Jayden Wayne
California Golden Bears
81
Good

Jayden Wayne

DEDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Jayden Wayne is the projected starter at DE for California Golden Bears.

Senior · #10 · 6'5", 255 lbs

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Depth at DE · California Golden Bears

  1. 11081Jayden WayneStarter
  2. 21576Joshua Pierce

California Starting Lineup

Top defensive linemen in the ACC

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of IMG Academy, ranked #83 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 26 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 3 sacks. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #83 NatlTeam Share5%
Tacoma, WA
Jersey
#10
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
255 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025264.53

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9622
National Rank
#83
High School
IMG Academy
Hometown
Bradenton, FL

Why this rating?

On a 78-rated defense; 78th-percentile production (×0.85 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
78
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 78% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.85)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 26LCLEMTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-10

Sep 12WSYRTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-18

Jayden Wayne's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

26 tkl · 4.5 TFL · 3 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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