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Jersey Number 15
Jayden McGowan
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 187
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Laurens, S.C.
- High School:
- Laurens 55 HS
- Prev School:
- Vanderbilt / Boston College / Charlotte
Previous Schools: Spent the 2025 season at Charlotte, the 2024 season at Boston College and the 2022-23 seasons at Vanderbilt.
2025: Started the season opener vs. App State and had a seven-yard catch before suffering a season-ending injury.
2024: Played in 11 games at Boston College, with two rushes for 13 yards, a pair of catches, five kickoff returns for 97 yards and five punt returns for 33 yards.
2023: Named third-team All-SEC as a kickoff returner by College Football Network ... Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... Ranked third on the team with 383 receiving yards, while playing in 12 games with eight starts ... Also rushed 18 times for 109 yards ... Returned five punts for 34 yards and 19 kickoffs for 461 yards, including a 97 yarder for a TD vs. Hawaii ... Ranked fourth in the SEC in average kickoff return (24.3) ... Had 987 all-purpose yards, an average of 82.3 per game ... Had 82 all-purpose yards with a 35-yard kickoff return vs. Auburn ... Named to the Paul Hornug Award Honor Roll and was a member of the Hornug Watch List. 2022: Named third-team All-SEC as a kickoff returner by Phil Steele ... Earned SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll honors ... Played in all 12 games with 10 starts ... Had 44 catches for 453 yards and three TDs ... Had at least two catches in 11 of 12 games ... Returned 16 kickoffs for 384 yards with 24 yards per return ranking third in the SEC and 20th in the NCAA ... Had three catches and a TD in a win over Florida ... Had 104 receiving yards and a TD on seven cathces for Ole Miss ... Caught a TD and had 118 yards receiving vs. Elon ... Named SEC Freshman of the Week - the first for VU since 2018 - after the win over Elon.
High School: Early enrolee at Vanderbilt in January of 2022 following a career at Laurens District 55 High School and Coach Daryl Smith ... Was a three-star prospect and the sixth-best prosoect in the state of South Carolina by ESPN ... Earned all-state and all-region honors as a senior ... Had 38 catches for 817 yards and nine TDs as a senior ... Returned 13 punts for 317 yards with two TDs as a senior and eight kickoffs for 250 yards ... Added a pair of blocked kic
ks, while also rushing 22 times for 263 yards ... Was named the fastest athlete in South Carolina as a state champion as a junior after a 10.6 seconds in the 100m and a 21.6 seconds in the 200m ... Named to the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Harold McGowan and Freda Harvey ... Has a brother, Darius ... Majored in medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt, as a sociology major at Boston College.
2025: Started the season opener vs. App State and had a seven-yard catch before suffering a season-ending injury.
2024: Played in 11 games at Boston College, with two rushes for 13 yards, a pair of catches, five kickoff returns for 97 yards and five punt returns for 33 yards.
2023: Named third-team All-SEC as a kickoff returner by College Football Network ... Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... Ranked third on the team with 383 receiving yards, while playing in 12 games with eight starts ... Also rushed 18 times for 109 yards ... Returned five punts for 34 yards and 19 kickoffs for 461 yards, including a 97 yarder for a TD vs. Hawaii ... Ranked fourth in the SEC in average kickoff return (24.3) ... Had 987 all-purpose yards, an average of 82.3 per game ... Had 82 all-purpose yards with a 35-yard kickoff return vs. Auburn ... Named to the Paul Hornug Award Honor Roll and was a member of the Hornug Watch List. 2022: Named third-team All-SEC as a kickoff returner by Phil Steele ... Earned SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll honors ... Played in all 12 games with 10 starts ... Had 44 catches for 453 yards and three TDs ... Had at least two catches in 11 of 12 games ... Returned 16 kickoffs for 384 yards with 24 yards per return ranking third in the SEC and 20th in the NCAA ... Had three catches and a TD in a win over Florida ... Had 104 receiving yards and a TD on seven cathces for Ole Miss ... Caught a TD and had 118 yards receiving vs. Elon ... Named SEC Freshman of the Week - the first for VU since 2018 - after the win over Elon.
High School: Early enrolee at Vanderbilt in January of 2022 following a career at Laurens District 55 High School and Coach Daryl Smith ... Was a three-star prospect and the sixth-best prosoect in the state of South Carolina by ESPN ... Earned all-state and all-region honors as a senior ... Had 38 catches for 817 yards and nine TDs as a senior ... Returned 13 punts for 317 yards with two TDs as a senior and eight kickoffs for 250 yards ... Added a pair of blocked kic
ks, while also rushing 22 times for 263 yards ... Was named the fastest athlete in South Carolina as a state champion as a junior after a 10.6 seconds in the 100m and a 21.6 seconds in the 200m ... Named to the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Harold McGowan and Freda Harvey ... Has a brother, Darius ... Majored in medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt, as a sociology major at Boston College.
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