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Jaden Nixon
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Dallas, TX
- High School:
- Lone Star
2022 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
One of the fastest players on the team during his career in Stillwater ... Proved he was capable of making big plays.
2023 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 regular season games but did not play in the two postseason games ... Finished the year with 50 carries for 197 yards, both of which marked the second most on the team for the season and career highs for his time in Stillwater ... Added 12 catches for 123 yards ... Had 11 kickoff returns for a 230 yards ... His 550 all-purpose yards ranked fourth on the team ... Scored a pair of touchdowns on the year, with one coming on a 60-yard reception at Iowa State and the other on a 2-yard run against South Alabama ... The 60-yard catch at Iowa State was OSU’s second-longest reception of the season ... It was also was the longest catch by a Cowboy running back since Joseph Randle’s 63-yard reception against Arizona on September 8, 2011 ... Made one of the plays of the season in the regular season finale against BYU ... With a Big 12 Championship game appearance on the line, the Cowboys trailed by three and faced a 4th-and-2 in their own territory with just over three minutes remaining in regulation ... Nixon caught a swing pass in the backfield and, outside the norm for the quick and shifty back, put his head down and ran straight through a Cougar defensive back, moving him from two yards short of the marker to two yards past it to keep the drive alive and eventually send the Cowboys to title game in Arlington ... Logged multiple carries in 11 games and his best rushing totals were 46 yards in the win over Kansas and 43 yards in the win at Arizona State ... Had a season-best 34-yard run in the win at Arizona State to help set up a Cowboy score ... His second-longest run of the year was a 25-yarder to set up a score in the win over Kansas ... Had three kickoff returns that went for longer than 30 yards, including a 33-yarder at Houston and two 32-yarders at UCF ... Named OSU’s Specials Teams MVP for the Bedlam win over Oklahoma ... Served as a game captain against UCF.
2022 (Freshman): A second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Earned honorable mention honors from the league’s coaches as the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and honorable mention on the All-Big 12 team ... Played in all 13 games and started three of the final six ... Started against Kansas State, Oklahoma and West Virginia ... Ranked third on the team with 755 all-purpose yards on the year and tied for fourth with four total touchdowns ... Finished the year with 46 carries for 181 yards ... Also had 21 catches for 189 yards and three touchdowns ... His receiving yards ranked second among OSU’s running backs ... Added 14 kickoff returns for 385 yards and another touchdown, all of which led the team ... His kickoff return yardage ranked among the top 50 players in the FBS ... Had one of the most explosive plays of the season when he split two Baylor defenders and sprinted to the endzone for a 98-yard kickoff return touchdown in Waco ... The play tied for the eighth-longest kickoff return in OSU history, as well as the eighth-longest kickoff return in the FBS on the year ... One of 29 FBS players who recorded a kickoff return touchdown in 2022 ... Earned both Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week and Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week honors after the Baylor game ... Also named OSU’s special teams player of the week vs. Baylor ... Had a 51-yard run in the win over Texas, despite losing a cleat halfway-through the run ... The play marked the second-longest Cowboy rush of the season and the third-longest rush allowed by Texas in 2022 ... Recorded a season-long catch of 35 yards while scoring a touchdown at Kansas ... Other receiving scores came against Iowa State and Central Michigan ... Finished the year with seven plays of at least 20 yards, including two catches, two carries and three kickoff returns.
2021: Redshirt ... Saw action in OSU’s wins over Kansas and TCU ... Carried the ball 11 times for 53 yards and made one catch for three yards against KU ... Also had one kickoff return for 15 yards and one punt return for two yards against the Jayhawks ... Had a 63-yard touchdown run against TCU that marked the second-longest rushing play for any Cowboy in 2021 ... Totaled three carries for 69 yards against TCU ... His season numbers included 14 carries for 122 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown and 142 all-purpose yards.
High School: Played for Jeff Rayburn at Lone Star … Finished his senior season in 2020 with a 7-4 overall record and reached the third round of the Class 5A-I playoffs ... According to MaxPreps, Nixon finished his senior year with 766 rushing yards on 139 carries with 15 rushing touchdowns … Helped lead the Rangers to a 14-1 overall record and a 7-0 league record as a junior … Rushed for 821 yards and racked up 14 rushing touchdowns in 2019 … Appeared in the state semifinals as a junior … Texas District 5-5A D-I first-team selection as a junior … Scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime to defeat defending state champion Highland Park in the 2019 playoffs ... Ran for 454 yards and three touchdowns as a sophomore … Also ran track … Earned academic all-state honors … Volunteered and served at One Community and Elevate Life Church, served as a student mentor and has also been involved with the Zach Thompson Foundation and Mosaic Purse Ministry … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals, and ESPN … The 247Sports composite ranking rates Nixon as the No. 57 running back in the nation and the No. 133 player in the state of Texas ... Chose OSU over offers from Air Force, Army, Louisiana, Tulsa and others.
Personal: Born in Dallas, Texas … Son of Tina Nixon and Jeroid Johnson … Father played football and ran track at Oklahoma State (lettering in 1994 and 1995), and in the AFL … Mother ran track at Oklahoma State and held the school long jump record … Cousin, LaKyron Mays, is a junior on the Oklahoma State track team … Cousin, Adrian Peterson, played football at Oklahoma and now plays for the Detroit Lions … Cousin, Issiah Nixon, plays football at Texas State … Cousin, Larry Nixon, plays football at North Texas … A Sports Media major at Oklahoma State.
