Jalen Brooks

2022 Overcoming Adversity Award
2022 Community Service Award
2021 South Carolina Spirit Award

Wide receiver who played three years in Columbia… originally joined the program in the fall of 2020… played in 24 games at the Division I level, making 22 starts… logged 58 career catches for 785 yards and two scores for the Garnet & Black… began his career at Division II Wingate in North Carolina and also had a brief stint at Tarleton State in Texas… caught 52 passes for 1,048 yards and 10 TDs in two seasons at Wingate… received an NFL Combine invitation.

2022 (Super Senior)
Recognized with the Overcoming Adversity Award and earned the Community Service Award from the coaching staff at the Senior Banquet… started all 12 regular season games at wide receiver… ranked second on the team in both receptions (33) and receiving yards (504), both of which were career highs… recorded his best game at the D-I level with 88 receiving yards on four catches in the season-opening win over Georgia State… hauled in a season-high five catches for 53 yards against Georgia… posted a career-long 54-yard reception against South Carolina State… logged multiple receptions in each of the first six games and in 10 of 12 games overall… scored his only receiving TD of the season in the win over Tennessee… added 51 yards rushing with a touchdown on just four carries, an average of 12.8-yards per tote… rambled 24 yards for a score at Kentucky, his longest carry of the year.

2021 (Senior)
Started each of the first six games… caught 14 passes for 181 yards with a score… best game was a four-catch, 63-yard effort against Kentucky, including a 5-yard touchdown reception… hauled in three passes against Georgia for 54 yards, including a season-long 36-yard reception… also had three receptions against Troy… was not with the team through the second half of the season… recognized as the South Carolina Spirit Award winner at the 2021 Garnet & Black Spring Game.

2020 (Junior)
Transfer who spent the spring semester at Tarleton State before arriving in the fall… did not gain NCAA eligibility until the fifth game of the season… played in each of the final six games, starting the final four… caught 11 passes for 100 yards… made his first start at Ole Miss and hauled in three passes for a season-high 47 yards… also had three receptions against Missouri and Georgia.

2019 (Sophomore)
Played at Division II Wingate where he earned first team All-South Atlantic Conference honors… the Bulldogs posted a 10-2 mark, including a 7-1 record in the SAC, falling in the first round of the playoffs… coached by Joe Reich… appeared in all 12 games… caught 35 passes for 751 yards, 21.5 yards per catch, with six scores… also rushed twice for 36 yards with a long of 29 against Limestone… had a season-high 121-yard receiving performance, including a career-long 66-yard reception and logged two TDs against UVA-Wise… logged a trio of 100-yard receiving games, eclipsing the century mark against UVA-Wise (121), UNC Pembroke (116) and Newberry (115)… posted a career-high six receptions against Newberry.

2018 (Freshman)
Began his collegiate career at Wingate University… the Bulldogs finished 9-4, including a 5-2 mark in the SAC, and reached the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs… played in all 12 games, catching 17 passes for 297 yards, a 17.5-yard average, with four touchdowns… best game was a five-catch, 91-yard, two-touchdown performance at West Georgia, which included a season-long reception of 40 yards… also was a member of the Wingate track & field squad, competing in the sprints and jumps.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Hickory Ridge High School in Harrisburg, N.C. in 2018… coached by Jason Seidel… had 44 catches for 771 yards and nine touchdowns during his senior year.

PERSONAL
Jalen Allen Brooks was born May 7, 2000… is a sport and entertainment management major.