Jaden Jones

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Oxnard, CA
High School:
Oxnard HS

2023-- Played in four games passed for 52 yards... season high 20 rushing yards against Weber State...

2022 -- Started first three games of redshirt freshman year before suffering season-ending injury at South Dakota ... completed 50 of 88 passes (59 percent) for 655 yards and five touchdowns prior to injury ... 20 of 38 for 211 yards at Fresno State, 27 of 45 for 385 yards and four touchdowns against San Diego and three of five for 59 yards prior to injury at South Dakota ... also rushed 26 times for 95 yards ... first Mustang to throw four touchdown passes in a game since Khaleel Jenkins accomplished the feat at Northern Iowa in 2017 ... was held out of 2023 Spring Game as he continued his rehabilitation from injury.

2021 -- Played in three games at quarterback in first season at Cal Poly ... completed seven of 18 passes for 34 yards as a true freshman ... longest pass was 18 yards to Giancarlo Woods in Montana State game ... also played in Sacramento State and Idaho State contests ... rushed 28 times for 148 yards, including 14 carries for 58 yards against Montana State and 63 yards on just three trips versus Idaho State ... broke off 60-yard run on a fourth-and-one play against the Bengals in first quarter which led to a touchdown ... also had 11 trips for 27 yards versus Sacramento State.

Ventura College -- Attended classes but did not play football, delaying his eligibility clock to the Fall of 2021.

High School -- A 2021 graduate of Westlake High School ... did not play football during pandemic-shortened spring 2021 season ... Jones played varsity football as a freshman and junior at Oxnard High School and as a sophomore at Chaminade High School before transferring to Westlake for his senior campaign ... as a junior in 2019 completed 108 of 149 passes (72.5 percent) for 1,924 yards and 22 touchdowns, leading Yellowjackets under head coach Jaime Moreno to 10-2 record, Pacific View League title (5-0) and the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division Division 4 playoffs ... was intercepted just twice and had the highest quarterback rating in the CIF-Southern Section as well as his completion percentage ... three 200-yard games passing ... also rushed for 230 yards and six scores ... named offensive player of the year in the Pacific View League ... played just three games as a sophomore at Chaminade, completing one of three passes for 43 yards and rushing for nine yards on seven carries, scoring once a four-time Principal's Honor Roll member ... helped with Link Crew and Autism Awareness ... chose to attend Cal Poly because "it is close to home and Cal Poly gave me a chance to show who I can be on and off the field."

Personal -- Son of Jeff and Deborah Jones ... two brothers, Gregory and Jordan, and two sisters, Mariah and Jessie ... wants to play professional football ... enjoys working out, family, "my boys" and learning to be better as hobbies ... born in Las Vegas ... majoring in communication studies.