Awards and Honors:
2023 First Team All-UAC (Center)
2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
2023 CSC Academic All-District
Dean's List (F22, S23)
Athletics Director's Honor Roll (F23)
2023: A First Team All-UAC selection at center, he started all 12 games on the offensive line with 11 starts at center and one at left tackle… Slid outside to left tackle against Tennessee (Sept. 9) in Neyland Stadium… Helped the Governors offense total 612 yards of total offense – the 10th-best single-game mark in program history and score 63 points – tied for the sixth-best single-game total in APSU history – against ETSU (Sept. 16)… The Govs offense also set the single-game passing yards record with 441 yards against ETSU… Blocked for an offense that posted 690 yards of total offense – the third-best single game in APSU history – with 420 passing yards – the fourth-best game in program history – against Lindenwood (Sept. 30)… Provided protection for an offense that passed for a program-record six touchdowns and recorded a 267.1 passing efficiency rating – second-best in program history – against North Alabama (Oct. 28)… Blocked for an offense that ranked ninth in the FCS and led the UAC in scoring (34.1 ppg), the Govs also ranked 14th in total offense (426.8) and 13th in passing offense (247.1) while ranking second in the UAC in both those categories… Helped the Austin Peay offense rank 12th in the FCS and second in the UAC in red zone offense (.897)… Contributed to an offense that set the APSU single-season records in completion percentage (66.7), passing efficiency (162.2), passing offense, and total offense per game… The Govs also had the second-best single-season marks in passing yards (3,289), passing touchdowns (30), total offense (5,121), points (409), and touchdowns (53).
2022: Started all 11 games at center… Helped the Governors offense rack up 609 yards of total offense and score 63 points – tied for the sixth-best single-game total in APSU history – against Presbyterian (Sept. 3)… Helped the Govs throw for 383 yards and five touchdowns against Mississippi Valley State (Sept. 10) – the fourth and second-best single-game totals in program history… Blocked for an offense that recorded 4,662 yards of total offense and scored 347 points during the 2022 season – the third and fourth-best season totals in Austin Peay history… Also helped the Govs average 423.8 yards of total offense per game – the second-best single-season mark in program history… The Govs posted the sixth-most rushing touchdowns (20) and fifth-most passing touchdowns (22) in a season in program history.… Helped the offense pass for 2,580 yards – the fifth-best single-season in APSU history – and rush for 2,082 yards, it was the first time in program history the Govs have passed and rushed for 2,000-plus yards in the same season.
Prior to Austin Peay: Played three seasons at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi… Named 2020 & 2021 First Team All-Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.
High School: Prepped at Calhoun City High School and was an offensive and defensive lineman for head coach Perry Liles… Was a Second Team Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 2A selection in 2018… Helped Calhoun City reach the Class 2A state semifinals in 2017 and 2018 and was a member of the Wildcats team that won the 2016 Class 2A state championship.
Personal: Jalen Tyre Armstrong is the son of Jennifer Bullard… Birthday is Feb. 12… Has a brother, Jase… Graduated from Austin Peay in May 2023 with a bachelor’s in health and human performance... Pursuing a master’s in health and human performance with a concentration in performance enhancement and coaching.
