his first career interception at Oklahoma State (10/31) ... UTEP (9/12): Logged one tackle ... at Texas Tech (9/26): Made one stop ... Added one pass breakup ... TCU (10/3): Had one tackle ... vs. Oklahoma (10/10): Owned three stops with two solo ... Owned a solo tackle for loss ... Baylor (10/24): Chipped in three tackles ... at Oklahoma State (10/31): Made two stops ... Grabbed his first career interception and returned it 41 yards ... West Virginia (11/7): Had one pass breakup ... Iowa State (11/27): Logged one stop ... vs. Colorado (12/29): Totaled two tackles.
2019 (Sophomore Season – University of Texas)
Appeared in 10 games with seven starts for the Texas defense … Missed games against West Virginia (10/5), Oklahoma (10/12) and Kansas (10/19) due to injury ... Louisiana Tech (9/12): Totaled five tackles – four solo ... Added two pass breakups ... No. 6 LSU (9/12): Posted eight tackles – all solo ... at Rice(9/12): Had one stop ... Oklahoma State (9/12): Made two tackles ... Had a solo tackle for loss ... Added one pass breakup ... at TCU (9/12): Posted three tackles ... Posted a solo tackle for loss ... No. 16 Kansas State (9/12): Chipped in two stops ... at Iowa State (9/12): Made two tackles ... Had one pass breakup ... at Baylor (9/12): Logged five tackles ... Added one pass breakup ... vs. No. 11 Utah (9/12): Posted two tackles.
2018 (Freshman Season – University of Texas)
Appeared in 11 games as a freshman for the Longhorns ... Saw times on defense and special teams ... Tulsa (9/8): Made collegiate debut ... at Texas Tech (11/10): Had one tackle ... vs. Georgia (1/1): Logged one stop.
High School
Prepped at Houston Heights High School under head coach Stephen Dixon … Four-star prospect per ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports ... Top-150 national prospect by all three recruiting services ... Rated a top-20 recruit in Texas by ESPN (No. 19), Rivals (No. 4) and 247Sports (No. 1) ... Tabbed the top-20 cornerback recruit per ESPN (No. 16), Rivals (No. 7) and 247Sports (No. 3) ... Participated in Nike’s The Opening and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl as a senior ... Earned first-team All-District 18-6A as a junior and senior ... Tabbed second-team all-district as a sophomore ... Named to by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Super Team as a senior ... Listed as the No. 4 prospect in the Austin American-Statesman’s Fab 55 and the Houston Chronicle’s Top 100 as a senior ... Helped HHHS to three straight 6A Division II bi-district playoffs three times ... Played offense and defense during his prep career ... As a senior, logged 13 tackles with 2.0 tackles of loss ... Threw three touchdown passes, rushed for eight scores and caught a pair of touchdown passes ... Gained 629 yards of total offense for an average of 125.8 yards per game ... Averaged 45.7 yards per kick return on three returns ... As a junior, logged 19 stops with 2.0 tackles for loss ... Part of a defense that allowed 23.3 points per game with two shutouts ... Intercepted one pass with two breakups ... As a sophomore, registered 15 tackles with 1.0 tackles for loss ... Part of a defense that allowed just 12.1 points per game with two shutouts ... Intercepted three passes with 11 breakups ... Also lettered in track in high school.
Personal
Born Jalen Shondre Green on March 3, 1999 in Monroe, Louisiana ... Son of Latonya and Al Green … Has three siblings: Janel, Jayda and Jayden ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies ... Twitter handle is @jaygreen__.
FOOTBALL | Jeff Lebby Postgame vs. Southern Miss
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FOOTBALL | Brylan Lanier INT
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FOOTBALL | Fluff Bothwell TD
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FOOTBALL | Ferrie 55-yard FG
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