Jalen White
Jalen White
Wears you down at the goal line. Jalen White has been at Georgia Southern through two head coaches in four seasons. All-Sun Belt in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 134 rush yds, 21 rec yds against James Madison — Week 8, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 2,932 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Whitley → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 164 | 745 | 4.5 | 14 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 160 | 889 | 5.6 | 9 | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 162 | 915 | 5.6 | 10 | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 68 | 383 | 5.6 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 554 | 2,932 | 5.3 | 37 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 20 | 69 | 3.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 22 | 217 | 9.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 60 | 365 | 6.1 | 2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024
W 28–14
vs James Madison
134 rush yds (23 car)
How he plays
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Power Back
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Samson Evans’s 2023 season.
Matches Samson on
Differs from Samson on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Asim Rose’s path through Kentucky.
Asim Rose
Julius Loughridge
Calvin Turner
Matches Asim on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ahmani Marshall's graduate season at App State (2024).
Matches Ahmani on
Differs from Ahmani on
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2024+95%
Up 95% from first season to most-recent.