Jalen Royals | |
School: | Utah State Aggies |
Currentnumber: | 1 |
Currentposition: | Wide receiver |
Class: | Senior |
Major: | Kinesiology |
Birth Date: | 18 February 2003[1] |
Heightft: | 6 |
Heightin: | 0 |
Weight: | 195 |
Highschool: | Hillgrove (Powder Springs, Georgia) |
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Espn: | 5082630 |
Jalen Royals (born February 18, 2003) is an American football wide receiver for the Utah State Aggies. He previously played for the Georgia Military Bulldogs.
Royals grew up in Powder Springs, Georgia and attended Hillgrove High School where he lettered in football, basketball and track & field. In his high school career, Royals had 26 catches for 455 yards and four touchdowns during his senior season.[2] Royals would decide to commit to play college football at Georgia Military College.[3]
During Royals's true freshman season in 2021, he played in 11 games and finished the season with seven catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns.[4]
After the season was finished, Royals decided to transfer to Utah State.[5]
During the 2022 season, Royals played in 12 games and made his first career start against Boise State but did not record any stats during the season.[6]
During the 2023 season, he played in all 12 games and finished the season with 68 catches for 1,023 yards and 15 touchdowns, averaging 15.0 yards per game.[7] He was ranked second on the team in receptions and the top 40 in the country in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.[8] His 15 touchdown receptions would set a new single season school record for the Aggies.[9] He would also be added to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List, as well as the first-team Mountain West Conference.[10] [11]