2024-25 Football
Roster
#2 Jayden Harrison Football Roster
WR
Height
5-10
Weight
198
Class
Graduate Student/*Senior
Hometown
Antioch, TN
High School
Pearl-Cohn/Marshall
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2024 USA Today Preseason All-American – Second Team
- 2024 Sporting News Preseason All-American – Second Team
- 2023 FWAA All-American – First Team
- 2023 Walter Camp All-American – First Team
- 2023 CBS Sports/247 Sports.com All-American – First Team
- 2023 Jet Award Finalist
- 2023 All-SBC First Team (kick returner)
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2024)
- at TEXAS A&M (8/31): Starting wide receiver… made a pair of catches for four yards
- NORTHERN ILLINOIS (9/7): Played on offense and special teams in the game… had three kick-off returns for a combined 80 yards… longest return was 34 yards
- at PURDUE (9/15): Started as a wide receiver… had a pair of catches on two targets for 47 yards… had a 42-yard reception in the third quarter on third down to keep a scoring drive alive
- MIAMI UNIVERSITY (9/22): Played on offense for the win… made three catches for 19 yards
- LOUISVILLE (9/28): Competed in the victory… had a catch of 34 yards for a third-down conversion to extend a drive which ended in an Irish touchdown… had a kick return for 25 yards… collected one solo tackle
- STANFORD (10/12): Competed for the Irish in the win on both offense and special teams
- at GEORGIA TECH (10/19): Saw playing time on offense and special teams… had two receptions… longest reception was seven yards
- at NAVY (10/26): Competed in the win… targeted once
Prior to Notre Dame
At Marshall
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2023)
- Ranked second among all FBS players in kickoff return average, with 30.7 yards per return on 23 returns
- Tied for second among all FBS players in kickoff return touchdowns with two
- Played in all 13 games for Marshall (started four), totaling 28 receptions for 410 yards (14.6 yards per reception) and a touchdown.
- Totaled 23 kickoff returns for 705 yards (30.7 per return) and two touchdowns, with a 98-yard long return.
- Posted four kickoff returns for 121 yards (43-yard long) in the 41-35 win over Old Dominion (9/30).
- Snagged a 28-yard touchdown pass, also posting 60 kickoff return yards, at NC State (10/7)
- Returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown, totaling three kickoff returns for 153 yards, also leading Marshall with four receptions for 40 yards, vs. James Madison (10/19)
- Returned the first kickoff of the game 98 yards for a touchdown in the 38-33 win over Georgia Southern (11/11)
- Posted 132 yards on six receptions (52-yard long), along with two kickoff returns for 36 yards, in the 2023 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl vs. UTSA (12/19)
AS A SENIOR (2022)
- Appeared in 12 games for Marshall
- Caught 12 passes for 95 yards with one touchdown
- Was also the team’s leading kick returner, amassing 298 yards on 15 returns
- Had a season-high 43 receiving yards against Georgia Southern, including a season-best 28-yard reception
- Caught the lone touchdown pass of his season against App State
- Caught a season-high three passes for 38 yards against Notre Dame
AS A JUNIOR (2021)
- Appeared in all 13 games for Marshall, making three starts
- Caught 23 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns
- Also was team’s leading kick returner with 15 returns for 378 yards and a touchdown
- Returned a 99-yard kickoff to open the game at Florida Atlantic
- Caught four passes for 81 yards with a career-long 45-yard reception against N.C. Central in the opener
- Caught three passes for 65 yards and a touchdown against UAB
- Caught three passes for 28 yards and a touchdown against North Texas
- Caught a career-best five passes against Charlotte
At Vanderbilt
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020)
- Played in all nine contests
- First career start against No. 20/17 LSU
- Eight receptions for 20 yards (2.5 yards/reception)
- Two carries for 12 yards (6.0 yards/rush)
- Seven kickoff returns for 141 yards (20.1 yards/return)
- Within the SEC, tied for seventh in kickoff returns, 12th in kickoff return yards
- First career reception at No. 10/11 Texas A&M
- Season-high receptions versus No. 20/17 LSU and season-best 16-yard rush
- Career-long 25-yard reception against South Carolina
- Five kickoff returns for 104 yards (20.8 yards/return) versus the Gamecocks
- Two kickoff returns for 37 yards (18.5 yards/return) against Ole Miss
AS A FRESHMAN (2019)
- Did not see game action
PREP & PERSONAL
- Prepped at Pearl-Cohn (Tenn.)
- Three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports
- 120 catches, 1,864 receiving yards, 2009 all-purpose yards and 24 career touchdowns
- 45 receptions, 685 receiving yards and nine touchdowns as a senior
- 2018 Tennessean’s Dandy Dozen
- 2018 Region 5-3A All-Region
- 2016 and 2017 All-City
- Varsity letters as guard in basketball
- Finalist for Metro Nashville’s prestigious William E. Hume Award
- 200-meter city champion, member of state-winning 4×100-meter relay
- Son of John and Kimberly Harrison
- Three brothers (Jody Jr., Kendall and Anrae)