PRONOUNCED Jay-den

2022 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
• All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Associated Press All-Pac-12 Second Team
• PFF All-Pac-12 First Tem
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5)
• Burlsworth Trophy Nominee (Current/Former Walk-On Honor)
• Played in and started 12 games
• Totaled 64 tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble, three interceptions and six pass breakups
• Opened the season with four tackles and an interception against Boise State, adding two pass breakups, earning him Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors
• Finished with four tackles and half a tackle for loss in back-to-back wins over Fresno State and Montana State. Added an INT against Montana State in Portland
• Recorded a season-best eight tackles three times: at Utah, versu Washington State and against Oregon
• Picked up a 10-yard sack against the Cougars to go along with a pass breakup
• Finished with six tackles against Colorado, adding an INT, pass breakup and half a tackle
• Recorded five tackles versus Cal
• Ended his OSU career with four tackles and half a tackle for loss versus Florida in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
• Team captain

2021 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in all 13 games, making 12 starts. Finished with 71 tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions and six pass breakups
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 Third Team
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Wuerrfel Trophy Award Watch List (community service, academics, athletics)
• Burlsworth Trophy nominee
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Totaled eight tackles in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl versus Utah State
• Finished with seven tackles and a pass breakup in the regular season finale at Oregon
• Recorded eight tackles and a pass breakup versus USC
• Intercepted a pass and made four tackles with a pass breakup in the win over Stanford
• Tallied four tackles in each of the first two games of the season. Intercepted a pass against Purdue. Recorded a pass breakup against Hawai’i
• Finished with seven tackles including 1.5 for loss against Washington
• Totaled eight tackles with a pass breakup against Utah
• Totaled eight tackles at Colorado
• Recorded six tackles against Arizona State
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team

2020 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in and started all seven games
• Made 29 tackles with two interceptions and two pass breakups
• Picked off a pass and totaled four tackles in the win over Oregon
• Made four tackles with a pass breakup in the week three win over California
• Recorded five tackles in each of the last two games, versus Stanford and Arizona State
• Posted five tackles at Washington
• Opened the season with an interception and finished with three tackles against Washington State
• Wuerffel Trophy preseason watch list
• Member of the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

2019 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Received a clock extension prior to the season, turning back to a redshirt sophomore
• Played in all 12 games, making nine starts
• Recorded 40 tackles, adding two interceptions with 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, a forced fumble and three pass breakups
• Intercepted a pass and returned it 36 yards for a touchdown versus Washington
• Picked off his first career pass in the win at California
• Recorded a season-best six tackles at Hawai’i
• Opened the season with a sack and three tackles against Oklahoma State
• Recorded five tackles three times: versus UCLA, Arizona and Washington State

2018 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in 10 games, making 16 tackles with two pass deflections
• Tallied a season-best six tackles against Stanford
• Recorded four tackles versus Oregon
• Had pass breakups in consecutive games versus Washington State and Colorado

2017 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
• Played in the first three games of the season but missed the last nine due to injury
• Made three tackles, with two coming against Minnesota

2016 (FRESHMAN)
• Showed good ball skills and future potential during fall camp
• Suffered a season-ending shoulder injury during fall camp 
• Joined the Oregon State football program in June 2016

WEST LINN HIGH SCHOOL
• Played one season of football for the Lions
• Recorded 54 tackles and four interceptions as a senior
• Also played basketball at West Linn
• Earned All-Three Rivers League honors on the hardwood
• Two-time team captain in basketball

PERSONAL
• Born in Portland, Ore.
• Son of Brian and Gina Grant
• Has six brothers, Amani, Elijah, Jonavan, Brian, Maxwell, and Omari, and two sisters, Maliah and Anaya
• Father, Brian, played in the NBA from 1994-2006 including several years with the Portland Trailblazers. Brian is the founder of the Brian Grant Foundation for support of people with Parkinson’s
• Honor Roll student
• Enjoys sports, video games and spending time with family and friends
• Has been involved in several community service activities including feeding the homeless on a regular basis
• Graduated with a degree in digital communication arts following the Spring 2020 quarter