BERKELEY – Jaydn Ott piled up the honors Monday following his performance at FTX Field at California Memorial Stadium last Saturday when he rushed for 274 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries in Cal's 49-31 victory over Arizona. Ott's multiple honors include 247Sports True Freshman of the Week, FWAA Freshman Focus Selection, Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and Rose Bowl Game Pac-12 Player of the Week.

Ott was selected as the conference's Freshman of the Week for the third time in the first four weeks of the 2022 campaign while capturing each of the other honors for the first time.

Below are notes on Ott's performance against Arizona and additional information on the freshman running back with his extended bio available by clicking on his name.
 
Jaydn Ott, RB, 6-0, 205, Fr., 1st Season At Cal (Chino, CA/Norco HS/Bishop Gorman HS)
— Ott's 274 yards rushing against Arizona are the most in an FBS game since LSU's Tyrion Davis-Price had 287 against Florida on Oct. 16, 2021, the most by an FBS freshman since Maryland redshirt freshman Anthony McFarland had 298 against Ohio State on Nov. 17, 2018, and the most by an FBS true freshman since Texas' Chris Warren III had 276 against Texas Tech on Nov. 26, 2015
— Ott's 274 yards rushing are the third-most overall and most ever in a game by a Cal and Pac-12 freshman
— Ott's three touchdowns against Arizona are tied for the most by a Pac-12 player in a game this season both rushing and overall and the most rushing touchdowns at Cal since Patrick Laird had three against Weber State in 2017, while Ott is only the third Cal player with three or more rushing touchdowns in a game for Cal since the beginning of the 2011 season (Daniel Lasco also had three vs. Oregon State in 2014)
— Ott had touchdown runs of 73 and 72 yards against Arizona to become the first Pac-12 player with two runs of 70 or more yards in a game since Colorado's Jarek Broussard against Arizona on December 5, 2020, and the first Cal player since Jahvid Best at Washington State on Sept. 6, 2008
— Ott's 73-yard touchdown run was Cal's longest since Marcel Dancy had a 76-yard touchdown run at Stanford on Nov. 20, 2021 and the longest by a Cal freshman since Khalfani Muhammad also had a 73-yard touchdown run against Washington on Oct. 26, 2013
— Ott leads the Pac-12 in rushing yards (463), rushing yards per game (115.8) and yards per rush (8.3), while he is tied for first in rushing touchdowns (4)
— Ott ranks third in the nation in rushing yards per carry (8.3), as well as 11th in total rushing yards (463) and rushing yards per game (115.8)
— Ott led the nation's halfbacks in Week 4 with his Pro Football Focus rushing "run grade" of 99.9 and "offensive grade" of 99.1 against Arizona, while he has PFF's No. 2 "run grade" (94.4) and No. 3 "offense grade" among halfbacks for the 2022 season