2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 2
Jayden Dawson
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 183
- Position:
- CB
- Hometown:
- Riverside, Calif.
- High School:
- Heritage HS
- Prev School:
- Idaho State
2022 (Montana): Transferred to Montana in time to join the team for winter conditioning… Expected to add experience and depth to the Grizzly secondary with one season left to play.
2021 (Idaho State): Earned an All-Big Sky Honorable Mention in the fall of 2021… Was second in the Big Sky in passes defended behind Montana’s Justin Ford with 13 breakups and 2 interceptions… Was Idaho State’s fourth-leading tackler with 54 stops… Also tallied a forced fumble and a fumble recovery that he returned for 19 yards, as well as two tackles for loss... Named Big Sky Player of the Week on Oct. 11 after logging an interception (returned for 61 yards), eight tackles, one TFL, one forced fumble, and two PBUs for the Bengals in a win over #7 UC Davis.
2020-2021 (Idaho State): Earned first-team All-Big Sky honors at corner following the spring season, his first in the league at ISU… Logged 30 tackles (20 solo) in six games for the Bengals… Also tallied one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery, and four pass breakups.
2019 (Mt. San Jacinto): Named second-team Mountain League at corner… Logged 50 tackles (38 solo) in 11 games for the Eagles… Also broke up 11 passes and one interception with a return for 13 yards and two TFLs… Blocked one kick on special teams as well
2018 (College of Idaho): Earned second-team All-Frontier Conference honors in his first year at College of Idaho… Logged 73 tackles and 3 interceptions … Named Academic All-Frontier Conference
High School: 2013 CIF Southern Section Champion… 2015 first-team all-Sunbelt League as a defensive back… 2015 first-team all-county… 2016 Sunbelt Defensive Player of the Year… 2015 and 2016 All-CIF Southern Section at DB. 2014 and 2015 Sunbelt League Champion at 300m hurdles, 2015 Sunbelt League Champion at 4x1
Personal: Parents are Sherrel Collyer and Corey Dawson and step parents Jeremy Shafer and Sonja Dawson.
Quoting Coach Hauck: “Jaden is a guy that has competed at a high level in our conference. I think his veteran presence at corner will really help that group. He’s a mature, accomplished guy, both on the field and in the classroom. We're excited to get him here.”
2021 (Idaho State): Earned an All-Big Sky Honorable Mention in the fall of 2021… Was second in the Big Sky in passes defended behind Montana’s Justin Ford with 13 breakups and 2 interceptions… Was Idaho State’s fourth-leading tackler with 54 stops… Also tallied a forced fumble and a fumble recovery that he returned for 19 yards, as well as two tackles for loss... Named Big Sky Player of the Week on Oct. 11 after logging an interception (returned for 61 yards), eight tackles, one TFL, one forced fumble, and two PBUs for the Bengals in a win over #7 UC Davis.
2020-2021 (Idaho State): Earned first-team All-Big Sky honors at corner following the spring season, his first in the league at ISU… Logged 30 tackles (20 solo) in six games for the Bengals… Also tallied one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery, and four pass breakups.
2019 (Mt. San Jacinto): Named second-team Mountain League at corner… Logged 50 tackles (38 solo) in 11 games for the Eagles… Also broke up 11 passes and one interception with a return for 13 yards and two TFLs… Blocked one kick on special teams as well
2018 (College of Idaho): Earned second-team All-Frontier Conference honors in his first year at College of Idaho… Logged 73 tackles and 3 interceptions … Named Academic All-Frontier Conference
High School: 2013 CIF Southern Section Champion… 2015 first-team all-Sunbelt League as a defensive back… 2015 first-team all-county… 2016 Sunbelt Defensive Player of the Year… 2015 and 2016 All-CIF Southern Section at DB. 2014 and 2015 Sunbelt League Champion at 300m hurdles, 2015 Sunbelt League Champion at 4x1
Personal: Parents are Sherrel Collyer and Corey Dawson and step parents Jeremy Shafer and Sonja Dawson.
Quoting Coach Hauck: “Jaden is a guy that has competed at a high level in our conference. I think his veteran presence at corner will really help that group. He’s a mature, accomplished guy, both on the field and in the classroom. We're excited to get him here.”
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