Ott's Cal Career Game Highs
Rushes: 19 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
Rushing Yards: 274 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
Rushing TDs: 3 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
Long Rush: 73TD (vs. Arizona, 2022)
Receptions: 8 (vs. UCLA, 2022)
Receiving Yards: 70 (at USC, 2022)
Long Reception: 27 (vs. Stanford, 2022)
Receiving TDs: 1 (three times, last vs. UCLA, 2022)
Total TDs: 3 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
Points: 18 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
All-Purpose Yards: 284 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
Yards From Scrimmage (Rushing And Receiving): 284 (vs. Arizona, 2022)

Sophomore (2023)
– All-Pac-12 Preseason First Team (Pro Football Focus), Second Team (Athlon^, Jack Follman's Way-Too-Early, Pac-12 Media, Phil Steele) ... selected as an all-purpose player by Athlon
– Doak Walker Award Candidate
– Maxwell Award Watch List
– Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year Award Watch List
– Walter Camp Award Watch List

Freshman (2022)
– Earned All-True Freshman team honors (Pro Football Focus), as well first-team (The Athletic) and second-team (College Football News) Freshman All-American honors, picking up The Athletic honors as an all-purpose player and all others as a running back
– Also earned All-Pac-12 honors as a third-team (Pro Football Focus), fourth-team (Phil Steele) and honorable mention (Pac-12 Coaches) selection
– Selected as a MIdseason True Freshman All-American by On3 and The Athletic, as well as a Midseason Freshman All-American by College Football News
– Played in all 12 games with starts in each of the last 10
– Ranked among Pac-12 and NCAA leaders in all-purpose yards (1218, #4 Pac-12, #67 NCAA), all-purpose yards per game (101.5, #6 Pac-12, #65 NCAA), rushing yards per game (74.8, #5 Pac-12, #58 NCAA), rushing yards (897, #5 Pac-12, #61 NCAA), total touchdowns (11, #8T Pac-12, #54T NCAA), rush yards per carry (5.28, #9 Pac-12, #52 NCAA) and rushing touchdowns (8, #11T Pac-12, #87T NCAA)
– Led all Pac-12 freshmen and ranked among the nation's top freshmen in all-purpose yards per game (#4 NCAA), all-purpose yards (#5 NCAA), total touchdowns (#5T NCAA) and rushing touchdowns (#11T NCAA)
– Second among Pac-12 freshmen and among the nation's top freshmen in rush yards per carry (#6 NCAA), receptions per game (3.8, #6 NCAA), receptions (46, #7 NCAA), rushing yards per game (#7 NCAA) and rushing yards (#8 NCAA)
– Had three games with multiple overall touchdowns and a pair of contests with two or more rushing touchdowns (3 rushing vs. Arizona; 1 rushing, 1 receiving vs. UNLV; 2 rushing at USC)
– Had 321 yards receiving and three touchdown catches on his 46 receptions that were the top numbers of the campaign by all Cal running backs while his receptions were tied for third-most in a single season ever by a Cal running back
– Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in three of his first four games at Cal vs. UC Davis, UNLV and Arizona
– Ranked No. 24 among PFF's top rated halfbacks in the nation with a 90.1 rushing run grade
– UC Davis (W, 34-13) – 17 rushes, 104 yards, 18 long; 2 receptions, 26 yards, 1 TD. 18 long; 130 all-purpose yards; 130 yards from scrimmage ... first player to rush for over 100 yards in his Cal debut since Shane Vereen had 101 yards rushing against Michigan State on August 30, 2008 ... 130 yards from scrimmage (104 rushing, 26 receiving) most by a player in his Cal debut since Keenan Allen had 158 (38 rushing, 120 receiving) against UC Davis on September 4, 2010 ... Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the first of two consecutive weeks ... career-high-tying touchdown receptions
– UNLV (W, 20-14) – 7 rushes, 52 yards, 1 TD, 23 long; 3 receptions, 16 yards, 1 TD. 12 long; 68 all-purpose yards; 68 yards from scrimmage ... had both a rushing and receiving TD in the first quarter and became the first Cal player to have both a rushing and receiving touchdown in a contest since Christopher Brown Jr. against Washington State on Nov. 9, 2019 ... Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the second of two consecutive weeks ... career-high-tying touchdown receptions
– at Notre Dame (L, 17-24) – 13 rushes, 33 yards, 13 long; 2 receptions, 11 yards, 8 long; 44 all-purpose yards; 44 yards from scrimmage
– Arizona (W, 49-31) – 19 rushes, 274 yards, 3 TD, 73TD long; 2 receptions, 10 yards, 13 long ... career-high rushes, rushing yards and rushing touchdowns ....career-long rush ... 274 yards rushing are the third-most overall by a Cal player and most ever in a game by a Cal and Pac-12 freshman, as well as the fourth-most in an FBS game in 2022, and at the time were the most by an FBS freshman since Maryland's Anthony McFarland had 298 against Ohio State in 2018, and the most by an FBS true freshman since Texas' Chris Warren III had 276 against Texas Tech in 2015 ... three total touchdowns were tied for the most by a Pac-12 player in a game in 2022 both rushing and overall, as well as the most rushing touchdowns at Cal since Patrick Laird had three against Weber State in 2017 ... became 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) ... with his 73 and 72-yard touchdown runs became the first Pac-12 player with two runs of 70 or more yards in a game since Colorado's Jarek Broussard against Arizona in 2020 and the first Cal player since Jahvid Best at Washington State in 2008 ... 73-yard touchdown run was Cal's longest since Marcel Dancy had a 76-yard touchdown run at Stanford in 2021 and the longest by a Cal freshman since Khalfani Muhammad also had a 73-yard touchdown run against Washington in 2013 ... picked up multiple honors for his performance including 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 ... 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 ... also a nominee for Doak Walker National Running Back of the Week honors ... 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
– at Washington State (L, 9-28) – 17 rushes, 70 yards, 1 TD, 18 long; 7 receptions, 40 yards, 14 long
– at Colorado (L, 13-20, OT) – 16 rushes, 47 yards, 23 long; 3 receptions, 14 yards, 8 long
– Washington (L, 21-28) – 14 rushes, 38 yards, 12 long; 2 receptions, 16 yards, 8 long
– Oregon (L, 24-42) – 14 rushes, 57 yards, 16 long; 3 receptions, 10 yards, 7 long
– at USC (L, 35-41) – 14 rushes, 55 yards, 2 TD, 22 long; 7 receptions, 70 yards, 21 long ... career-high yards receiving
– at Oregon State (L, 10-38) – 8 rushes, 20 yards, 14 long; 4 receptions, 6 yards, 9 long
– Stanford (W, 27-20) – 18 rushes, 97 yards, 1 TD, 21 long; 3 receptions, 51 yards, 27 long ... career-long reception ... one of three to be selected as a Cal Player of the Week (Big Game Hero) along with Daniel Scott and Jackson Sirmon
– UCLA (L, 28-35) – 13 rushes, 55 yards, 14 long; 8 receptions, 51 yards, 1 TD, 12 long ... career-high receptions ... career-high-tying touchdown receptions
– All-Pac-12 Preseason Fourth Team (Athlon)

