Safety, UAB (from Boston College), 2021–25
Jalen Cheek
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Sicklerville, NJ
Jalen Cheek played safety at Boston College (2021–24) and UAB (2025).
Career highs
8tackles, career highat Navy, 2025Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boston College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Boston College | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | Boston College | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | UAB | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 58 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boston College | 10 | S | RS | ||
| 2022 | Boston College | 10 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Boston College | 10 | S | So. | ||
| 2024 | Boston College | 10 | S | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | UAB | 10 | S | Sr. | 6′2″ | 200 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 UAB 6 games, 23 tackles
2024 Boston College 2 games, 6 tackles, 1 INT
2023 Boston College 9 games, 26 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Northern Illinois | L 24–27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Holy Cross | W 31–28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Florida State | L 29–31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Virginia | W 27–24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Army | W 27–24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Georgia Tech | W 38–23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 22–48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at Pittsburgh | L 16–24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. SMU | W 23–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Boston College 2 games, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | atVirginia Tech | L 10–27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Maine | W 38–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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