REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024)
Did not see any game action. 

CENTRAL MICHIGAN (2023)
As a junior wide receiver, saw action in nine games … Listed on the depth chart as a backup wide receiver … Caught four passes for 50 yards (12.5 average yards per catch) … Finished with one reception for 11 yards at Ball State (10/21) … Caught a season-high three passes for 39 yards with a long of 20 at Buffalo (10/7) … Also saw action vs. Toledo (11/24), at Ohio (11/15), at Western Michigan (11/7), Akron (10/14), Eastern Michigan (9/30), New Hampshire (9/9), and at Michigan State (9/1).

CENTRAL MICHIGAN (2022)
As a sophomore, played in 11 games and started five at wide receiver … Saw action in 376 total plays … Ranked No. 4 on the team in both receptions (20) and receiving yards (31), scored two touchdowns receiving and averaged 15.7 yards per catch … Also had two rushing carries for 14 yards … Led the team in receiving yards two times … Caught at least one pass in nine of 11 games … Caught two passes for 32 yards in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … Caught two passes for 29 yards with a long of 28 vs. Western Michigan (11/16) … Had two receptions for 36 yards with a long of 18 yards at Northern Illinois (11/2) … Had four receptions for 69 yards with a long of 26 yards vs. Bucknell (9/17) … Registered career-highs for receptions (six), receiving yards (126) and touchdown receptions (two) with a long of 54 in the season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).

BALL STATE (2021)
Appeared in 11 games ... Registered a 75-yard touchdown reception at Western Michigan ... Tallied one rushing attempt for 25 yards at Northern Illinois as well as a 45-yard reception and a season-high three kickoff returns.
 
BALL STATE (2020)
Earned the John Hodge Outstanding Freshman Award on offense … Played in seven of BSU’s eight games, seeing action in each of the final seven contests at receiver … caught five passes on the season for 171 yards and an average of 34.2 yards per reception … three of his five catches went for touchdowns, each of them longer than 30 yards … first collegiate reception went for 27 yards in the win at Central Michigan … later added touchdown grabs of 39 and 34 yards in that game for his first career scores … finished the day with three receptions for 100 yards and the two touchdowns … hauled in a 56-yard touchdown pass in the MAC Championship Game victory over No. 23 Buffalo … also had a reception in the Arizona Bowl win over No. 19 San Jose State.
 
BALL STATE (2019)
Saw limited action in four contests … did not record any statistics … took a redshirt season.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Detroit, Mich., where he earned three letters for Head Coach Tyrone Spencer … rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals … served as team captain … played both wide receiver and outside linebacker … helped the Crusaders finish 12-2 and capture the 2018 state title … second team all-state selection as a senior … finished with 14 career touchdowns … also a member of the 4x200-meter relay state championship team … lettered one year in basketball.

PERSONAL
Son of Nikia Dodson and Willie McGaughy… Born Jalen Dejuan McGaughy on May 21, 2000.