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2025 Football Roster

6 Jalani Jefferson

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Murrieta, Calif.
  • Highschool Vista Murrieta

Biography

Awards:
  • Don Hansen Honorable Mention All-America Team (2025)
  • Dave Campbell's Texas Football Second-Team All-Texas Non-FBS Team (2025)
  • 2X First-Team All-Lone Star Conference Defense (CB) (2024, 2025)
  • LSC Defensive Player of the Week (10/14/2024)
2025 (Senior):
Team Captain... Named First-Team All-LSC... Named to the 2025 Don Hansen NCAA Division II Honorable Mention All-America team... Jefferson has been named a first-team all-conference selection in each of the last two seasons, and now earns his first-career All-American recognition... Was also named to the Second-Team All-Texas Non-FBS team... Totaled 22 tackles, including an impressive 3.5 tackles for loss for a corner, and added one interception and five pass breakups... His top regular-season season highlight was a 35-yard interception returned for a touchdown at Western New Mexico (Nov. 1). It was tied for the fourth-longest interception return in the LSC this season and was the second-longest to go for a touchdown... Had a pass breakup in all three playoff games for the Falcons and had a pair of tackles in two of those games.

2024 (Junior):
Was named First-Team All-LSC in his first season with the Falcons... Played in 11 games and led the Falcons with eight pass breakups... Had 27 tackles and 5.0 tackles for loss, and was one of four players with two interceptions... Was tied for fourth in the conference in pass breakups and total passes defended (10)... Was named the LSC Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending on Sunday, October 13, 2024. Jefferson had two interceptions and five tackles to help the Falcons upset No. 9 Central Washington (Oct. 12) on the road. Jefferson also had two pass breakups and 1.0 tackle for loss in the 14-13 win. It was the highest ranked team the Falcons have beaten in program history. Jefferson's two picks came in the first half and he broke up the Wildcats' final pass attempt of the game.

Before UTPB:
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) All-Conference cornerback.

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2024Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 190 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2025Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 190 lbs
    6