2025 Football Roster
Roster

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
Career Summary
Spent five seasons on collegiate rosters at UCLA (2025) and Rice (2021-24) ... veteran of 27 NCAA games.
2025
Played eight games during his debut season in Westwood, including one start ... his lone start came at defensive tackle at then-No. 2 Indiana (Oct. 25) ... totaled three tackles (1-2-3) for the season ... made his NCAA debut in the Bruins' upset of then-No. 7 Penn State (Oct. 4) ... recorded tackles at Indiana, then-No. 1 Ohio State (Nov. 15), and Washington (Nov. 22) ... mainstay on UCLA's field goal block unit.
2024 (Rice)
Played in six games, recording 14 snaps on special teams across five games and 22 snaps over two games on defense … made one tackle against Texas Southern (Sept. 7) … earned spot on 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2023 (Rice)
Registered 67 plays on place-kicking unit across all 13 games … also played in three games (eight snaps) on defense.
2022 (Rice)
Did not see game action.
2021 (Rice)
Did not see game action … qualified for 2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s 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 … earned All-Big West honorable mention selection as senior at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, N.J. … logged 25 total tackles, six tackles for loss and four sacks in 2019 … 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 … held memberships to National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Garden State Scholars.
Personal
Son of Charlie and Nichelle (Nixon) … uncle, James Hargrove, played basketball at Duquesne and led Atlantic 10 in scoring across 1991-92 season (20.7 points per game) … earned his bachelor's degree in political science at Rice.
Spent five seasons on collegiate rosters at UCLA (2025) and Rice (2021-24) ... veteran of 27 NCAA games.
2025
Played eight games during his debut season in Westwood, including one start ... his lone start came at defensive tackle at then-No. 2 Indiana (Oct. 25) ... totaled three tackles (1-2-3) for the season ... made his NCAA debut in the Bruins' upset of then-No. 7 Penn State (Oct. 4) ... recorded tackles at Indiana, then-No. 1 Ohio State (Nov. 15), and Washington (Nov. 22) ... mainstay on UCLA's field goal block unit.
2024 (Rice)
Played in six games, recording 14 snaps on special teams across five games and 22 snaps over two games on defense … made one tackle against Texas Southern (Sept. 7) … earned spot on 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2023 (Rice)
Registered 67 plays on place-kicking unit across all 13 games … also played in three games (eight snaps) on defense.
2022 (Rice)
Did not see game action.
2021 (Rice)
Did not see game action … qualified for 2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s 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 … earned All-Big West honorable mention selection as senior at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, N.J. … logged 25 total tackles, six tackles for loss and four sacks in 2019 … 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 … held memberships to National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Garden State Scholars.
Personal
Son of Charlie and Nichelle (Nixon) … uncle, James Hargrove, played basketball at Duquesne and led Atlantic 10 in scoring across 1991-92 season (20.7 points per game) … earned his bachelor's degree in political science at Rice.
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