The Houston Cougars' secondary this year is full of experienced talent across the board. Senior Jalen Mayo has had quite the journey in college football to get to this point. Virginia Union, an HBCU about 77 miles from his hometown. He spent three seasons at Virginia Union and helped lead the Panthers to back-to-back Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) titles. His cornerbacks coach at SFA was Marcus Trice, who is now the new secondary coach at Houston.