Norco HS (Class Of 2022)/Bishop Gorman HS (2019-20)
– A Preseason All-Pac-12 fourth-team selection by Phil Steele as a 2022 freshman
– Played 23 prep games over two seasons at Norco High School as a 2018 freshman and 2021 senior, while also spending two seasons at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas in 2019 and 2020 without playing
– Rushed for 2236 yards and 30 touchdowns as a prep on 265 carries for averages of 97.2 yards per game rushing with 12 100-yard rushing games and 8.4 yards per carry, while adding 17 receptions for 228 yards and one touchdown for a total of 2480 all-purpose yards
– Scored 190 career points by adding a pair of two-point rushing conversions to his 30 rushing and one receiving touchdown
– Earned MaxPreps Big XIII League Back of the Year as a 2021 senior when he rushed for 1140 yards and 17 touchdowns on 114 carries for a 10.0 yards per rush average, while adding 11 receptions for 154 yards as well as one kick return for 16 yards (all career highs), both of his career two-point rushing conversions, and his lone prep kick return for 16 yards for a team that was 8-3 overall before being knocked out in the first round of the Southern Section Division I playoffs by unbeaten and eventual state champion Mater Dei
– Rushed for 1096 yards and 13 touchdowns on a career-high 151 carries for a 7.3 yards per rush average, while adding six receptions for 74 yards and his lone career touchdown reception as a 2018 freshman for a team that finished 9-3 overall to earn MaxPreps Freshman All-American honors

MaxPreps High School Bio And Stats
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Recruiting Notes And Ratings (As Of December 15, 2021)
Stars: 247Sports (4), 247Sports Composite (4), ESPN (4), Rivals (4)
National Overall Player Rankings: 247Sports Composite (286)
National Running Back Rankings: Rivals (14), 247Sports (21), 247Sports Composite (25), ESPN (31)
Regional Overall Player Rankings: ESPN (57)
California Overall Player Rankings: Rivals (14), 247Sports (22), 247Sports Composite (25), ESPN (31)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports (91), 247Sports Composite (0.9020), ESPN (75), Rivals (5.8)

Justin Wilcox On Jaydn Ott
“Jaydn is a productive running back with a lot to be excited about. He is a smooth athlete with an impressive combination of burst, lateral quickness and long speed that will translate well at this level. Jaydn is a homerun hitter with the ball in his hands and has value as both a receiver and pass protector in the passing game. We anticipate he will enroll in the spring and begin competing right away.”

Other
– Born December 16, 2002
– Son of Justin and Gail Ott
– Major is undeclared

Last Updated
August 24, 2023