Honors
- All-MVFC: 2024 (honorable mention)
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2023
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023, Spring 2024
2024
Honorable Mention All-MVFC defensive lineman ... Ranked 4th in MVFC and 52nd nationally in sacks per game (0.54) ... Started all 12 games at defensive end ... Finished season with 35 total tackles, 13 solos, 8.0 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks and 2 QB hurries ... Posted season-high 7 total tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks in home-opening win over Lindenwood (9/14/24) to earn MSU Defensive Grinder honors ... Posted season-high 3 solos and 4 total stops in road win at UT Martin (9/21/24) with 2.0 sacks (12 yards) ... Posted 4 total stops, 2 solos and 1.5 sacks (2 yards) in win at Murray State (11/9/24) ... Also brought down 4 ball carriers in home win over Youngstown State (9/28/24) with a pair of solo stops ... Also named to Phil Steele MVFC third-team all-conference list.
2023
Appeared in all 11 games in 2023 with 4 starts at defensive end ... Collected 22 tackles for the season, including 7 solo tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and 6 QB hurries (2nd on the team) ... Brought down 4 ball carriers in road game at Youngstown State (10/28/23) with a tackle for loss ... Also logged 4 tackles at UT Martin (9/9/23) with a solo tackle and a hurry ... Was in on 3 total tackles at No. 10 Southern Illinois (9/30/23) with a solo tackle, half sack, QB hurry and pass break-up ... Logged 2 solo stops in season opener at Kansas (9/1/23) ... Recorded 2 QB hurries vs. Illinois State (11/4/23) with a pair of assisted tackles ... Earned MVFC Honor Roll laurels ... Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters.
2022
Played in all 11 games as a fourth-year squad member ... Finished season with 35 total tackles, including 17 solos, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and a forced fumble ... Tied for 12th in the MVFC in sacks per game (0.36) ... Tied for 7th on the team in total tackles and tied for second in tackles for loss ... Recorded 7 total tackles, 2 solos, 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a pass break-up vs. No. 17 Southern Illinois (10/8/22) ... Posted 5 stops at No. 10 Arkansas (9/17/22) with 2 solos ... Had a sack and 5 total tackles in season opener at UCA (9/1/22) with a pair of tackles for loss ... Also had 5 tackles at North Dakota (10/1/22) with 3 solos ... Brought down 4 ball carriers at South Dakota (11/5/22) with 3 solo stops ... Recorded a 10-yard sack in homecoming win over Western Illinois (10/29/22) with a forced fumble.Â
2021
Saw action in 11 games in his first year in Springfield, bringing down 24 ball carriers with 9 solos, 3 sacks and 3 QB hurries ... Ranked 10th on the team in total tackles ... Best game came in season opener at Oklahoma State (9/4/21) with 4 assisted tackles vs. Cowboys ... Racked up 4 stops in win over North Dakota (10/30/21) ... Recorded sacks in back-to-back appearances vs. UCA (9/11/21) and South Dakota (9/25/21) with 2 solo tackles in each contest ... Also logged a sack in home win over No. 20 Northern Iowa (11/13/21) with 2 solo tackles ... Wrapped season with 2 solo tackles and QB hurry in win at Dixie State (11/13/20).
2020-21
Saw action in 7 games as a redshirt freshman ... Credited with 6 total tackles in spring season, including 3 solo stops in win over Youngstown State (4/10/21) with a fumble recovery ... Brought down a pair of ball carriers and posted a half sack and a QB hurry in win at UNI (3/20/21) ... Also posted a solo tackle in win at No. 21 South Dakota (3/13/21), which was a tackle for loss.
2019
Redshirted as a true freshman defensive end ... Played in just one contest, earning time vs. No. 4 South Dakota State (11/2/19) at Plaster Stadium.
High School
Four-year starter for coach Jon Holmes at Bishop Miege High in suburban Kansas City, Kan. ... Stags were 49-3 in his four seasons with four state championships ... Racked up 13.0 sacks as a senior, which ranked fourth in the state in 2018 ... Was a first-team all-state and first-team Eastern Kansas League standout in 2017 and 2018 ... Named Kansas small-class Defensive Player of the Year as a senior by 810 Varsity and was a 4A Defensive Player of the Year finalist by Sports in Kansas ... Earned honorable mention all-state and all-conference honors as a sophomore.
Personal
Jalen Isaiah Williams was born 12/31/00 in Merriam, Kan. ... Son of Anjannette Patterson of Overland Park, Kan. ... Graduated with a degree in Psychology in May ... Currently majoring in Public Health Care in post-graduate studies.
