Running back, Colorado State (from Gardner-Webb, UConn), 2022–26
Jayden Brown
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Class (2026)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Stone Mountain, GA
Jayden Brown plays running back for Colorado State, after Gardner-Webb (2022–23) and UConn (2024–25). Last time out, at Texas State: 6 carries, 22 yards; 4 catches, 35 yards. Brown leads Colorado State in rushing yards this season.
2026 so far
431 rushing yards, 3 TD
Last game: 6 carries, 22 yards; 4 catches, 35 yards at Texas State, L 27–66
Next game: vs. San Diego State, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
At a glance
Career highs
171rushing yards, career highvs. Southern Utah, 20262rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Southern Utah, 20266catches, career highat UTSA, 20262receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Robert Morris, 2023Team titles: Big South champions, 2022; Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2023
Rushing
* The season in progress, so far.
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gardner-Webb | 76 | 459 | 6.0 | 6 | 44 |
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb | 98 | 487 | 5.0 | 4 | 73 |
| 2024 | UConn | 98 | 578 | 5.9 | 2 | 52 |
| 2025 | UConn | 32 | 262 | 8.2 | 2 | 49 |
| 2026 | Colorado State | 47 | 431 | 9.2 | 3 | 80 |
| Career | 351 | 2,217 | 6.3 | 17 | 80 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gardner-Webb | 8 | 297 | 0 |
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb | 25 | 518 | 0 |
| 2024 | UConn | 13 | 369 | 1 |
| 2025 | UConn | 14 | 281 | 0 |
| 2026 | Colorado State | 4 | 168 | 1 |
| Career | 64 | 1,633 | 2 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gardner-Webb | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 17 |
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb | 16 | 247 | 15.4 | 5 | 71 |
| 2024 | UConn | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 1 | 22 |
| 2025 | UConn | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026 | Colorado State | 16 | 88 | 5.5 | 0 | 20 |
| Career | 47 | 472 | 10.0 | 6 | 71 | |
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gardner-Webb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | UConn | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gardner-Webb | 1 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb | 1 | RB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2024 | UConn | 1 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2025 | UConn | 1 | RB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2026 | Colorado State | 1 | RB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′9″ | 180 |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gardner-Webb (FCS) | 57 | 0.43 | – | – | 24.7 | 9% | – |
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb (FCS) | 73 | 0.07 | 23rd (n=450) | 0.17 | 5.5 | 14% | – |
| 2025 | UConn | 37 | 0.33 | – | – | 12.1 | 11% | – |
| 2026 | Colorado State | 67 | 0.27 | 84th (n=478) | 0.10 | 17.9 | 16% | 0.21 |
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.
Rushing detail
| Season | Team | Success | Line yards | Second level | Open field | Stuffed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UConn | 41% | 4.10 | 1.60 | 6.70 | 6% |
| 2026 | Colorado State | 43% | 2.90 | 1.10 | 5.40 | 23% |
Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.
Game by game
2026 Colorado State 6 games, 431 rushing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 35–13 | 8 | 57 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 58–24 | 9 | 171 | 2 | – | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. | L 23–41 | 9 | 28 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 26 | at | L 45–59 | 12 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 132 |
| Oct 3 | vs. | L 26–56 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Oct 15 | at | L 27–66 | 6 | 22 | 0 | – | – |
2025 UConn 5 games, 262 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 59–13 | 9 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 84 |
| Sep 6 | at | L 20–27 | 5 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 36 |
| Sep 13 | at | L 41–44 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 22 | at | W 48–45 | 10 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 40 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. | L 16–41 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 121 |
2024 UConn 11 games, 578 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | at | L 21–26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 48–14 | 21 | 156 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 47–3 | 10 | 53 | 1 | – | – |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 29–20 | 7 | 10 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | L 20–23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 93 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 17–10 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Nov 1 | vs. | W 34–27 | 14 | 138 | 1 | – | – |
| Nov 9 | at | W 31–23 | 5 | 12 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 23 | at | L 24–31 | 5 | 41 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 30 | at | W 47–42 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 206 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. | W 27–14 | 11 | 96 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
2023 Gardner-Webb 11 games, 487 rushing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | L 24–45 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 34–27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Sep 16 | at | L 25–27 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 98 |
| Sep 23 | at | L 0–44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62 |
| Oct 7 | vs. | W 31–16 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Oct 14 | at | L 14–41 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 48 |
| Oct 28 | vs. | W 38–34 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 42 |
| Nov 4 | at | W 45–44 | 12 | 67 | 0 | 6 | 153 |
| Nov 11 | at | W 35–0 | 11 | 38 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 34–10 | 10 | 147 | 1 | – | – |
| Nov 25 ✦ | at | L 7–17 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 43 |
No box score in the source for Oct 21 vs. Eastern Kentucky, so that game is not listed.
2022 Gardner-Webb 10 games, 459 rushing yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs. | L 14–45 | 3 | 22 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 1 | at | L 7–28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 8 | at | W 48–0 | 10 | 85 | 2 | – | – |
| Oct 15 | at | L 20–21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 22 | at | W 28–14 | 14 | 92 | 1 | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. | W 48–40 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 60 |
| Nov 12 | at | W 42–35 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 38–17 | 12 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| Nov 26 | at | W 52–41 | 12 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 141 |
| Dec 3 | at | L 14–54 | 6 | 32 | 0 | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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