AWARDS:
- Academic All-Mountain West (2022, 23)
2023:
- Played in 13 games with a career-high eight tackles
- One tackle against No. 25 Fresno St. (11/11)
- Had career-high three tackles vs. No. 18 Oregon State (9/3)
2022:
- Appeared in eight games for SJSU
- Recorded an assisted tackle against UNLV on (10/7)
2021:
- First season with the Spartans
- Competing for playing time as a safety
- Played in three games
- Joined the Spartans for the first time for 2021 spring practice
- Signed a National Letter-of-Intent in December 2019
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football, basketball and track and field during his high school career... A 2018 honorable mention All-Bay Area News Group selection for Las Lomas High in Walnut Creek, Calif. (Coach Doug Longero)... A first-team All-Diablo-Foothill League pick and his team's most valuable player as a junior... A sprinter at Las Lomas High and played on the Alhambra High boys' basketball team.
PERSONAL: His mom, Kim Apalit, played volleyball at the University of Cincinnati in the 1990's... Enjoys the music of Meek Mill... Favorite movies are "Creed" and "Remember the Titans"... Favorite athlete is four-time NBA scoring champion Allen Iverson... Jalen is a native of San Francisco.