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Jersey Number 9
Jai Eugene Jr.
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Destrehan, La.
- High School:
- Destrehan
- Prev School:
- Tulane/Western Kentucky
Career Overview: Has appeared in 25 games over three seasons at Tulane (2023) and Western Kentucky (2024-25), recording 25 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and five pass breakups ... Transferred to Syracuse in January, 2026.
Redshirt Sophomore Year (2025 at Western Kentucky): Saw action in all-13 games, recording 21 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and five pass breakups ... Notched two tackles and a pass breakup in the season opener against Sam Houston State (8/23) ... Made a solo tackle against North Alabama (8/30) ... Had three tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss at Missouri State (9/27) ... Made two tackles and broke up a pass at Delaware (10/3) ... Tallied three tackles at Louisiana Tech (10/21) ... Had a tackle against New Mexico State (11/1) ... Broke up a pass and added a tackle vs. Middle Tennessee (11/15) ... Notched two solo tackles at LSU (11/22) ... Had his first collegiate sack at Jacksonville State (11/29) ... Set career highs for tackles (5) and pass breakups (2) in the bowl game against Southern Miss (12/23).
Redshirt Freshman Year (2024 at Western Kentucky): Appeared in 11 games, recording three tackles ... Had a solo tackle against UTEP (10/10) ... Made two tackles against James Madison (12/18) in their bowl game.
Redshirt Year (2023 at Tulane): Appeared in one game, recording a tackle in his collegiate debut against Nicholls.
High School: Attended Destrehan High School in Louisiana, where he helped lead the program to an undefeated state title in 2022 ... He scored the go-ahead touchdown in the team’s state championship game, scrambling from his quarterback position for the score ... He was named the District 7-5A Offensive MVP as a senior ... Eugene also played basketball in high school.
Redshirt Sophomore Year (2025 at Western Kentucky): Saw action in all-13 games, recording 21 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and five pass breakups ... Notched two tackles and a pass breakup in the season opener against Sam Houston State (8/23) ... Made a solo tackle against North Alabama (8/30) ... Had three tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss at Missouri State (9/27) ... Made two tackles and broke up a pass at Delaware (10/3) ... Tallied three tackles at Louisiana Tech (10/21) ... Had a tackle against New Mexico State (11/1) ... Broke up a pass and added a tackle vs. Middle Tennessee (11/15) ... Notched two solo tackles at LSU (11/22) ... Had his first collegiate sack at Jacksonville State (11/29) ... Set career highs for tackles (5) and pass breakups (2) in the bowl game against Southern Miss (12/23).
Redshirt Freshman Year (2024 at Western Kentucky): Appeared in 11 games, recording three tackles ... Had a solo tackle against UTEP (10/10) ... Made two tackles against James Madison (12/18) in their bowl game.
Redshirt Year (2023 at Tulane): Appeared in one game, recording a tackle in his collegiate debut against Nicholls.
High School: Attended Destrehan High School in Louisiana, where he helped lead the program to an undefeated state title in 2022 ... He scored the go-ahead touchdown in the team’s state championship game, scrambling from his quarterback position for the score ... He was named the District 7-5A Offensive MVP as a senior ... Eugene also played basketball in high school.
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