CAREER NOTES
Spent one season with the Nittany Lions after transfering from Florida...Finished his collegiate career having played in 44 career games, making 26 starts...Totalled 75 career tackles, nine pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery.
2024 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Garnered All-Big Ten honorable mention honors by the media.
Season: Appeared in 16 games, making 15 starts...Owns 35 tackles (24 solo), one tackle for loss and three pass breakups.
at West Virginia (8/31): Posted three tackles and broke up a pass. Bowling Green (9/7): Made two tackles. Kent State (9/21): Tallied two tackles. Illinois (9/28): Made a solo stop. UCLA (10/5): Had one tackle. at USC (10/12): Made three solo tackles. Ohio State (11/2): Posted three tackles, including two solo. Washington (11/9): Recorded a solo tackle and a pass breakup. at Minnesota (11/23): Registered one tackle. Maryland (11/30): Tallied two tackles (1 solo). vs. Oregon (12/7): Made a career-high six tackles. SMU (12/22): Registered four tackles (3 solo). vs. Boise State (12/31): Tied a career high with six tackles (four solo)...Notched first career tackle for loss. vs. Notre Dame (1/9): Posted two tackles.
2022-23 • FLORIDA
Awards: 2022: Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
Season: 2023: Appeared in all 12 games, making 11 starts...Posted 23 tackles (18 solo) to go along with five pass breakups (2nd on the team), a fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry. 2022: Saw action in all 13 games...Recorded 13 tackles, an interception and one pass breakup.
2023: at Utah (8/31): Assisted on a tackle. Tennessee (9/16): Posted a pass breakup and added a solo tackle. Charlotte (9/23): Recorded one tackle. at Kentucky (9/30): Made two solo stops. Vanderbilt (10/7): Recovered a fumble and returned it four yards...Posted two pass breakups and added a pair of solo tackles. at South Carolina (10/14): Made four solo tackles. vs. Georgia (10/28): Recorded two solo tackles. at LSU (11/11): Made five tackles (4 solo) and broke up a pass. at Missouri (11/18): Made three tackles with a pass breakup and quarterback hurry. Florida State (11/25): Recorded two stops.
2022: Utah (9/3): Made two tackles. South Florida (9/17): Picked off a pass and returned it 39 yards for a touchdown...Made three tackles and a pass breakup. Missouri (10/8): Recorded two tackles. vs. Georgia (10/29): Made two stops. at Texas A&M (11/5): Had two solo tackles. South Carolina (11/12): Posted two tackles.
2020-21 • GEORGIA
Awards: 2022: Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
Season: 2021: Appeared in two games and recorded a solo tackle...Missed the rest of the season due to injury. 2020: Played in one contest, posting a solo tackle.
2021: UAB (9/11): Recorded a solo tackle.
2020: Tennessee (10/10): Posted a solo tackle.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach James Brown at Timberview High School...Helped lead the Wolves to the regional finals of the UIL Conference 5A Division I playoffs...Timberview posted a 5-2 district record in 2019...Played in the 2020 All-American Bowl...Earned all-district honors as defense as a senior...Selected to represent Team Savage at The Opening 2019 Finals, where he finished third in the Football Rating Championship with a combine score of 140.01, headlined by a 4.44 time in the 40-yard dash as well as a 4.02 agility shuttle, 42-foot power ball toss and 42-inch vertical leap...Posted 18 tackles and two passes defended during his senior season...As a junior, racked up 34 tackles (26 solo), three interceptions and six passes defended...Rated a four-star prospect by 247 sports composite...Tabbed the No. 8 cornerback nationally, the No. 17 prospect in Texas and the No. 104 overall prospect nationally by 247...Ranked the No. 7 cornerback, No. 15 player in Texas and No. 209 prospect nationally by ESPN.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jalen Jermaine Kimber...Son of Art Kimber.