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2024 Football Roster

Profile

  • CB
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Florida City, Florida
    Hometown
  • 5'10
    Height
  • 195
    Weight
  • South Dade HS/UCF
    High School
Jaiden Francois
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Jaiden Francois
CB
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Florida City, Florida
Hometown

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Summary

Biography

HONORS
Academic All-Mountain West (2023, 2024).

CAREER NOTES
Played in 36 games with 13 starts at UCF (2020-22) and Utah State (2023-24) … recorded 110 tackles (47 solo), including 2.0 sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss, while adding four pass breakups, one forced fumble and two interceptions that were both returned for touchdowns.

2024 (SENIOR SEASON)
Appeared in all 12 games with six starts … finished the season with 51 tackles (24 solo), including 1.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss, while adding two pass breakups, one interception and one quarterback hurry … tied his career high with nine tackles against San Diego State (11/23), which included 1.0 tackles for loss … had six tackles, including a career-high-tying 1.0 sacks, and an interception that he returned 40 yards for a touchdown at Colorado State (11/29) … had six tackles and one quarterback hurry against New Mexico (10/19) … posted five tackles and one pass breakup against Robert Morris (8/31) … recorded a pass breakup against Hawai’i (11/16) … had 1.0 tackles for loss against Temple (9/21) and 0.5 tackles for loss against UNLV (10/11) ... earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

2023 (JUNIOR SEASON)
Started seven of the 12 games he played in … finished the season with 57 tackles (21-solo), which included 1.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss, to go along with two pass breakups, one interception and one forced fumble … had seven tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss, to go along with a 75-yard interception return for a touchdown against Idaho State (9/9) in his first career start … had eight tackles the following weekend at Air Force (9/15) and seven stops and a pass breakup the following weekend against James Madison (9/23) … posted six tackles and one pass breakup against Fresno State (10/13) … added eight tackles at New Mexico (11/24) … concluded the season by recording a career high nine tackles, including a career best 1.0 sacks and a career high 2.0 tackles for loss, to go along with his first career forced fumble against Georgia State (12/23) in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl … finished the season by posting six or more tackles in six games … earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Spent three seasons at UCF (2020-22) and appeared in 13 career games and made two tackles … originally enrolled at Nebraska.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at South Dade High School in Miami, Florida … consensus four-start recruit by 247Sports.com, ESPN.com and Rivals.com … rated as the 28th-best safety and the 43rd-best high school player in the state of Florida by 247Sports.com … tied a Dade County record with 12 interceptions as a junior in 2018 … had two interceptions during his senior season.

PERSONAL
Graduated from UCF in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies ... earned his master’s degree in business administration from USU in the fall of 2024.
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