2025 Football Roster
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Hargrove, Jalen

Jersey Number 95
Jalen Hargrove
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 310
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Paterson, N.J.
- Previous School:
- Choate Rosemary Hall [CT] / Rice
Bio
CAREER SUMMARY
Joined Bruins in August 2025 after four seasons at Rice (2021-24) โฆ played in 19 games with Owls, making one tackle โฆ carved out role on special teams across and earned snaps on defense across final two seasons at Rice.
2024 (RICE)
Played in six games, recording 14 snaps on special teams across five games and 22 snaps over two games on defense โฆ made one tackle against Texas Southern (Sept. 7) โฆ earned spot on 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2023 (RICE)
Registered 67 plays on place-kicking unit across all 13 games โฆ also played in three games (eight snaps) on defense.
2022 (RICE)
Did not see game action.
2021 (RICE)
Did not see game action โฆ qualified for 2021-22 Conference USA Commissionerโs Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL
Recorded post-graduate year at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Conn. after graduating from high school, but 2020 season was canceled due to coronavirus pandemic โฆ earned All-Big West honorable mention selection as senior at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, N.J. โฆ logged 25 total tackles, six tackles for loss and four sacks in 2019 โฆ was four-year letterman in basketball at Kennedy, earning all-league and all-county honors; helped Knights to North 1, Group 4 sectional title in 2020 โฆ held memberships to National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Garden State Scholars.
PERSONAL
Son of Charlie and Nichelle (Nixon) โฆ uncle, James Hargrove, played basketball at Duquesne and led Atlantic 10 in scoring across 1991-92 season (20.7 points per game) โฆ majored in political science at Rice.
Joined Bruins in August 2025 after four seasons at Rice (2021-24) โฆ played in 19 games with Owls, making one tackle โฆ carved out role on special teams across and earned snaps on defense across final two seasons at Rice.
2024 (RICE)
Played in six games, recording 14 snaps on special teams across five games and 22 snaps over two games on defense โฆ made one tackle against Texas Southern (Sept. 7) โฆ earned spot on 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2023 (RICE)
Registered 67 plays on place-kicking unit across all 13 games โฆ also played in three games (eight snaps) on defense.
2022 (RICE)
Did not see game action.
2021 (RICE)
Did not see game action โฆ qualified for 2021-22 Conference USA Commissionerโs Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL
Recorded post-graduate year at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Conn. after graduating from high school, but 2020 season was canceled due to coronavirus pandemic โฆ earned All-Big West honorable mention selection as senior at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, N.J. โฆ logged 25 total tackles, six tackles for loss and four sacks in 2019 โฆ was four-year letterman in basketball at Kennedy, earning all-league and all-county honors; helped Knights to North 1, Group 4 sectional title in 2020 โฆ held memberships to National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Garden State Scholars.
PERSONAL
Son of Charlie and Nichelle (Nixon) โฆ uncle, James Hargrove, played basketball at Duquesne and led Atlantic 10 in scoring across 1991-92 season (20.7 points per game) โฆ majored in political science at Rice.
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Wednesday, October 22
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