Linebacker, UConn (from Troy), 2020–24
Jayden McDonald
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Suwanee, GA
Jayden McDonald played linebacker at Troy (2020–23) and UConn (2024).
At a glance
Career highs
20tackles, career highat Massachusetts, 2024Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2022 and 2023
Defense
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Troy | 10 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Troy | 10 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Troy | 10 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Troy | 10 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | UConn | 10 | LB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′0″ | 235 |
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
2024 UConn 13 games, 125 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Maryland | L 7–50 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Merrimack | W 63–17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Duke | L 21–26 | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 48–14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Buffalo | W 47–3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Temple | W 29–20 | 14 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Wake Forest | L 20–23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Rice | W 17–10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 1 | vs. Georgia State | W 34–27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at UAB | W 31–23 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Syracuse | L 24–31 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at Massachusetts | W 47–42 | 20 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. North Carolina | W 27–14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Troy 13 games, 75 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Stephen F. Austin | W 48–30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Kansas State | L 13–42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. James Madison | L 14–16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 27–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | atGeorgia State | W 28–7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Arkansas State | W 37–3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Army | W 19–0 | 13 | 7 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Texas State | W 31–13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. South Alabama | W 28–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at UL Monroe | W 45–14 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Louisiana | W 31–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Southern Miss | W 35–17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. App State | W 49–23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Troy 3 games, 13 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Ole Miss | L 10–28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Alabama A&M | W 38–17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | atApp State | L 28–32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Troy 8 games, 35 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Southern | W 55–3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Liberty | L 13–21 | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | atSouthern Miss | W 21–9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | atUL Monroe | L 16–29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | at South Carolina | L 14–23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Georgia Southern | W 27–24 | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | atTexas State | W 31–28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Coastal Carolina | L 28–35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Troy 11 games, 67 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Middle Tennessee | W 47–14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | at BYU | L 7–48 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs.Texas State | W 37–17 | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Eastern Kentucky | W 31–29 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs.Georgia State | L 34–36 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atArkansas State | W 38–10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 7 | atGeorgia Southern | L 13–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs.Middle Tennessee | L 17–20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | atApp State | L 10–47 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | atSouth Alabama | W 29–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 12 | vs.Coastal Carolina | L 38–42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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