Safety, Baylor, 2017–21
Jalen Pitre
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2021)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Stafford, TX
- Born
- Jun 3, 1999
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Jalen Pitre played safety at Baylor (2017–21). He was a consensus All‑American in 2021. The Houston Texans took Pitre in round 2, No. 37 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
11tackles, career highat West Virginia, 2020Honors
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2021
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Baylor | 8 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2018 | Baylor | 8 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2019 | Baylor | 8 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2020 | Baylor | 8 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2021 | Baylor | 8 | S | Jr. (Yr 5) | 6′0″ | 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
2021 Baylor 14 games, 75 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Texas State | W 29–20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Texas Southern | W 66–7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | at Kansas | W 45–7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Iowa State | W 31–29 | 8 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | at Oklahoma State | L 14–24 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs. West Virginia | W 45–20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs. BYU | W 38–24 | 10 | 9 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Texas | W 31–24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | at TCU | L 28–30 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 13 | vs. Oklahoma | W 27–14 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | at Kansas State | W 20–10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Texas Tech | W 27–24 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | vs.Oklahoma State | W 21–16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | W 21–7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Baylor 9 games, 60 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs.Kansas | W 47–14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | atWest Virginia | L 21–27 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | atTexas | L 16–27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | vs.TCU | L 23–33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | atIowa State | L 31–38 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | atTexas Tech | L 23–24 | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs.Kansas State | W 32–31 | 8 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | atOklahoma | L 14–27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 12 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 3–42 | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Baylor 4 games, 12 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vs.Iowa State | W 23–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | atKansas State | W 31–12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Texas Tech | W 33–30 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | atOklahoma State | W 45–27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Baylor 6 games, 10 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 55–27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | at UTSA | W 37–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Duke | L 27–40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs.Kansas | W 26–7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | atOklahoma | L 33–66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Kansas State | W 37–34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Baylor 12 games, 37 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Liberty | L 45–48 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs.UTSA | L 10–17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | atDuke | L 20–34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Oklahoma | L 41–49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | atKansas State | L 20–33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atOklahoma State | L 16–59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs.West Virginia | L 36–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Texas | L 7–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | atKansas | W 38–9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs.Texas Tech | L 24–38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Iowa State | L 13–23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 24 | atTCU | L 22–45 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2022 Senior Bowl (National team, won 20–10).
| Drill | Combine 2022 | Combine or pro day 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11″ | |
| Weight | 198 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| Wingspan | 73½″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.46 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.53 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′11″W | |
| Bench press | 16 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.74 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.18 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 62 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Houston Texans | 17 | 131 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | Houston Texans | 14 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Houston Texans | 12 | 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Houston Texans | 14 | 72 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 (so far) | Houston Texans | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 62 | 356 | 1 | 10 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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