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Jersey Number 44
Jalen Rayam
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 217
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Alabaster, AL
- High School:
- Thompson
Bio
2023 (r-Senior)
• Missed the entire season with an injury
2022 (r-Junior)
• Played in 13 games and had one start
• Ended the season with 36 total stops, including 3.0 TFLs and two hurries
• Averaged nearly 30 snaps per game
• Graded out a winner 12 times
• Registered five tackles, including a TFL at Colorado State
• Also had five stops against UTSA
• Had four tackles and a hurry against WKU
• Was second on the team with seven stops against Charlotte
2021 (r-Sophomore at UAB)
• Played in eight games for UAB with 10 tackles and 0.5 TFL
2020 (r-Sophomore at UAB)
• Played in seven games
• Totaled five tackles on the season
2019 (r-Freshman at UAB)
• Missed the entire season
2018 (Freshman at UAB)
• Appeared in four games before utilizing the redshirt rule
• Had two tackles on the season, including one sack at UTEP
High School
• Three-star prospect according to 247Sports out of Thompson High School
• No. 45 player in the state of Alabama and No. 90 linebacker in the country
• Played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game
• Key player on Thompson's 2017 team that finished 12-1
• Had 143 total tackles (91 solo) with 28 TFL, 7.5 sacks, seven QB hurries and four interceptions
Personal
• Full name: Jalen Norris Rayam
• Parents: Thomas and Elaine Rayam
• Born: 8/15/00
• Major: Integrated Studies
• Missed the entire season with an injury
2022 (r-Junior)
• Played in 13 games and had one start
• Ended the season with 36 total stops, including 3.0 TFLs and two hurries
• Averaged nearly 30 snaps per game
• Graded out a winner 12 times
• Registered five tackles, including a TFL at Colorado State
• Also had five stops against UTSA
• Had four tackles and a hurry against WKU
• Was second on the team with seven stops against Charlotte
2021 (r-Sophomore at UAB)
• Played in eight games for UAB with 10 tackles and 0.5 TFL
2020 (r-Sophomore at UAB)
• Played in seven games
• Totaled five tackles on the season
2019 (r-Freshman at UAB)
• Missed the entire season
2018 (Freshman at UAB)
• Appeared in four games before utilizing the redshirt rule
• Had two tackles on the season, including one sack at UTEP
High School
• Three-star prospect according to 247Sports out of Thompson High School
• No. 45 player in the state of Alabama and No. 90 linebacker in the country
• Played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game
• Key player on Thompson's 2017 team that finished 12-1
• Had 143 total tackles (91 solo) with 28 TFL, 7.5 sacks, seven QB hurries and four interceptions
Personal
• Full name: Jalen Norris Rayam
• Parents: Thomas and Elaine Rayam
• Born: 8/15/00
• Major: Integrated Studies
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