Butler Basketball Player Profile #1 Jalen Jackson - Graduate Student from Fort Wayne, Indiana Listed Height and Weight: 6'2, 200 lbs Jalen returns for a medical redshirt season after his 2025-26 year ended after six games due to left ankle surgery, during which he started every game and averaged 9.5 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 steals per game while shooting 51 percent from the field, highlighted by a 17-point outing over IU Indy and back-to-back 10-point games at the Greenbrier Classic. He transferred to Butler from Purdue Fort Wayne, where he led the team as a junior in 2024-25, leading the Horizon League in scoring at 19.2 points per game (34th nationally) while earning All-Horizon League First Team and the league's Sportsmanship Award, posting 12 20-point games including a 38-point outburst at IU Indy. As a sophomore, he earned All-Horizon League Third Team honors, starting all 36 games and averaging 15.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. He began his career at UIC, earning MVC Freshman of the Week honors after averaging 7.3 points per game as a freshman. At Northrop High School in Fort Wayne, he finished as the state's No. 2 scorer as a senior, averaging 27.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. He comes from a basketball family — his mother played basketball and volleyball at IPFW, and two of his younger sisters play for Butler's women's basketball program after starting their careers at Valparaiso. #DawgsOnly #ButlerWay #GoDawgs