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Tennessee State University

2024 Football Roster

8 Jalen McClendon

  • Position DB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Tampa, FL
  • High School Chamberlain

Biography

Awards/Honors
  • 2024 Second Team Big South-OVC (DB)
  • 2024 Buck Buchanan National Defensive Player of the Year Finalist

2024: Played in all 14 games... notched 66 tackles (56 solo, 10 assisted) with one for a loss of four yards... posted a career-high 19 pass breakups and one interception. 

2023: Appeared in four games... tallied three tackles, one for a loss of three yards.

2022: After injuring his foot in the season opener against Eastern Washington, McClendon would return against Bethune-Cookman and go on to play in the final seven games to total eight games played this season...served as both a backup corner and on special teams....finished the season with 23 tackles, 13 solos, 10 assists, and one pass breakup...best performance came in the season finale against Texas A&M-Commerce (11/19) as he racked up 15 tackles (six solo, nine assists)...finished with three tackles in first game back from injury against Bethune (10/8).

FALL 2021: Played in eight games as a true freshman…finished the season with six tackles, four solo, two assists…collected a season-high four tackles at Southeast Missouri (9/25).

PERSONAL: Son of Lloyd and Shanell Brown…has two brothers and two sisters…born January 13, 2003.

HIGH SCHOOL: Participated in football, wrestling, and track & field for four years…set HS career interception record with 15.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2021Freshman

    DB
    6'0" 170 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2022Sophomore

    DB
    6'0" 170 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2023Junior

    DB
    6'0" 180 lbs
    28
  • 8

    2024Redshirt Junior

    DB
    6'0" 180 lbs
    8