Cal Poly’s Jalonn Booth brings proven pass-rush juice to the Mustangs
Booth arrives at Cal Poly as a high-impact edge defender after a huge 2025 junior-college season at Modesto JC, where he led California junior colleges with 23 sacks, added 32.5 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and four pass breakups, and earned California JUCO Defensive Player of the Year honors. He’s a lean, disruptive 6-3, 230-pound junior who wins with burst, relentlessness and backfield chaos—the kind of motor-first defender coaches love because the sacks keep coming even when the play looks blocked up. If you need instant pressure off the edge, he’s absolutely worth the hype.
