Jalen Coker

HONORS & AWARDS
Program's all-time leader in touchdown receptions (31)
Program's all-time leader in receiving yards (2,715)
Single-season program record for touchdown receptions (15, 2023)
Walter Payton Award Finalist (2023)
Stats Perform FCS All-America First Team (2023)
Associated Press FCS All-America First Team (2023)
FCS Football Central FCS All-America First Team (2023)
Two-time All-Patriot League First Team (2022, 2023)
Two-time All-New England (2022, 2023)
All-ECAC (2023)
Gold Helmet Award (10/2/22)
Two-time Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (10/3/22, 9/18/23)
HERO Sports Sophomore All-America (2021)
All-Patriot League Second Team (2021)
Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League Second Team (2022)
Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League Third Team (2021)

AS A SENIOR IN 2023:

• Led nation and set single-season program record with 15 touchdown receptions. 
• Earned All-America first team honors from Stats Perform, the Associated Press and FCS Football Central.
• Finalist for the Walter Payton Award; he was the only wide receiver to finish in the top 10 in voting. 
• All-ECAC honoree.
• All-New England selection. 
• Named to All-Patriot League first team. 
• Totaled 1,040 yards, ranking eighth in FCS, on 59 receptions.
• Caught four passes for 136 yards and a touchdown in the season opening win against Merrimack (9/2). 
• Hauled in nine receptions for 124 yards and three touchdowns in the victory at Yale (9/16).
• Posted seven catches for 57 yards and two touchdowns in a win against Colgate (9/23).
• Finished with a 7/181/2 line with a career-high 181 receiving yards and set the program career record for touchdown receptions against #24 Harvard (9/30).
• Caught a touchdown and finished for 96 yards receiving at Bucknell (10/7). 
• Became the program's all-time leader in receiving yards with a 49 yard and one touchdown performance against Lafayette (10/21). 
• Caught a touchdown and had 102 receiving yards in the win at Fordham (10/28).
• Reeled in two touchdowns with 98 recieving yards in the comeback win at Lehigh (11/4).
• Recorded a TD with 7 catches for 54 yards at Army West Point (11/11).
• Named the Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (9/18). 

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022: 

• Received All-New England honors. 
• Named to All-Patriot League First Team.
• Gold Helmet Award recipient in Week 5 (10/2).
• Selected as the Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (10/3).
• Named to Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League second team. 
• Started 12 contests at wide receiver.
• Caught Hail Mary touchdown pass in win vs. FBS foe Buffalo, totaling 147 yards and two touchdowns on four receptions (9/10).
• Threw a 36-yard touchdown vs Yale (9/17).
• Recorded a single game career-high 10 receptions for 164 yards at Harvard (10/1).
• Totaled seven touchdown receptions in his first six contests. 
• Pulled in a single game high three receiving touchdowns vs Fordham (10/29).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021: 

• Received HERO Sports Sophomore All-America honors. 
• Named to All-Patriot League Second Team.
• Selected to Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League Third Team.
• Started all 13 games at wide receiver. 
• Led Crusaders with 51 receptions for 691 yards. 
• Tallied four touchdowns on the year. 
• Caught six passes for 63 yards and a touchdown against Monmouth (9/25). 
• Had five receptions for 110 yards against Georgetown (10/16). 
• Caught a touchdown at Lehigh (10/30). 
• Had 76 yards on six receptions, including a touchdown, in Patriot League Championship-clinching game at Fordham (11/13). 
• Caught game-winning touchdown with 14 seconds remaining against Sacred Heart for first FCS playoff victory in program history (11/27).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020: 

• Appeared in three games, with a pair of starts at wide receiver. 
• Tied a team high with 72 receiving yards and a touchdown on the season.
• Had two receptions for 33 yards and a touchdown against Fordham (3/27). 
• Caught a 34-yard pass in Patriot League Championship Game at Bucknell (4/17). 
• Shortened season played during Spring 2021 due to COVID-19.

HIGH SCHOOL:

• Played for head coach Paul Barnes at Potomac Falls High School in Sterling, Va.
• Team captain during senior season.
• Earned second team all-state and first team all-region honors.
• Caught 89 passes for 1,622 yards and 18 touchdowns during his high school career, while totaling 169 tackles and 12 interceptions on defense.
• Also a member of the basketball and track teams.

PERSONAL:

• Son of Jamal and Jenny Coker
• Has one brother (Jaxon) and one sister (Jemma)
• Majoring in psychology.