Jalen White: RB · Georgia Southern · #25.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jalen White
Wears you down at the goal line. Played for three head coaches at Georgia Southern: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley and Clay Helton. All-Sun Belt in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 134 rushing yards and 21 receiving yards against James Madison — Week 8, 2024.
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
40.7% of carries overall (162/398) → 60.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (48/80) — 62.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
18 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (54.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 164 | 745 | 4.5 | 14 | 49 |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 160 | 889 | 5.6 | 9 | 45 |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 162 | 915 | 5.6 | 10 | 71 |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 68 | 383 | 5.6 | 4 | 59 |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 20 | 86 | 4.3 | 0 | 15 |
| Career | 574 | 3,018 | 5.3 | 37 | 71 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 20 | 69 | 3.5 | 0 | 17 |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 22 | 217 | 9.9 | 1 | 37 |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 60 | 365 | 6.1 | 2 | 37 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 45-56vs Boise State | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 3 | 18 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 2 | W 20-17@ Nevada | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-14vs South Carolina State | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-52@ No. 5 Ole Miss | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-21@ Georgia State | 22 | 114 | 5.2 | 2 | 16 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-23vs Marshall | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-14vs James Madison | 23 | 134 | 5.8 | 0 | 49 | Season-high 134 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 19-47@ Old Dominion | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-30@ South Alabama | 18 | 71 | 3.9 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-28vs Troy | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-6@ Coastal Carolina | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 14 | W 29-20vs App State | 18 | 125 | 6.9 | 3 | 35 | 3 rushing TDs |
 Bowl | L 26-31vs Sam Houston | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 1 | 18 | |
| Total | 164 | 745 | 4.5 | 14 | 49 |
Week 1 · 2024
L 45-56
vs Boise State
35 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD · 4 rec · 14 yds
With J. French — 322 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.6 · 39 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · D. Buchannon — 2 rec · 46 yds · 11 rush yds (1 car)
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
42%146 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.5 yds/carry on 164 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 42% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 62.2 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| Road6g | 47.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 49.0 | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 67.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
50.5%
444 pass / 436 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
471 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #131 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 3,018 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.
