Hayden Jones

Height:
6-2
Weight:
275
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Stockton, CA
High School:
Saint Mary's HS

2024 -- Played in seven games as a redshirt sophomore, contributing against Stanford, Western Oregon, Northern Colorado, UC Davis, Idaho, Montana, and Weber State

2023-- Played in five games

2022 -- Redshirt ... did not play in any games.

High School -- A 2022 graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Stockton ... a younger brother of Mustang offensive lineman Hunter Jones, Hayden earned Tri-City Athletic League player of the year honors as a senior in 2021 and was a three-year varsity starter ... also played varsity football during the playoffs as a freshman in 2018 ... twice a team captain ... as a sophomore started at center and earned first-team all-league honors. ... Rams won three of four games during COVID-shortened 2020 season (played in the spring of 2021), then posted a 10-3 mark in 2021, reaching the semifinal round of the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 playoffs ... Jones earned first-team all-league and all-area as an offensive lineman as a senior ... also named a top-five offensive lineman in the section by CalHi Sports and earned all-state honors ... also nominated as a recipient of a National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame award and scholarship ... recipient of "Captain" and Ram Pride awards from his varsity coaches as a senior ... earned First Honors and was a 4.0 student ... member of Green Machine Club and a volunteer at feeding the homeless and the Children's Hospital toy drive ... also made official visits to The Citadel and College of Idaho and received full scholarship offers from Bucknell, The Citadel, Valparaiso, Montana Tech, Black Hills State and College of Idaho ... chose Cal Poly because of its "amazing academic opportunity, great environment, I get to play football with my brother for an amazing Division I program and I liked the coaches."

Personal -- Son of Robert and Angela Jones ... both are Humboldt State (now Cal Poly Humboldt) graduates ... one brother, Hunter, an offensive lineman at Cal Poly ... has been playing at center in football since age 7 ... enjoys hunting, fishing, weight lifting and time with his family as hobbies ... wants to work in the agricultural environment with knowledge of the land and sales ... planned to spend time with family, working, hunting, fishing and training for the upcoming season during the summer ... born in Stockton, Calif. ... majoring in agricultural business.