Jalen Mills was born on April 6,1994 and is an American football safety for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.
24 Facts About Jalen Mills
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Jalen Mills played college football at LSU, where he received first-team All-American honors, and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of 2016 NFL Draft.
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Jalen Mills attended Lancaster High School in Lancaster, before transferring to DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas, for his senior year.
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Jalen Mills started all 13 games at cornerback his true freshman year at LSU in 2012, recording 57 tackles and two interceptions.
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Jalen Mills finished the season with 62 tackles and one interception.
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Jalen Mills received an invitation to the NFL combine and completed all of the required combine drills.
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Jalen Mills raised his draft stock after lowering his 40-yard dash time, but wasn't able to greatly change his combine numbers in the 20 and 10-yard dash.
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Jalen Mills was ranked the eighth best cornerback prospect by Sports Illustrated and the ninth best cornerback by NFLDraftScout.
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Jalen Mills competed with Eric Rowe, Ron Brooks, Denzel Rice, and Aaron Grymes for a backup cornerback job throughout training camp.
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Jalen Mills competed with Patrick Robinson, Ron Brooks, Ronald Darby, Aaron Grymes, and Rasul Douglas for one of the vacant starting cornerback jobs left by the departures of Nolan Carroll and Leodis McKelvin.
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Jalen Mills was named a starting cornerback along with Ronald Darby and Patrick Robinson to begin the regular season.
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Jalen Mills made the interception in the end-zone and returned it for 15 yards.
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On October 29,2017, in Week 8 against the San Francisco 49ers, Jalen Mills recorded three combined tackles, a deflected pass, a tackle for a loss, and intercepted a pass attempt that he returned for a touchdown.
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Jalen Mills entered the 2018 season as a starting cornerback for the Eagles.
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Jalen Mills started the first eight games before suffering a foot injury in Week 8.
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Jalen Mills missed the next four games before being placed on injured reserve on December 8,2018.
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Jalen Mills was activated from the PUP list on October 19,2019.
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Jalen Mills made his season debut in week 7 against the Dallas Cowboys.
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On March 24,2020, Jalen Mills signed a one-year contract with the Eagles.
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On March 19,2021, Jalen Mills signed a four-year, $24 million contract with the New England Patriots.
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On March 17,2023, Jalen Mills was released by the New England Patriots.
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Jalen Mills's parents bailed him out of East Baton Rouge Parish jail the following day, paying the $10,000 bond.
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Jalen Mills denied the allegations and said it was his girlfriend who assaulted the victim.
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Jalen Mills is nicknamed the "Green Goblin" for his green hairdo.