2021 Football Roster
Roster
Hargrove, Jalen

Jersey Number 52
Jalen Hargrove
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 308
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Paterson, New Jersey
- High School:
- Choate Rosemary Hall
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024
Saw action in six games and was credited with a tackle vs. Texas Southern… Finished with 14 snaps on special teams over five games and 22 plays over tow games on defense.
2023
Saw action in all 13 games on special teams and also in three games on defense… Totaled 67 special teams plays on the place kicking unit and added eight on defense.
2022
Did not see action.
2021
Did not see action in his first season with the Owls.
Choate Rosemary Hall
Elected to attend prep school after high school graduation to focus on football, but sat out the 2020 season after Choate canceled football due to the pandemic.
Kennedy High School
Honorable mention All-Big North as a senior in 2019 at Kennedy High School for coach Ron Jackson in his first year as a starter… Was credited with 25 tackles (six for loss, including four sacks)… A four-year letterman in basketball at Kennedy, earning all-league and all-county honors and leading Kennedy to the Group 4 Sectional championship… A member of the National Honor Society, the Spanish National Honor Society, and the Garden State Scholars.
Personal
Full name: Jalen Samir Hargrove... Born: April 12 at Hackensack, New Jersey... Parents: Charlie Hargrove and Nichelle Nixon… Uncle (James Hargrove) played basketball at Duquesne and led the A-10 conference in scoring in 1992 (220.7 ppg) … Rice major: Political Science.. Rice College: Hanszen

Hanszen College
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll 2022
- AAC All-Academic 2024, 2025
2024
Saw action in six games and was credited with a tackle vs. Texas Southern… Finished with 14 snaps on special teams over five games and 22 plays over tow games on defense.
2023
Saw action in all 13 games on special teams and also in three games on defense… Totaled 67 special teams plays on the place kicking unit and added eight on defense.
2022
Did not see action.
2021
Did not see action in his first season with the Owls.
Choate Rosemary Hall
Elected to attend prep school after high school graduation to focus on football, but sat out the 2020 season after Choate canceled football due to the pandemic.
Kennedy High School
Honorable mention All-Big North as a senior in 2019 at Kennedy High School for coach Ron Jackson in his first year as a starter… Was credited with 25 tackles (six for loss, including four sacks)… A four-year letterman in basketball at Kennedy, earning all-league and all-county honors and leading Kennedy to the Group 4 Sectional championship… A member of the National Honor Society, the Spanish National Honor Society, and the Garden State Scholars.
Personal
Full name: Jalen Samir Hargrove... Born: April 12 at Hackensack, New Jersey... Parents: Charlie Hargrove and Nichelle Nixon… Uncle (James Hargrove) played basketball at Duquesne and led the A-10 conference in scoring in 1992 (220.7 ppg) … Rice major: Political Science.. Rice College: Hanszen

Hanszen College
Louisiana Postgame
Sunday, August 31
2025 February Signing Day
Thursday, February 06
Scott Abell 2024 December Signing Day
Wednesday, December 04
USF postgame
Sunday, December 01