MOBILE, Ala. – Phil Steele Publications has named Jalen Tolbert to its preseason All-America teams, and the junior wide receiver is one of 10 individuals from the University of South Alabama football program to receive preseason all-Sun Belt Conference from the organization as well.
The Mobile, Ala., native earned fourth-team preseason All-America honors after being voted first-team all-Sun Belt last fall as he finished the year with 64 receptions, 1,085 receiving yards and eight touchdown catches, making him one of two 1,000-yard receivers in the league and one of 11 in the country. In addition to setting school records for catches and yards and matching another for touchdown receptions in a season, Tolbert ended up second in the SBC in receptions and receiving yards per contest while standing seventh in all-purpose yards per outing.