2016 Football Roster
Roster
Jaleel Wadood
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- St. John Bosco
2017 - Named second-team All-Pac-12 Conference as selected by the coaches … Starter in 10 of the 11 games he saw action in ... Third on the team with 79 tackles ... Moved into the all-time school Top 20 list for career tackles (18th) ... Had three double-digit tackle games (11- Stanford, 10 - Arizona, 10 - Oregon).
2016 - Named to the watch list for the Thorpe Award ... Honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection by the coaches ... Starter in all 11 games he played in ... Ranked third on the team with 76 tackles and his per game average of 7.0 tackles ranked tied for ninth in the conference ... Had four pass defenses ... Had five-plus tackles in eight games ... Recorded a season-best 15 tackles vs. Utah ... Also had double-digit tackles vs. Stanford and at Cal ... Part of a Bruin secondary which gave up a Pac-12-low 12 scoring passes during the season ... Secondary ranked 22nd in the nation in passes intercepted (15) and 7th nationally in team passing efficiency (105.85).
2015 - Appeared in all 13 games and made 12 starts ... Second-team All-Pac-12 Conference selection ... Third on the team with 72 tackles ... Tied for the team lead with two interceptions ... Had four pass breakups and four tackles for loss ... Named Defensive MVP of the Foster Farms Bowl after amassing 10 tackles, a fumble recovery and tackle for loss against Nebraska ... Registered 11 tackles at USC ... Had at least five tackles in seven contests.
2014 - Appeared in all 13 games in the secondary and on special teams ... Made eight starts ... Finished fifth on the team in tackles with a total of 59 ... The 59 tackles ranked as tied for the fourth-most ever by a Bruin true freshman player ... Had a best of 10 tackles, tied for team-high honors, at Arizona State ... Had at least five tackles in five games ... Recorded nine tackles vs. Texas ... Had eight tackles each in contest vs. Oregon and in the bowl win over K-State.
HIGH SCHOOL - A four-star recruit according to rivals.com and the No. 80 recruit in the nation … Four-star recruit according to scout.com, the nation’s No. 97 recruit, the No. 10-rated prospect in the state of California and No. 19 prospect in the West … Scout’s No. 8-rated safety prospect nationally … Rivals’ No. 7-ranked cornerback prospect in the nation and the No. 8-rated recruit in the state of California … Four-star athlete and ESPN.com’s No. 288-rated recruit in the nation … First-team All-CIF Pac-5 Division and Defensive Player of the Year … Second-team MaxPreps All-America selection … PrepStar All-West Region … L.A. Times Player of the Year … Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year … Caught 78 passes for 1,293 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior … On defense, he recorded 115 tackles and picked off four passes … Broke the school record for most receiving touchdowns in a season ... Served as team captain ... Trinity League MVP ... CIF Defensive Player of the Year ... Helped team win the CIF-SS Pac-5 championship and the 2013 State Open Division title … Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Recorded 68 tackles and one interception as a junior ... Had 105 tackles and five interceptions as a sophomore.
PERSONAL - Full Name: Jaleel Malik Wadood … Born in Compton, CA … Parent: Haamid Wadood ... Lists his biggest athletic thrill as defeating De La Salle HS in the state championship game ... The NFL's Earl Thomas is the athlete he most admires ... Relative Rashad Wadood is on the football team at Arizona State ... Likes to hang with friends and make people laugh ... Named to the Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll in Spring 2015 ... African American Studies major.
