2024 Football Roster
Roster
Peoples, Jalon

Jersey Number 2
Jalon Peoples
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cedar Hill, Texas
- High School:
- Cedar Hill
Bio
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Appeared in three games as a redshirt freshman … entered the season as a backup cornerback on the depth chart … saw action in the season opener at Wyoming (9/2) as well as home games against Tarleton State (9/16) and Houston (9/30) … combined for four tackles on the season with three coming in the win over Tarleton State and the other versus Houston … credited with playing in 28 defensive snaps versus Tarleton State, the most thus far in his career.
2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Redshirt season … appeared in two games overall, which came in wins over Murray State (9/3) and West Virginia (10/22) … scout team member.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Cedar Hill High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex ... played for one of the more dominant high school programs in the state of Texas ... helped push Cedar Hill to the third round of the Class 6A Division II playoffs as a senior in 2021 following a 12-2 overall record ... the Longhorns previously advanced all the way to the state championship game during his junior campaign ... the Longhorns were a combined 29-10 over his three seasons … garnered first team All-District 11-6A as a cornerback his senior season … was previously an All-District 7-6A second team honoree as a sophomore … committed to Texas Tech the night Joey McGuire was named the Red Raiders' new head coach due to their mutual Cedar Hill connection ... received scholarship offers by more than 30 programs nationally … consensus three-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN … listed as the No. 17 recruit in the DFW area for the 2022 class by the Dallas Morning News … ranked as the No. 46 cornerback in the country by 247Sports and No. 72 overall player in Texas … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Arkansas, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, SMU, Tennessee, UCF, UTSA, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wisconsin.
PERSONAL
Jalon Peoples … son of Valesca Moore … brother to Jaenlaa, Dimitri, Richard, Jasmine and Herman … relatives Richard Moore and Justin Evans were collegiate athletes … his brother, Dimitri Moore, graduated from Cedar Hill, and later played for Vanderbilt and Missouri State before transferring to Texas Tech for a super senior season in 2022 … a university studies major at Texas Tech.
Appeared in three games as a redshirt freshman … entered the season as a backup cornerback on the depth chart … saw action in the season opener at Wyoming (9/2) as well as home games against Tarleton State (9/16) and Houston (9/30) … combined for four tackles on the season with three coming in the win over Tarleton State and the other versus Houston … credited with playing in 28 defensive snaps versus Tarleton State, the most thus far in his career.
2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Redshirt season … appeared in two games overall, which came in wins over Murray State (9/3) and West Virginia (10/22) … scout team member.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Cedar Hill High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex ... played for one of the more dominant high school programs in the state of Texas ... helped push Cedar Hill to the third round of the Class 6A Division II playoffs as a senior in 2021 following a 12-2 overall record ... the Longhorns previously advanced all the way to the state championship game during his junior campaign ... the Longhorns were a combined 29-10 over his three seasons … garnered first team All-District 11-6A as a cornerback his senior season … was previously an All-District 7-6A second team honoree as a sophomore … committed to Texas Tech the night Joey McGuire was named the Red Raiders' new head coach due to their mutual Cedar Hill connection ... received scholarship offers by more than 30 programs nationally … consensus three-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN … listed as the No. 17 recruit in the DFW area for the 2022 class by the Dallas Morning News … ranked as the No. 46 cornerback in the country by 247Sports and No. 72 overall player in Texas … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Arkansas, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, SMU, Tennessee, UCF, UTSA, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Washington, Washington State and Wisconsin.
PERSONAL
Jalon Peoples … son of Valesca Moore … brother to Jaenlaa, Dimitri, Richard, Jasmine and Herman … relatives Richard Moore and Justin Evans were collegiate athletes … his brother, Dimitri Moore, graduated from Cedar Hill, and later played for Vanderbilt and Missouri State before transferring to Texas Tech for a super senior season in 2022 … a university studies major at Texas Tech.
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