Jalen Kitna (born March 22, 2003) is an American football quarterback. He previously played for the Florida Gators and the UAB Blazers.
Early life Kitna is from Tacoma, Washington and attended Waxahachie High School in Waxahachie, Texas before transferring to Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona after his freshman year. He then transferred to Frisco High School in Frisco, Texas before finally transferring to Burleson High School in Burleson, Texas for his senior season and after his father was hired as the head football coach there. Kitna originally committed to Boston College before decommitting and switching his commitment to Florida.
College career Kitna began his college football career at Florida in 2021, using a redshirt in 2021, then playing four games in 2022. He was dismissed from Florida's roster in December 2022 following his arrest.
In December 2023, he committed to play for UAB. On November 2, 2024, he threw for 404 yards and six touchdowns against Tulsa, being named American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
Statistics Season Team Games Passing Rushing 2021 Florida Redshirt 2022 Florida 4 0 — 10 14 71.4 181 12.9 1 0 203.6 1 6 6.0 0 2024 UAB 8 8 2−6 196 316 62.0 2,209 7.0 17 11 131.5 45 -60 -1.3 0 2025 UAB 10 10 3−7 223 336 66.4 2,462 7.3 13 10 134.7 35 -40 -1.1 0 Career 22 18 5−13 429 666 64.4 4,852 7.3 31 21 134.7 81 -94 -1.2 0
Professional career
Personal life Kitna's father is former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna.
On November 30, 2022, Kitna was arrested on child pornography charges. In July 2023, the charges were dropped as part of a plea deal; Kitna pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts of breach of the peace. Kitna would go on to state that the initial charges were "not accurate" and a forensic investigation found no inappropriate material on any of his electronic devices.
References
External links Florida Gators bio UAB Blazers bio