Jaleel Birdsong is a long, rangy depth-piece linebacker with special-teams value
Birdsong, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound redshirt junior for Jacksonville State in the 2024 season, played in 13 games mostly on special teams and logged four total tackles, including a stop in the Conference USA championship game. His profile screams “developmental linebacker”: size, length, and willingness to tackle, plus enough game-day trust to stay active all season. He’s not yet a stat-sheet monster, but the combination of frame, experience, and special-teams reliability makes him the kind of roster fit coaches like to keep around.
