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2025 NIU Football Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU

14 Jalen Macon

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 230
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Position Quarterback
  • Hometown Nashville, Tenn.
  • High School Hillsboro
  • Prev School UAPB

Biography

2024
  • Only game action came in the 2024 season opener versus Western Illinois. (8/31)
  • Completed 4-of-7 passes for 50 yards with a long completion of 14 yards. 
  • Recorded 5 carries for 27 yards to average 5.4 yards per carry.
  • Scored on a nine-yard touchdown run. 
  • Transferred to NIU in January 2024 alongside UAPB teammate Kenji Lewis.

PRIOR TO NIU (2021-23 at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff)
2023 
• Saw action in the first six games of the season.
• After splitting time through the first four games, earned the starting job for the Southern (9/30) and Mississippi Valley (10/14) games before missing the rest of the year.
• Completed 61 passes on 92 attempts (65.9%) for 631 yards to lead UAPB in passing despite playing in just six games.   
• Threw three TD passes with one interception. 
• Rushed for 119 yards on 39 attempts. 
• Gained a season high 54 rushing yards on seven carries at Mississippi Valley and totaled 26 yards versus both Alabama A&M (9/21) and Southern (9/30).
• Threw for a season high 227 yards on 17-of-29 passing at Alabama A&M with two touchdowns.
• Led UAPB’s passing attacks with 206 yards through the air vs Tennessee State (9/23) while completing 19-of-24 passes.
• Went 7-of-11 passing against Southern, completed 5-of-7 passes versus Miles  (9/16) with a touchdown and 54 yards, and hit all five of his passing attempts for 41 yards in the season opener at Tulsa (8/31).  

2022
• Played in four of the first five games. 
• Completed 24-of-44 passes for 303 yards with a touchdown for a 54.5 percent completion rate.
• Rushed for 50 yards on 15 attempts, including two carries for 50 yards total versus North American (9/10). 
• Passed for season-high 134 yards while going 12-for-21 at Southern (10/1).
• Threw for 79 yards on 5-of-13 passing at Oklahoma State (9/17).

2021
• Redshirted the season. 

HIGH SCHOOL
• Played two varsity seasons at Hillsboro High School in Nashville.
• Threw for 1,055 yards on 59-of-123 passing with 12 touchdowns as a junior in 2019. 
• Played in just one game as a senior in 2020, completing 6-of-7 passes for 159 yards and four touchdowns. 
• Also a member of the Burros’ varsity basketball team.

PERSONAL
• Goes by “Chance”
• Son of Bianca Montgomery and Terricus Macon has three siblings: Madison, Tierney, and Braylen
• Majoring in communications/media studies with a minor in art.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Quarterback
    6'5" 230 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Quarterback
    6'5" 230 lbs
    14