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Jalen Grant Season 2024

#75
PositionOL
Weight285 lbs
Height6-3
YearSenior
HometownChicago, Ill.
Previous SchoolBowling Green
CAREER AT PURDUE
• Appeared in 15 games and started 12 at right guard in 2023

2024 / AS A FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR
• Appeared in three games as a reserve offensive lineman

2023 / AS A SENIOR
• Appeared and started in all 12 games at right guard
• Helped pave the way the way for the Boilermakers to lead the Big Ten in rushing in conference games (184.6 ypg)
• Opened holes for 2,029 rushing yards, Purdue’s most since 2012
• Helped the offense rack up 363 rushing yards, against Minnesota (Nov. 11), the most by any Big Ten team in a conference game throughout the season
• Pivotal part of the line that gave Purdue back-to-back 300-yard rushing games for the first time since 1968

2022 / AS A JUNIOR AT BOWLING GREEN
• Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games with 12 starts
• Started 10 games at left guard and two games at center
• Saw time on 154 plays at center prior to Jakari Robinson's receiving his transfer waiver from the NCAA
• Played 658 snaps at left guard
 
2021 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT BOWLING GREEN
• Started all 12 of BGSU's games
• Started the first two games at left guard and the last 10 at center
 
2020 / AS A FRESHMAN AT BOWLING GREEN
• Played in all five games, starting the final three games at left guard
• Part of an offensive line unit that helped the team rank among the Top 50 teams in the country in rushing offense, fewest sacks allowed, and yards per completion, as well as turnovers lost
 
HIGH SCHOOL
• A 2019 graduate of Mount Carmel High School
• A letterman for head coach Jordan Lynch
• Was named a team captain
• Received the Lawless Award in 2019, which is given to the most outstanding senior in the Chicago Catholic League
• Played both offense and defense in high school
• Also participated in wrestling

PERSONAL
• Parent(s): Tausha White and Brian Grant
• Birthdate: September 13, 2001
• Major: Sociology
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Senior
2023

OL
6-3 / 300 lbs