Yahoo Sports · Apr 25, 2025
Where did Jalen Royals come from?
Utah State wide receiver Jalen Royals catches a touchdown pass as Fresno State defensive back Al'zillion Hamilton (3) defends during the first half of an NCAA college football game Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Logan, Utah. (Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via AP)Whenever he is selected by one of the 32 NFL franchises in the 2025 NFL Draft, Utah State wide receiver Jalen Royals will become the first Aggie since Jordan Love in 2020 to hear his name called.
While that has felt like an eventuality for a couple of years now, Royals wasn’t always a guaranteed future pro, nor even was a collegiate career at Utah State anything close to a foregone conclusion for the Powder Springs, Georgia native.