Jalen Tolbert

#8 · WR · Jr. · South Alabama6′3″ · 195 lb · Mobile, AL · McGill Toolen

Jalen Tolbert: WR · South Alabama · #8.

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Jalen Tolbert

WR · South Alabama · Jr · #8

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches at South Alabama: Steve Campbell and Kane Wommack. Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 191 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Coastal Carolina — Week 13, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	South Alabama	82	1,474	18.0	8	68
2020	South Alabama	64	1,086	17.0	8	73
2019	South Alabama	27	521	19.3	6	60
2018	South Alabama	5	60	12.0	0	25
Career		178	3,141	17.6	22	73

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Southern Miss	5	168	33.6	0	49	168-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 22-19@ Bowling Green	7	95	13.6	0	42
Wk 3	W 28-21vs Alcorn State	2	54	27.0	0	40
Wk 5	L 18-20vs Louisiana	6	143	23.8	0	61	143-yard receiving day
Wk 6	L 31-33@ Texas State	5	84	16.8	1	43
Wk 7	W 41-14vs Georgia Southern	11	174	15.8	1	40	174-yard receiving day
Wk 8	L 31-41@ UL Monroe	10	155	15.5	2	55	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 31-13vs Arkansas State	8	94	11.8	2	30	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 24-31@ Troy	4	65	16.3	0	27
Wk 11	L 7-31@ App State	7	108	15.4	0	24
Wk 12	L 14-60@ Tennessee	7	143	20.4	1	68	143-yard receiving day
Wk 13	L 21-27vs Coastal Carolina	10	191	19.1	1	57	Season-high 191 yds
Total		82	1474	18.0	8	68

Signature game

Week 13 · 2021

L 21-27

vs Coastal Carolina

10 rec · 191 yds · 1 TD

With J. Bentley — 354 yds · 2 TD · 3 INT · QBR 61.2 · J. Brooks — 63 yards per punt · 2 punts · 66 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +7.01Desmond Trotter pass complete to Jalen Tolbert for 73 yds for a TD
Week 12 · Tennessee · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +6.98Desmond Trotter pass complete to Jalen Tolbert for 68 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.47Jake Bentley pass complete to Jalen Tolbert for 57 yds for a TD, (Jake Bentley pass to Caullin Lacy for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 8 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +4.42Jake Bentley pass complete to Jalen Tolbert for 55 yds to the LaMon 11 for a
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +4.00Desmond Trotter pass complete to Jalen Tolbert for 31 yds for a TD, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 12 · Tennessee · 4th and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.70Desmond Trotter pass complete to Jalen Tolbert for 13 yds to the Tenn 33 for a TENNESSEE Penalty, Defensive Offside ( Yards) declined for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · Louisiana · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.56J.Bentley pass complete to SAB 26. Catch made by J.Tolbert at SAB 26. Gain of 61 yards. Tackled by K.Pedescleaux at ULL 13.
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Jake Bentley pass complete to Jalen Tolbert for 38 yds to the GeoSo 19 for a
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Bentley to Tolbert: a 40-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Louisiana · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +3.13J.Bentley pass complete to SAB 28. Catch made by J.Tolbert at SAB 28. Gain of 49 yards. Tackled by B.Bishop at ULL 23.

Teams and coaches

2018South Alabama3-9HC: Steve Campbell · Run-heavy

2019South Alabama2-10HC: Steve Campbell · Run-heavy

2020South Alabama4-7HC: Steve Campbell · Run-leaning

2021South Alabama5-7HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 92 (#9 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

92All-America level #9 of 468 · 2021?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (92nd percentile). Strength: explosive rate (88th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#54 / 655 · 92nd pct

17.5

Explosive rate#81 / 655 · 88th pct

21.5%

EPA / target#115 / 655 · 83rd pct

0.94

TD rate#155 / 655 · 76th pct

9.7%

Catch rate#334 / 655 · 49th pct

75.3%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#6 / 557 · 99th pct

1474

Receptions#21 / 557 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#39 / 557 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#49 / 557 · 91st pct

18.0

Long catch#99 / 557 · 82nd pct

Fumbles lost#89 / 223 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

58th → 83rd percentile

Explosive rate

82nd → 88th percentile

Catch rate

21st → 49th percentile

TD rate

63rd → 76th percentile

Yards / catch

84th → 92nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.0	137	21.8	0.7
Road6g	6.7	108	16.3	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	120	21.8	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.7	126	16.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Kane Wommack

Pass share

48.3%

407 pass / 435 run

Plays / game

70.2

12 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

426 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #9 of 468 FBS receivers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

92 · #9 of 468 WRs · 2021

Two-star recruit. Now #9 at the position.

Jalen Tolbert

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at South Alabama, drafted

2017

2020 11 games

2021 12 games

2022