165. Jalen Catalon: The Cat is Back

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

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🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Jalen Catalon is one of the best defensive backs Arkansas has seen in quite some time. He's the first Razorback DB to make First Team All-SEC since Chris Houston in 2006. And he's already joined Ken Hamlin and Kenoy Kennedy as the only Hog safeties to ever be named an All-American. But his fight to bounce back from injury is just as important as his quest to be one of the all-time greats. Catalon missed the Hogs' final seven games—including the Outback Bowl win over Penn State—in what was shaping up to be a stellar sophomore season. But Catalon knows what it takes to bounce back. He's dealt with injury and disappointment before, tearing his ACL and missing nearly his entire senior season at Mansfield Legacy High School in Texas. In this episode, Hogs Plus senior contributor Clay Henry talks to Catalon about his recovery from injury, working to get better, and how he hopes to take his place alongside some of the all-time Razorback greats.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Bo Mattingly, and I just wanted to say thanks again for your continued support of the hog pot.
0:05.1	We love sharing these stories.
0:07.2	And this episode is a special one, featuring the debut of Hogs Plus senior contributor, Clay Henry.
0:13.9	You can watch the full special with Jalen Catalan and read his latest column, only on Hogs Plus.
0:19.5	You can visit hogsplus.com or download the Hogs Plus app
0:23.6	on your smart TV, Apple TV, or other supported device. And now the Hogpot.
0:29.8	At that moment, it was like, I really got a brotherhood here because, you know, through that season,
0:34.3	it was tough times, you know. It was me just, you know, wondering if I belonged here or like if the team still looked at me the same, even though I wasn't out there making plays, you know, even though I was helping them out, there's always that feeling in the back of your head or that think, like, you know, if I'm really still part of this. They told me to go up there with the captains and they honored me in that way. I mean, it didn't get no bad.
0:54.2	I mean, I was a heartbreaking moment.
0:55.3	I was a shit. to go up there with the captains and they honored me in that way. I mean, it didn't get no bad.
0:55.3	I mean, I was a heartbreaking moment.
0:55.4	I was a heartbreaking moment. I'm going to say.
1:08.9	Welcome into the hog pot. Bold'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at First Security Bank, Bold Vision, Sarazen Resort, Abolita Maria, and South by Northwest Hospitality.
1:18.9	Second and 11 for the Owls. Green's going to throw steps into the pocket pass. Deflected and picked off. Intercepted by Catalan at the 47 of the near sideline.
1:28.8	Jalen Catalan is one of the best defensive backs Arkansas has seen in quite some time.
1:34.0	Keeps it, turns to corner, and he gets collared and thrown down.
1:40.3	Jalen Catalan comes flying in there.
1:42.9	He's the first Razorback DB to make first team all SEC since Chris Houston in 2006.
1:49.0	And he's already joined Ken Hamlin and Kenoy Kennedy as the only hog safeties to ever be named an All-American.
1:56.0	Fires and it's picked off.
1:58.0	Catalan at the 35.
2:00.0	Oh my goodness, he's going to score. Touchdown, Arkansas.
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