2023 Football Roster
Roster
Cheek, Jalen

Jersey Number 10
Jalen Cheek
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 197
- Hometown:
- Sicklerville, N.J.
- High School:
- Winslow Township
Bio
2024 (Redshirt Junior): Played in 10 games, primarily on special teams... totaled six tackles, including three plus an interception against Duquesne (9/7).
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 10 games with six starts, including four at nickelback and two at cornerback… totaled 26 tackles and three PBUs… recorded three tackles and two pass break-ups against Northern Illinois (9/2)... posted five tackles vs. Virginia (9/30)... tallied a season-high six tackles at Army (10/7)... registered three tackles against Virginia Tech (11/11)... netted three solo tackles and a PBU at Pittsburgh (11/16).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in three games with three tackles.
2021 (Freshman): Redshirted after appearing in the first three games of the season.
High School: Rated a three-star prospect by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals … ranked the No. 8 player in the state of New Jersey by ESPN, No. 10 by Rivals and No. 12 by 247 Sports … identified as the No. 43 corner in the country by ESPN, No. 50 by Rivals and No. 60 by 247 Sports … two-time team captain at Winslow Township as a two-way player … earned all-conference as a junior in 2019 … surpassed 40 tackles each of the last two seasons with three total interceptions … Philadelphia Inquirer All-South Jersey honorable mention honors as a junior … played 7on7 for NLG, winning a 2019 national championship.
Personal: Son of Troy and Monique Cheek … a communications major in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences...recipient of the Fee Family Athletics Scholarship Fund.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 10 games with six starts, including four at nickelback and two at cornerback… totaled 26 tackles and three PBUs… recorded three tackles and two pass break-ups against Northern Illinois (9/2)... posted five tackles vs. Virginia (9/30)... tallied a season-high six tackles at Army (10/7)... registered three tackles against Virginia Tech (11/11)... netted three solo tackles and a PBU at Pittsburgh (11/16).
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in three games with three tackles.
2021 (Freshman): Redshirted after appearing in the first three games of the season.
High School: Rated a three-star prospect by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals … ranked the No. 8 player in the state of New Jersey by ESPN, No. 10 by Rivals and No. 12 by 247 Sports … identified as the No. 43 corner in the country by ESPN, No. 50 by Rivals and No. 60 by 247 Sports … two-time team captain at Winslow Township as a two-way player … earned all-conference as a junior in 2019 … surpassed 40 tackles each of the last two seasons with three total interceptions … Philadelphia Inquirer All-South Jersey honorable mention honors as a junior … played 7on7 for NLG, winning a 2019 national championship.
Personal: Son of Troy and Monique Cheek … a communications major in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences...recipient of the Fee Family Athletics Scholarship Fund.
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