Oklahoma State University Athletics
2019 Football Roster
Roster
Jayden Jernigan
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Allen, TX
- High School:
- Allen
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
Career Highs
Tackles
Interceptions
TFL
Sacks
Pass Break Ups No career pass break ups
A talented player who spent three years in Stillwater before transferring to Missouri, playing 27 games for the Cowboys.
2021 (Sophomore): Returned to the field after a one-year break due to complications from COVID-19 ... First Team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in all 14 games ... Totaled 22 tackles, 15 solo stops, 2.0 sacks, five quarterback hurries and a forced fumble on the year ... Had the best game of his career in Stillwater in OSU’s win at Boise State ... Finished the night with a career-high six tackles, including five solo stops and a sack, while also adding forced fumble and a quarterback hurry ... Honored as part of the Pro Football Focus National Team of the Week for the performance in Boise .... Recorded at least one tackle in 10 games and at least three tackles in four games ... PLayed significant time in the Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame, totaling three tackels, a QB hurry and a pass breakup ... Pressured Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan into a rushed incompletion on a fourth down late in the fourth quarter to help preserve the Cowboy win.
2020 (Redshirt): Did not see any game action.
2019 (Freshman): Saw action on the interior of the defensive line in all 13 games as a true freshman, which is an accomplishment in itself ... Credited with 13 tackles on the year, including two sacks and four tackles for loss ... His sacks came against Baylor and TCU, respectively ... Added a tackle for loss against McNeese and another against Texas A&M ... Of his 13 tackles, 11 came on running plays ... Logged a season-high five tackles against Tulsa.
High School: Played for coach Terry Gambill at perennial power Allen … Helped the Eagles post a 58-3 record during his four years at the school … Won the 2017 UIL Class 6 Division I state championship with Allen and made three semifinal appearances in 2015, 2016 and 2018 … As a junior he was a first-team All-District 6A-9 selection ... As a sophomore he was the District Defensive Newcomer of the Year ... Contributed significantly on an Allen defense that held opponents to 14 points or less on eight occasions in 2018, including two shutout victories over Horn and Coppell ... Was an honorable mention selection on the Texas Sports Writers Association Class 6A all-state football team … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Ranked as the No. 70 player coming out of Texas in the 2019 recruiting class by Rivals ... Chose Oklahoma State over reported offers from Colorado, Kansas State, Oregon, Texas Tech, Washington and others.
Personal: Jayden Ramon Jernigan was born Nov. 29, 2000 … Son of Tinez and Tonya Jernigan … Recreation Management major.
