Ohio State Overview
• Jayden spent four years with the program and was a four-year Varsity O letterwinner who played in 46 games
• He handled all of the kicking placement responsibilities for the past three years, accounting for 313 points, including 112 points during the national championship winning 2024 campaign
• Handled kickoffs in 2002
• Has led Ohio State in scoring in each of the past three seasons
• His 313 career points rank fifth in school history'
• His 178 extra points rank second in Ohio State history
• He is one of only eight players, and one of only four kickers, to score at least 100 points in two different seasons
• Made 45 of 57 field goal attempts with a long of 49 yards (vs. Purdue in 2025)
• Converted on 156 consecutive extra points with his last miss coming in the first quarter of the 2023 game against Purdue
• Was 16 of 20 in field goals in 2025
• Was 13 of 17 in field toals in 2024, including a 33-yarder late in the title game win over Notre Dame
• Had 2024 season long kicks of 46 yards three times in huge games: vs. Notre Dame, Oregon and Penn State
• Converted on 16 of 20 field goal attempts in 2023, including nine consecutive at one point, with long kicks of 47 yards vs. Minnesota, 44 vs. Missouri and 43 vs. Michigan
• His 31-yard field goal in the second quarter was the only first-half points in the 17-14 Top 10 win over Notre Dame in South Bend in 2023
• Is an OSU Scholar-Athlete and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree who is majoring in sport industry
Honors & Awards
2025: Academic All-Big Ten Conference, graduated in December with his degree in sport industry
2024: OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten Conference
More on Jayden
• Jayden walked-on to the team in the summer of 2022
• He was rated as the No. 7 kicker in the Class of 2022 by Chris Sailer Kicking
• Made all his field goals as a senior in 2021 at IMG Academy with a long of 50 yards
• Ninety-one percent of his kickoffs went for touchbacks
• Was a Vegas XXXVII punt and field goal finalist
• 2022 Adidas All-American Bowl kicking finalist
• Kicked in the 2022 Polynesian Bowl
• Played football and soccer at Clear Creek H.S., in League City, prior to enrolling at IMG Academy
