California Golden Bears Athletics
2026 Football Roster
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UCLA
Sep 5 (Sat)
7:30 PM
Jersey Number 10
Jayden Wayne
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tacoma, WA
- Prev School:
- Washington
- High School:
- IMG Academy
Accolades - Athletic
- Athlon Sports Fourth-Team All-ACC (2026)
- Shriners Children's East-West Bowl 1000 (2026)
- Appeared in all 13 games for the Bears while making nine starts.
- Tallied 25 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and added five quarterback hurries.
- Recorded a season-high four tackles twice (North Carolina and Stanford).
- Had three or more tackles in five games.
- Collected three tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss against Virginia Tech.
- Played in 11 of 13 games during the 2024 season.
- Had one tackle and a pass break-up in the win over Weber State.
- Added one tackle vs. EMU and one vs. Washington State.
- Made one stop at Iowa, USC and at Penn State.
- Saw action in eight games and made one start in first collegiate season.
- Finished the season with 13 tackles and one half tackle for loss.
- Made career debut in season opener against Miami (Ohio) (Sept. 1) and had one tackle.
- Had career-best four tackles in win over Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 14).
- Finished with one tackle against Temple and North Carolina.
- Finished with three tackles in overtime win over Virginia.
- Made first start of career in Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers (Dec. 28) and finished with three tackles.
- Consensus four-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.
- Checked in as No. 72 overall player nationally in 247Sports Composite Rankings.
- Listed as No. 83 overall in nation in ESPN300 and was rated No. 97 overall in country by Rivals.
- Ranked No. 11 defensive end nationally by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.
- Selected to All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl.
- Helped IMG Academy accumulate 9-1 record, while averaging 49.7 points per game during senior season.
- Had offers from Oregon, LSU, Georgia, Alabama, Michigan State, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M and USC, among others.
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