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2020 Football Roster

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  • RB
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
    Hometown
  • 5'8
    Height
  • 215
    Weight
  • East
    High School
  • Snow College
    Previous School
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
Wade Denniston/USU Athletics
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#20
Jaylen Warren
RB
Position
Senior
Class
Salt Lake City, Utah
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020).

2020 (SENIOR SEASON): Started two of the three games he played in during the season… Finished the year leading the team in every rushing category as he carried the ball 39 times for 252 yards (6.5 ypc) and three touchdowns… Also caught five receptions for 33 yards (6.6 ypr) on the year… Best game of the season was against Fresno State as he notched his third-career 100-yard rushing game, as he carried the ball nine times for 136 yards, including a career-long 86-yard run for a touchdown, which is tied for the eighth-longest rush in school history… Also tied his career high with three receptions against the Bulldogs for 27 yards… Tied his career high with two rushing touchdowns, from one and two yards, in the season opener at Boise State (10/24), as he gained 89 yards on a career-high 23 carries… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2019 (JUNIOR SEASON): Played in 12 games and finished the season second on the team in rushing as he carried the ball 112 times for 569 yards (5.1 ypc/47.4 ypg) and five touchdowns… Added 15 receptions for 182 yards (12.1 ypr)… Had a season-high 19 carries for a season-best 141 yards, including a four-yard touchdown, in the season opener at Wake Forest (8/30)… 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 (28, 54), to go along with two receptions for 27 yards, against Stony Brook (9/7)… Is 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 (9/21), 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.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: A three-star recruit that was rated as the fourth-best junior college running back in the nation by 247Sports.com... Named the 2018 NJCAA National Offensive Player of the Year and an NJCAA first-team All-American after helping lead Snow College (Ephraim, Utah) 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, 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, 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: Tabbed the 2016 Deseret News’ Mr. Football and the Salt Lake Tribune Player of the Year after leading East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, 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 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 plateau… Tied a single-season state record with 38 rushing touchdowns as a senior in 2016… Became the first player to ever rush 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: Son of Derrick and Neta Warren... Majoring in sociology.

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