Linebacker, Houston, 2021–25
Jalen Garner
- Number
- No. 36
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Norcross, GA
Jalen Garner played linebacker at Houston (2021–25).
Career highs
9tackles, career highvs. TCU, 20252sacks, career highat Oklahoma State, 2025Defense
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 | Houston | 36 | LB | RS | ||
| 2022 | Houston | 36 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Houston | 36 | LB | So. | ||
| 2024 | Houston | 36 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Houston | 36 | LB | Sr. | 6′1″ | 225 |
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 Houston 13 games, 76 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. Stephen F. Austin | W 27–0 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at Rice | W 35–9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Colorado | W 36–20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | at Oregon State | W 27–24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Texas Tech | L 11–35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Oklahoma State | W 39–17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Arizona | W 31–28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at Arizona State | W 24–16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs. West Virginia | L 35–45 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | at UCF | W 30–27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | vs. TCU | L 14–17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at Baylor | W 31–24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. LSU | W 38–35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Houston 9 games, 17 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. UNLV | L 7–27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs.Rice | W 33–7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Iowa State | L 0–20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | atTCU | W 30–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Utah | W 17–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Kansas State | W 24–19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | atArizona | L 3–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs.Baylor | L 10–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at BYU | L 18–30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Houston 5 games, 11 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs. Sam Houston | W 38–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atKansas State | L 0–41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Cincinnati | L 14–24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 30–43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atUCF | L 13–27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Houston 3 games, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs.Rice | W 34–27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Navy | W 38–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at East Carolina | W 42–3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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