Defensive back, Arizona (from Duquesne, West Virginia), 2021–25
Ayden Garnes
Lettered 2025 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 176 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Philadelphia, PA
- Born
- Mar 20, 2003
Ayden Garnes played defensive back at Duquesne (2021–23), West Virginia (2024) and Arizona (2025).
Career highs
9tackles, career highvs. SMU, 2025Team titles: Northeast champions, 2023
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Duquesne | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Duquesne | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | West Virginia | 25 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | Arizona | 43 | 32 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Career | 83 | 58 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Duquesne | 9 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Duquesne | 9 | DB | So. | ||
| 2024 | West Virginia | 9 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Arizona | 9 | DB | Sr. | 6′0″ | 176 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Arizona 13 games, 43 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Hawai’i | W 40–6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Weber State | W 48–3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Kansas State | W 23–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 27 | at Iowa State | L 14–39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 41–13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 11 | vs. BYU | L 27–33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | at Houston | L 28–31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Colorado | W 52–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Kansas | W 24–20 | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Cincinnati | W 30–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Baylor | W 41–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 28 | at Arizona State | W 23–7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. SMU | L 19–24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 West Virginia 6 games, 25 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Penn State | L 12–34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. UAlbany | W 49–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Pittsburgh | L 34–38 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs.Kansas | W 32–28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | atOklahoma State | W 38–14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Iowa State | L 16–28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Duquesne 4 games, 8 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at West Virginia | L 17–56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | at Coastal Carolina | L 7–66 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Delaware | L 17–43 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Oct 21 | vs.Saint Francis | W 38–35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 2 vs. Edinboro, so that game is not listed.
2022 Duquesne 7 games, 7 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | at Florida State | L 7–47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | atHawai’i | L 14–24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Merrimack | L 21–28 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 22 | at Central Connecticut | W 30–6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. Long Island University | L 48–50 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | atSaint Francis | L 14–51 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. Wagner | W 33–0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¼″ |
| Weight | 183 lb |
| Arm length | 31¼″ |
| Hand size | 8⅝″ |
| Wingspan | 74½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.43 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 s |
| Vertical jump | 36″ |
| Broad jump | 10′9″ |
| Bench press | 10 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.03 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.27 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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