High School and Personal Data

One of the most explosive athletes in the 2023 recruiting class ... a three-sport star at Longview High School where he excelled in football, basketball and track and field ... No. 42 nationally on the 247Composite and the No. 7 wide receiver ... the On3 Consensus ranked him as the No. 49 player nationally, No. 9 receiver and No. 6 player in Texas ... Rivals.com's No. 36 player on the Rivals100, the No. 6 receiver and the No. 10 player in Texas ... No. 45 on the ESPN300, the No. 9 receiver, the No. 9 player in the Midlands Region and the No. 9 player in Texas ... No. 49 on the Top247 list and No. 81 nationally in the On3 rankings ... the No. 49 recruit in the country on Sports Illustrated's SI99 list that ranked the top high school seniors in the class ... a five-star recruit and member of the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team at No. 35 ... the No. 5 wide receiver and No. 6 player in the state of Texas according to PrepStar ... selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Game ... posted 45 receptions for 936 yards and 14 touchdowns in his senior campaign ... added another 84 yards and two touchdowns rushing ... as a junior in 2021, caught 50 passes for 1,154 yards and 14 touchdowns to earn Texas District 7-5A D-I first team honors ... caught 39 passes for 699 yards and 10 touchdowns as a sophomore on his way to earning Texas District 7-5A D-I Offensive Newcomer of the Year recognition ... played varsity as a freshman, becoming the first to do so at Longview in at least the last 15 years ... caught seven passes for 164 yards and three touchdowns ... finished his Longview career with 141 receptions for 2,953 receiving yards and 41 touchdowns ... as a junior in the spring of 2022, posted a 22.62 200-meter time along with long jumps of 22-5 and 21-6 ... member of Longview's 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay teams that each finished in the top five in the Texas 5A state finals ... played for head coach John King at Longview High School ... chose Alabama over Texas and others, including Georgia, Texas A&M and Southern California.

Jalen Hale