Quarterback, San Diego State (from Mississippi State), 2018–⁠23

Jalen Mayden

Number
No. 18
Height
6′3″
Weight
220 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
Sachse, TX

Jalen Mayden played quarterback at Mississippi State (2018–⁠20) and San Diego State (2021–⁠23).

Career highs

322passing yards, career highvs. Hawai’i, 20223touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Utah State, 2023132rushing yards, career highvs. Idaho State, 20232rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Idaho State, 20238tackles, career highvs. Toledo, 2022

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2018Mississippi State1250.094.500
2021San Diego State5683.3508.310
2022San Diego State14023659.32,0188.61210
2023San Diego State19931463.42,0316.5109
Career34555861.84,1087.42319

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2018Mississippi State7324.6014
2021San Diego State4369.0033
2022San Diego State692313.3332
2023San Diego State1285284.1570
Career2088274.0870

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2022San Diego State940000
2023San Diego State110000
Career1050000

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Mississippi State18QBYr 1
2019Mississippi State18QBYr 2
2020Mississippi State18QBYr 3
2021San Diego State18QBYr 4
2022San Diego State18QBYr 5
2023San Diego State18QBSr. (Yr 6)6′3″220

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2018Mississippi State90.14––1.2–––
2021San Diego State100.55––5.5–––
2022San Diego State2970.5197th (n=250)0.32151.757%0.470.24
2023San Diego State3870.2015th (n=255)0.3275.956%0.270.07

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 San Diego State 12 games, 2,031 passing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 26vs.OhioW 20–⁠1318281642034
Sep 2vs.Idaho StateW 36–⁠2813198500132
Sep 9vs.UCLAL 10–⁠3519371961318
Sep 16atOregon StateL 9–⁠262032256019
Sep 22vs.Boise StateL 31–⁠3416222411085
Sep 30atAir ForceL 10–⁠4913241221117
Oct 14atHawai’iW 41–⁠3418242211153
Oct 21vs.NevadaL 0–⁠6614470052
Nov 4vs.Utah StateL 24–⁠32253926531−5
Nov 11atColorado StateL 19–⁠2219251280016
Nov 18atSan José StateL 13–⁠2415241170221
Nov 25vs.Fresno StateW 33–⁠1817261891096
2022 San Diego State 10 games, 2,018 passing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 10vs.Idaho StateW 38–⁠7––––––
Sep 24vs.ToledoW 17–⁠14––––––
Oct 8vs.Hawai’iW 16–⁠142436322109
Oct 22atNevadaW 23–⁠712251560050
Oct 29atFresno StateL 28–⁠3219242912243
Nov 5vs.UNLVW 14–⁠101931216218
Nov 12vs.San José StateW 43–⁠2717222683161
Nov 18atNew MexicoW 34–⁠1015252802138
Nov 26vs.Air ForceL 3–⁠13163118802−4
Dec 24 ✦vs.Middle TennesseeL 23–⁠2518422972326
2021 San Diego State 1 game, 50 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Dec 4vs.Utah StateL 13–⁠4656501036
2018 Mississippi State 3 games, 9 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.Stephen F. AustinW 63–⁠61290022
Sep 15vs.LouisianaW 56–⁠10–––––8
Nov 3vs.Louisiana TechW 45–⁠3–––––2

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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