Transfer from Bowling Green adds depth at outside receiver . . . BOWLING GREEN HIGHLIGHTS | 2022 SEASON: Redshirted . . . appeared in four games in 2022: at UCLA, at Mississippi State, vs. Kent State and vs. New Mexico State in the Quick Lane Bowl . . . 2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 12 games as a true freshman in 2021 . . . had three catches for 22 yards in his collegiate debut at Tennessee, including a 13-yard grab in the first quarter . . . former preferred walk-on was awarded a scholarship prior to the start of the 2021 season . . . HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: Three-year letterwinner in football for Coach Larry McDaniel at St. John’s Jesuit High School in Toledo, Ohio . . . earned All-Three Rivers Athletic Conference Second-Team honors as a senior in 2020 . . . had 20 receptions for 314 yards (15.7 avg.) and four touchdowns during the abbreviated six-game 2020 schedule due to COVID-19 . . . also lettered in basketball for the Titans, earning All-TRAC honorable mention as a senior in 2020-21 . . . HIS BATTLE TO DEFEAT STAGE 4 CANCER: In April 2018, as a 16-year-old member of the All-Ohio Gold AAU team, he was kicked in the groin while attempting a dunk to finish a fastbreak . . . continued to play in AAU tournaments for several weeks while experiencing excruciating pain . . . underwent exploratory surgery in mid-June due to continued and increased swelling in the area and on June 22, 2018, was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer that forms in soft skeletal muscle tissue . . . the chance at survival was estimated at 50 percent with RMS at stage 4 . . . a medical team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital mapped out an aggressive 54-week treatment plan that included chemotherapy and radiation . . . weekly trips to Cincinnati began almost immediately . . . suffered a major setback nearly six months into his treatment (December 2018) when doctors discovered a tumor near his abdomen that wasn’t responding to treatment, so another surgery as scheduled for Jan. 2, 2019 . . . following the successful surgery, the first of his 23 radiation treatments began on Feb. 4, 2019; his last day of chemotherapy came in mid-June . . . lost 40 pounds over those 12 months, dropping from 200 to 160 . . . cleared to resume summer football workouts in late June prior to the 2019 season . . . declared cancer free following diagnostic scans in September and December 2019 . . . his playing time was closely monitored during 2019, but in the final game of the regular season, he ran a fade route and scored on a 15-yard reception vs. Lima Senior . . . successfully petitioned for rare extension of athletic eligibility for a fifth year (2020-21) . . . PERSONAL DATA: Born Nov. 29, 2001 . . . son of Cassandra McKinstry and Bryce Gillins . . . his father Bryce Gillins played defensive back at Purdue and lettered in 1996 . . . majoring in general studies.

Jaedyn McKinstry