Jaydon Blue
| Texas Longhorns – No. 23 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Running back |
| Class | Junior |
| Major | Physical Culture and Sports |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 8, 2004[1] Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Klein Cain (Harris County, Texas) |
Jaydon Blue (born January 8, 2004)[1] is an American college football running back for the Texas Longhorns.
Early life
[edit]Blue attended Klein Cain High School. As a sophomore, Blue rushed for 1,612 yards and 16 touchdowns on 205 carries.[2] As a junior, Blue rushed for 2,155 yards and 30 touchdowns.[3] He opted out of the senior season to prepare for college football.[3] Coming out of high school, Blue was rated as a four-star recruit, the 48th overall recruit, and the 3rd overall running back in the class of 2022.[3] Blue committed to play college football for the Texas Longhorns over offers from schools such as Alabama, LSU, Georgia, and Oklahoma.[4]
College career
[edit]As a freshman in 2022, Blue rushed 15 times for 33 yards.[5] In the 2023 regular-season finale, he rushed ten times for a career-high 121 yards and a touchdown in a blowout win over Texas Tech.[6] In the 2024 Sugar Bowl, Blue rushed nine times for 59 yards, tallying four receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown, while also returning three kickoffs for 80 yards versus Washington.[7] He finished the 2023 season with 398 rushing yards and three touchdowns, while also hauling in 14 receptions for 135 yards.[8] On January 12, 2025, Blue announced his intentions to enter the draft.[9]
| Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| 2022 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 65 | 398 | 6.1 | 3 | 14 | 135 | 9.6 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 15 | 134 | 730 | 5.4 | 8 | 42 | 368 | 8.8 | 6 | |
| Career | 38 | 214 | 1,161 | 5.4 | 11 | 56 | 503 | 9.0 | 7 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b @Jaydonblue23 (January 8, 2024). "Blessed to see 20😁!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Galatzan, Matt (20 May 2021). "Longhorns RB Commit Jaydon Blue Opts Out of Senior Season". Texas Longhorns on SI. SI.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Chiari, Mike. "4-Star RB Recruit Jaydon Blue to Skip HS Senior Season to Prepare for Texas". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Coleman, Adam (2 February 2021). "Klein Cain RB Jaydon Blue commits to Texas". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Cook, Joe. "A confident Jaydon Blue is tasked with a new role in the Wake of CJ Baxter's injury". InsideTexas.com. On3.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Hutchinson, Emma. "Texas Running Backs CJ Baxter, Jaydon Blue Join Preseason Doak Walker Award Watch List". Texas Longhorns on SI. SI.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Wells, Justin. "Texas RB Jaydon Blue named to Paul Hornung Award Watch List". On3.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ Newman, Josh. "Texas football RB Jaydon Blue's unwavering confidence more vital than ever". LoneStarLive.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Jaydon Blue declares for 2025 NFL draft". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 12 January 2025.