Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jalen Tolbert was born February 27, 1999, in Mobile, Alabama. He is a wide receiver in the NFL.

He redshirted his true freshman season at South Alabama after suffering a knee injury in preseason training camp. He entered the starting lineup as a redshirt sophomore and finished the season with 27 receptions for 521 yards and six touchdowns. Tolbert was named first-team All-Sun Belt Conference as a redshirt junior after catching 64 passes for 1,085 yards, both school records, and eight touchdowns, which tied the school record. Against Arkansas State, he set a school record with 252 receiving yards on ten receptions with three touchdowns. Tolbert considered entering the 2021 NFL Draft but ultimately decided to return to South Alabama for a fifth season. In his final season, he was again named first-team All-Sun Belt and the conference Offensive Player of the Year after resetting his own school records with 82 receptions and 1,474 receiving yards, and eight touchdown receptions.

In the 2022 NFL Draft, Jalen Tolbert was taken #88 by the Dallas Cowboys.