Jalen McGaughy

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-4
Weight:
220
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Detroit, Mich.
High School:
Martin Luther King H.S.
Previous School:
Ball State
Major:
Community Development/Community Services
Twitter:
@ESPN_SLIM

CAREER

In five year, 42-game career at Central Michigan and Ball State, has 32 receptions for 658 yards and six touchdowns with a long of 75 yards (20.6 yards per reception), rushed six times for 43 yards with a long of 25 yards, and has 65 kickoff return yards … also has 766 career all-purpose yards … at CMU, has 24 receptions for 363 yards and two touchdowns (15.1 yards per reception).

2023

As a junior wide receiver, saw action in nine games … listed on the depth chart as a backup wide receiver … caught four passes for 50 yards (12.5 average yards per catch) … finished with one reception for 11 yards at Ball State (10/21) … caught a season-high three passes for 39 yards with a long of 20 at Buffalo (10/7) … also saw action vs. Toledo (11/24), at Ohio (11/15), at Western Michigan (11/7), Akron (10/14), Eastern Michigan (9/30), New Hampshire (9/9), and at Michigan State (9/1).

2022

As a sophomore, played in 11 games and started five at wide receiver … saw action in 376 total plays … ranked No. 4 on the team in both receptions (20) and receiving yards (31), scored two touchdowns receiving and averaged 15.7 yards per catch … also had two rushing carries for 14 yards … led the team in receiving yards two times … caught at least one pass in nine of 11 games … caught two passes for 32 yards in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … caught two passes for 29 yards with a long of 28 vs. Western Michigan (11/16) … had two receptions for 36 yards with a long of 18 yards at Northern Illinois (11/2) … had four receptions for 69 yards with a long of 26 yards vs. Bucknell (9/17) … registered career-highs for receptions (six), receiving yards (126) and touchdown receptions (two) with a long of 54 in the season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).

2020 AT BALL STATE

Earned the John Hodge Outstanding Freshman Award on offense … Played in seven of BSU’s eight games, seeing action in each of the final seven contests at receiver … caught five passes on the season for 171 yards and an average of 34.2 yards per reception … three of his five catches went for touchdowns, each of them longer than 30 yards … first collegiate reception went for 27 yards in the win at Central Michigan … later added touchdown grabs of 39 and 34 yards in that game for his first career scores … finished the day with three receptions for 100 yards and the two touchdowns … hauled in a 56-yard touchdown pass in the MAC Championship Game victory over No. 23 Buffalo … also had a reception in the Arizona Bowl win over No. 19 San Jose State.

2019 AT BALL STATE

Saw limited action in four contests … did not record any statistics … took a redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL

A 2019 graduate of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Detroit, Mich., where he earned three letters for Head Coach Tyrone Spencer … rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals … served as team captain … played both wide receiver and outside linebacker … helped the Crusaders finish 12-2 and capture the 2018 state title … second team all-state selection as a senior … finished with 14 career touchdowns … also a member of the 4x200-meter relay state championship team … lettered one year in basketball.

PERSONAL

Born Jalen Dejuan McGaughy on May 21, 2000.