Jayden Fielding

Position:
Kicker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
175
Hometown:
League City, Texas
Last School:
Clear Creek / IMG Academy
Year:
Sophomore

Ohio State Overview
• Jayden is in his fourth year with the program and is a three-year Varsity O letter winner
• He has handled all of the kicking placement responsibilities for the past two years, accounting for 209 points, including 112 points during the national championship winning 2024 campaign
• Handled kickoffs in 2002 and has kicked in 42 games
• Has led Ohio State in scoring in each of the past two seasons
• Has converted on 100 consecutive extra points with his last miss coming in the first quarter of the 2023 game against Purdue
• Is 29 of 37 in field goal attempts and 122 of 123 in extra points as a Buckeye
• Was 13 of 17 in field totals 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
• Successfully fended off multiple challengers to win the place-kicking duties in front of the 2023 football season
• 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
• Made 49 of 50 extra point attempts
• Is an OSU Scholar-Athlete and an Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree who is majoring in sport industry

Honors & Awards
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