Last confirmed: Jacksonville State, 2023. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 210 lb · Alabaster, AL
Jalen Bustamante: DB · Jacksonville State · #34.
Jalen Bustamante
One game to point at: 3 tackles against Western Kentucky — Week 8, 2023.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-14vs UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 49-3vs East Tennessee State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-28@ Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-30@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16@ Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-38@ South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-17vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-20@ New Mexico State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Bowl | W 34-31@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 1 · 2023
W 49-3
1 interception · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 46-point win at home against East Tennessee State.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
35.4%
348 pass / 635 run
Plays / game
75.6
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Jacksonville State, 14 tackles — his college career is complete.
