Jaden Ohlsen

Jaden Ohlsen lines up a field goal attempt.

Photo by: Corey Coulter | GeoCrash Photography

Height:
5-10
Weight:
165
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Denver, CO
High School:
Regis Jesuit HS

2023-- Did not appear in any games, was injured...

2022 -- Played in all 11 games handling kickoffs and placement kicks ... made all 31 of his PAT kick attempts and enters his junior season a perfect 46-for-46 with his extra-point kicks ... also made four of eight field goals with a long of 48 yards against Idaho State ... also made field goals against Northern Arizona (27 yards), Idaho State (33) and UC Davis (36) ... averaged 55.9 yards on his 47 kickoffs with nine touchbacks.

2021 -- Kicked PATs and field goals and added three kickoffs as a true freshman ... made each of his 15 extra-point kicks and was 3-for-9 on field goals while averaging 54.7 yards on his three kickoffs ... made both of his field goal attempts against Idaho State, including game-winning 41-yarder with four seconds remaining ... added a 36-yard field goal in that game, also in the fourth quarter, and a season-long 47-yarder at Fresno State.

High School -- A 2021 graduate of Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo., Ohlsen handled kicking duties as a senior under head coach Danny Filleman ... made all five of his PAT attempts and three of four field goals with a long of 48 yards ... also averaged 27.3 yards on six punts with two downed inside the 20-yard line ... averaged 67 yards on 10 kickoffs with 10 touchbacks ... kicked 29-yard field goal as time expired to lift Regis Jesuit to a 17-14 win over Pine Creek ... Raiders were 5-2 in 2020, including a 4-1 mark for second place in Division 5A ... earned all-league honors and was a Colorado Kicker of the Year finalist ... named team's Special Teams Player of the Year ... also played soccer as a midfielder, helping Raiders to 7-1 record in the spring of 2021 and first place in the 5A Continental Division ... first-team all-league selection after scoring four goals for the season ... maintained 4.2 grade-point average ... academic honors include Highest Honor Roll all four years, 2019 Maxima Cum Laude Award for Academic Achievement (GPA above 4.0) and 2017-18 Gold Cross Award (students with GPAs 4.0 and higher) ... chose to attend Cal Poly "because it is a great academic school. I liked the direction the football program is going and was inspired by the coaches and their vision for the team. I was very intrigued with the learn by doing philosophy and the classes offered by the business program. Another benefit is that it’s on the west coast close to the beach."

Personal -- Son of Taylor Ohlsen and Kimberly Larson-Ohlsen ... one sister, Nicolette ... volunteered for several different organizations, such as EarthLinks (worked alongside the homeless in the garden to grow food in exchange for work and to create Earth-friendly products), Metro Caring (Denver’s frontline anti-hunger organization; helped to organize the food bank, monitored distribution of goods and assisted families in bringing products to their vehicles); and Jewel Elementary School (volunteered as a teacher’s assistant in a first grade class in an ethnically diverse community) ... assisted students in academic activities, organize projects and played games with the children ... wants to own a business ... hobbies include spending time with friends, skiing, stock market, cars and horseback riding ... born in Denver, Colorado ... traveled to Mexico and Hawai'i in the summer of 2021 ... majoring in business administration.