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2024 Football Roster

8 Jaeden Ward

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 230
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Wallis, Texas
  • Prev School Trinity Valley CC / Northwestern State
  • Highschool Brazos HS

Biography

Before Jackson State: Played three seasons at Northwestern State… Posted his second double-figure tackle game of the season at Lamar on Oct. 7, making 10 stops in 2023... Had a pair of tackles for loss and a sack among his nine tackles against Eastern Illinois on Sept. 30 ... Recorded a career-high 12 tackles against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 16... Matched his then-career high and shared team-leading honors with seven tackles at Louisiana Tech on Sept. 9... Had four tackles in his first opening day start in the Sept. 2 season opener at UL Lafayette… Appeared in nine games in 2022, drawing a start at Southeastern on Nov. 12... collected six tackles in his first career start at Southeastern on Nov. 12... Matched a career high with seven tackles in an Oct. 22 loss to Southeast Missouri State... Had four tackles and a half-tackle for loss in an Oct. 15 win at Houston Christian... Established a career high with seven tackles at Eastern Illinois on Oct. 8... Picked up a then-season-best four tackles at Southern Miss on Sept. 1… Appeared in all 11 games in 2021... Tied for eighth on the team with 31 tackles... Had five tackles in back-to-back games to end the season at McNeese (Nov. 20) and at Southeastern (Nov. 13)... Also had half a sack at McNeese and a fumble recovery at Southeastern... Racked up a season-high six tackles in an Oct. 9 win at Houston Baptist... Collected a then-season-high four tackles against UT Martin on Sept. 18.

Junior College: All-American at Trinity Valley Community College in 2021, recording 111 tackles in eight games as the Cardinals went 6-2... Recorded double-digit tackles in seven of the eight games... Added three sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss and three pass breakups... Had 73 tackles, three sacks and a forced fumbles as a freshman... Member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society who graduated with a 3.3 grade point average.

High School: Played three sports at Brazos High School... Lettered for coach Ned Barrier in football and coach Jon Waldrop in both basketball and track and field... Member of the A-B Honor Roll graduated with a 3.3 grade point average.

Personal: Born Dec. 23, 2000... Son of Shonnette Brown... Majoring in psychology and holds a 3.2 GPA... Plans to pursue a career as a sports psychologist... Nickname is “Buck.”
 
 

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