Oklahoma State University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
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Jaylen Warren
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Salt Lake City, UT
- High School:
- East
2018 NJCAA National Offensive Player of the Year
2018 NJCAA First Team All-America
2019 Academic All-Mountain West Team
2021 Team Captian (voted by teammates)
2021 Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year (Coaches)
2021 The Athletic All-Portal Team
2021 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award Finalist
2021 Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (Coaches)
2021 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
Career Highs
Rushes
Rushing Yards 218 at Boise State, 2021
Rushing Touchdowns
Long Rush 86 vs. Fresno State, 2020
Receptions
Receiving Yards 81 vs. Kansas State, 2021
Long Reception 52 vs. Kansas State, 2021
A JUCO product who played two years at Utah State before tansfering to Oklahoma State for his final collegiate season ... Attracted plenty of attention with his performance in the spring of 2021 then had a breakout season in lone year as a Cowboy.
2021 (Senior): Named the Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year by the league’s head coaches ... Voted as a season captain by his teammates at the end of his lone season in Stillwater ... One of seven finalists for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award ... Named to the The Athletic’s All-Portal Team ... An honorable mention as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and an honorable mention All-Big 12 pick by the league’s coaches ... Finished the year ranked in top 25 among all FBS players with 1,216 rushing yards and 11 carries of at least 20 yards ... Also No. 28 in the FBS with 1,441 yards from scrimmage ... His season rushing total tied for 19th-most in a single season in school history ... Started the final 12 games of the year and played in all 14, although he was available for just the first two snaps with no carries due to an injury in the Big 12 Championship game ... His 256 carries led the team and his 25 catches were the third-most on the team ... Scored 11 rushing touchdowns on the year, as he and Tay Martin shared the team lead with 11 total touchdowns ... Finished with five 100-yard rushing performances, including 218 vs. Boise State, 193 vs. Texas, 125 vs. Baylor, 123 vs. Kansas State and 113 vs. TCU ... Had OSU’s longest rush (75-yard TD run at Boise State) and reception (52-yard catch vs. K-State) of the year ... Had 150 rushing yards at halftime at Boise State, marking OSU’s most in a half since Chuba Hubbard had 192 in the second half vs. TCU in 2019 ... Had two of the top six single-game rushing yardage totals in the Big 12, including No. 2 (218 at Boise State) and No. 6 (193 at Texas) ... In the win at Texas, he rushed 33 times for 193 yards to account for nearly half of OSU’s offensive yardage in the game ... In the fourth quarter alone in Austin, he carried 14 times for 118 yards, also outperforming UT running back Bijan Robinson by 58 yards on the ground for the day ... Ran for more than 100 yards and scored three TDs in the first half alone vs. TCU ... Had a season-best 81 receiving yards in the win vs. Kansas State ... Finished with a career-high 36 carries in the win over Baylor ... Received five Big 12 weekly honors, which marked two more than any other player in the conference ... Named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week vs. Boise State and was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week vs. Boise State, Baylor, Texas and West Virginia ... Earned OSU’s Offensive Player of the Week honor for his performances against Tulsa, Boise State, Baylor and Texas ... Served as a game captain against Boise State, Kansas State and Notre Dame.
2020 (Redshirt at Utah State): Played in three games in 2020, rushing for 252 yards and three touchdowns as the lead back for the Aggies … Also caught five passes for 33 yards … Totaled a season-high 136 rushing yards against Fresno State, including an 86-yard touchdown run … Was named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List prior to the season.
2019 (Junior at Utah State): Played in 12 games and finished the season second on the team in rushing yards as he carried the ball 112 times for 569 yards (5.1 yards per carry) and five touchdowns … Added 15 receptions for 182 yards … Had a season-highs with 19 carries for 141 yards in the season opener at Wake Forest … Also had a season-long rush of 59 yards against the Demon Deacons … Carried the ball nine times for 105 yards and a season-high two touchdowns against Stony Brook … Was the first Aggie ever to rush for 100 yards in his USU debut and in back-to-back games to start a career … Rushed for 74 yards on 17 carries at San Diego State, including an 11-yard touchdown, and caught a season-high three passes for a season-best 40 yards in the game … Also had a season-long 30-yard reception against SDSU … Finished the season with a team-best five rushes of at least 20 yards ... Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors for his work in the classroom.
Junior College: A three-star recruit that was rated as the fourth-best junior college running back in the nation by 247Sports ... Named the 2018 NJCAA National Offensive Player of the Year and an NJCAA first-team All-American after helping lead Snow College to an 8-3 record and No. 9 national ranking … Helped the Badgers reach the Graphic Edge Bowl in Cedar Falls, Iowa … As a sophomore in 2018, he racked up 1,435 yards rushing on the season … Led the nation with 159.4 yards rushing per game … Ranked second nationally with an average of 8.6 yards per carry and third with 15 touchdowns on the season … Posted a season-high 237 yards rushing in the Badgers’ 56-43 win at Trinity Valley … Against Phoenix CC, he ran for 210 yards on just eight carries, averaging a season-high 26.3 yards per carry … Totaled a season-high four touchdowns in Snow College’s 64-17 win over Pima JC.
High School: Played for coach Brandon Matich at East … Named the 2016 Deseret News’ Mr. Football and the Salt Lake Tribune Player of the Year after leading East to an undefeated 14-0 season and second consecutive Class 4A state championship … Helped the Leopards lead the nation in rushing with 6,797 yards (485.5 ypg) … Totaled 3,099 yards rushing during his senior season to shatter the 37-year-old single-season state rushing record, while becoming the first player in the history of Utah high school football to ever reach the 3,000-yard mark … Tied a single-season state record with 38 rushing touchdowns as a senior in 2016 … Rushed for 100 yards or more in 14 games … Rushed for at least 200 yards in 12 games, including 11 straight to end the season … Tabbed the Deseret News’ 4A MVP as a junior in 2015 after rushing for 1,984 yards and 19 touchdowns as the Leopards captured their first state title since 1996.
Personal: Derrell Jaylen Warren was born Nov. 1, 1998, in Clinton, North Carolina … Son of Derrick and Salaneta Warren ... Sociology major.
