AT SAN JOSE STATE: Completed four seasons with the Spartans as a special teams player and a reserve safety... Saw action in 27 games during the 2018, 2019 and 2020 seasons... First joined the team in Fall 2017... 2018, 2019 and 2020 Academic All-Mountain West award honoree... A two-time Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2019 and 2020)... Honored as a 2019 San Jose State University President's Scholar and a 2020 and 2021 Dean's Scholar during the university's annual Honors Convocation... An Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar honoree in 2020 (third team) and 2021 (second team).
2020: Played in all eight games primarily appearing on special teams ... Credited with a pair of tackles.
2019: Appeared in eight games primarily playing on special teams... Did not get credit for any tackles.
2018: Played in 11 games as a special teams player... Credited with a special teams tackle in the season opener vs. UC Davis.
2017: Finished the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Don Norton) and track and field at Stagg High in Stockton, Calif. ... Team leader in total tackles with 163 and quarterback sacks at 8.0 in 11 games as a senior... Credited with eight pass breakups and two fumble recoveries.... First-team All-San Joaquin Athletic Association (SJAA) defensive back... Second on the team in tackles at 147 and shared team high honors with 7.5 quarterback sacks as a junior... 77 tackles and 3.0 quarterback sacks his sophomore season... Named second-team all-league as a junior... Concluded his high school football career playing in the Lions All-Star Game in Tracy, Calif. ... Was a hurdler on the track and field team.
MORE ON JALEND: A computer science major... Received the 2016 Stockton Unified School District's Athletic Director's Award given annually to a male student-athlete participating in multiple sports... Named the 2016 Scholar-Player of the Year by the San Joaquin Athletic Association... He is a native of Stockton, Calif.
CAREER STATISTICS
| SEASON | G | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/Yds. | SK | INT | DEF |
| 2017...Redshirt | ||||||||
| 2018...FR | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019...SO | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ----- | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020...JR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAREER | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |