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2021 Football Roster

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  • Stafford, Texas
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Jalen Pitre 2021
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Jalen Pitre
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Stafford, Texas
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CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (8x)

2021 (RS Senior): Started all 14 games in 2021 ... Tallied at least a 0.5 tackle for loss in 13 of 14 games ... All-America First Team (AP, AFCA, The Athletic, ESPN, FWAA, Walter Camp) ... Sporting News All-America Second Team ... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (AP and Coaches) ... All-Big 12 First Team - DB (AP and Coaches) ... DCTF Defensive Player of the Year and Best Safety ... Finalist for 2021 Jim Thorpe Award, which honors nation’s top DB ... The only player in all of D1 FBS football with at least three fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and two interceptions ... Led Big 12 with 17.5 TFL; 2.5 TFL shy of Baylor’s single season record ... Three fumble recoveries are tied for third in the nation ... Participated in the 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl ... Preseason Third Team All-American (Pro Football Focus) ... Three-time Preseason First Team All-Big 12 honoree (Athlon, CFN, media) and two-time Preseason Second Team All-Big 12 pick (Phil Steele, Lindy’s) ... Preseason First Team All-Texas by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ... Bednarik Award Watch List, Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, Reese’s Senior Bowl Watchlist and NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Big Board member ... Tallied five tackles 2.0 TFL's an interception and a pass breakup in the season opener against Texas State (9/4) ... Had six tackles, two tackles for loss and a forced fumble against Texas Southern (9/11) ... Had four tackles, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry in the Big 12 opener at Kansas (9/18) ... Recorded eight tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Iowa State (9/25) ... Notched four tackles and a 0.5 tackle for loss at Oklahoma State (10/2) ... Collected his second interception of the season along with five tackles in a win over West Virginia ... Recorded a season-high 10 tackles, a tackle for loss, a sack and a fumble recovery against BYU (10/16) ... Had a pair of solo tackles, including a tackle for loss, a sack, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble in a win against Texas (10/30) ... Tallied six tackles with and tied a career-best with 3.0 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery against TCU (11/6) ... Recorded five tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Oklahoma (11/13) ... Had two tackles and a tackle for loss at Kansas State (11/20) ... Registered 6 tackles, a 0.5 sack and a 0.5 tackle for loss in BU's home finale against Texas Tech (11/27) ... Helped Baylor to a Big 12 Title with seven tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and two pass breakups against Oklahoma State (12/4) ... Finished his Baylor career with five tackles, a tackle for loss and a sack to lead Baylor to a Sugar Bowl win over Ole Miss.



2020 (RS Junior): Started all nine games in 2020 … 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America second team ... First Team All-Big 12 … Honorable Mention for Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year … AP First Team All-Big 12 as a safety ... DCTF First Team All-Texas as a linebacker ... Waco Tribune-Herald All-Big 12 First Team ... Phil Steele All-Big 12 Fourth Team ... 13th in the Big 12 in tackles per game (6.7) ... Led the team in total tackles with 60 and tackles-for-loss with 13 ... 3rd in the Big 12 and 28th nationally in tackles-for-loss per game (1.44) ... 3rd on the team in sacks with 2.5 ... 3rd on the team in interceptions with two (both for touchdowns) ... First BU player to have two INT returns for TD in same season ... First time a BU player has had two interceptions returned for a touchdown in a season by the same player since 2012 ... First Team Academic All-Big 12 … Tied his career high with seven tackles (four solo) to go along with a career-best 2.0 TFL and one pass breakup in the win over Kansas (9/26) ... Set a new career high with 11 tackles (all solo), including two tackles-for-loss and one forced fumble at WVU (10/3) ... Tallied eight tackles, including one tackle-for-loss at Texas (10/24) ... Had one tackle before being ejected for targeting in the first quarter vs. TCU (10/31) ... Had his first career interception and it went for a 30-yard touchdown, to go along with five tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss at Iowa State (11/7) ... The pick six was the first for Baylor since 2016 ... Had another pick six for the second consecutive game, in the first quarter against Texas Tech (11/14), ended the game with seven tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry ... Tied for the team lead in tackles with eight, including 1.5 tackles-for-loss against K-State (11/28) ... Totaled a career high 3.0 TFLs, five total tackles, one sack and a pass breakup in the loss at OU (12/5).

2019 (Junior): Second Team Academic All-Big 12 ... redshirted season, appeared in four games ... finished with 2 tackles at OSU (10/19) ... had 3 tackles (2 solo) and one half TFL vs. Texs Tech (10/5) ... at K-State (10/5), tallied a season-high 5 tackles (4 solo), 1.0 sack, his first of the season and second of his career ... made his season debut vs. Iowa State (9/28), collecting 2 tackles (1 solo).

2018 (Sophomore): 2018 Academic All-Big 12 first team ... Appeared in all 13 games this season, making one start ... Recorded 1 tackle vs. Texas Tech (11/24) ... Had his first TFL of the season (second of career) for 5 yards vs. K-State (10/6) ... Collected 1 tackles (solo) at Oklahoma (9/29) ... Made his first start of the season vs. Kansas (9/22) collected 2 tackles (1 solo) ... Made 2018 debut vs. ACU (9/1) where he tallied 3 tackles (1 solo) ... Made 2 tackles (1 solo) at UTSA (9/8) ... Had 1 assisted tackle vs. Duke (9/15). 

2017 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games with eight starts ... Tallied 37 tackles, three TFLs, one sack and one PBU on season ... Started at No. 10 TCU, had five tackles ... Started vs. Iowa State, had four tackles and first career PBU ... Started vs. Texas Tech, made two tackles ... Started at Kansas, had two tackles and first career sack ... Made one tackle vs. Texas ... Had one tackle vs. No. 23 West Virginia ... Made two tackles and one TFL at No. 14 Oklahoma State ... Started at Kansas State, made four tackles ... Had two tackles vs. No. 3 Oklahoma ... Started, had four tackles and one QB hurry at Duke ... Started, made three tackles and first career TFL vs. UTSA ... Started in collegiate debut vs. Liberty, tallied seven tackles.

High School: All-district defensive back from Stafford (Texas) High School ... Played under head coach Ron Counter at SHS ... Rated nation's 73rd-best defensive back prospect in 2017 recruiting class by ESPN, ranked No. 78 by Scout and No. 126 by 247Sports ... Ranked No. 63 among Texas recruits by Rivals and No. 147 by ESPN ... Listed No. 43 among recruits in Houston on VYPE Top 100 ... Named 2016 District 12-4A Defensive MVP following senior season, led SHS to 4A DI regionals ... Also named to 2016 All-Greater Houston second team by Houston Chronicle ... Totaled 83 tackles (59 solo), seven TFL, six interceptions (93 return yards), one sack (11 yards), two hurries, four fumble recoveries (51 return yards) and four forced fumbles ... Junior season cut short for 11-1 Stafford squad ... Had 41 tackles and two PBUs before knee injury ... Earned 2014 District 12-4A Newcomer of Year honors as sophomore starting free safety for 8-4 SHS team that made area finals ... Made 78 tackles, six TFL, six interceptions -- one returned for TD -- and seven breakups ... Also had 133 yards and three TDs on 18 rushes as sophomore.

Personal: Son of Rick and Devita Pitre ... business major ... completed undergrad degree in August 2020 ... working on a master’s degree in educational psychology.