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Jaylen Lloyd
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Omaha, NE
- High School:
- Omaha Westside
A 2025 addition from the transfer portal who has a reputation for his speed ... Entering 2025, eight of his 19 career receptions have gained at least 25 yards, with longs of 73, 66, 59 and 58 yards and three of those scoring touchdowns ... A talented jumper and sprinter in track and field who won the 2022 National Junior Olympic Championships in the long jump while finishing third in the 100 meters.
2024 (Junior at Nebraska): Part of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team ... Played in all 13 games and made three starts ... Set career season highs with 13 catches and 255 receiving yards ... Had a 36-yard catch against Colorado and followed that up with a 59-yard reception against Northern Iowa ... In a start against Illinois, he had a 17-yard catch ... Started at Purdue and had a 25-yard reception ... Had two catches against Rutgers, finishing with 44 receiving yards that included a 30-yard catch on a successful fake punt ... Had a career-high three receptions at Indiana totaling 36 yards ... Caught one pass at Ohio State and also had one reception against UCLA ... Caught a 24-yard pass at USC ... Had an eight-yard reception at Iowa ... In the Pinstripe Bowl, he had two catches for seven yards.
2023 (Freshman): Played in 10 games as a true freshman and made one start ... Caught six passes for 237 yards and three touchdowns on the season ... Averaged 39.5 yards per catch and each of his three touchdown receptions covered at least 58 yards ... Rushed one time for nine yards at Minnesota ... Caught his first pass with a 19-yard reception against Michigan ... Had a 73-yard touchdown catch against Purdue for his first career score ... Had one catch at Michigan State ... Started the first game of his career against Maryland and had a 25-yard reception ... Caught a 58-yard touchdown pass at Wisconsin to mark his fifth consecutive game with a reception Made another big play against Iowa with a 66-yard touchdown reception, becoming the first Husker true freshman since 2002 to have a touchdown catch in consecutive games ... During the indoor track season he finished fifth in the long jump (24-3 1/2) and seventh in the triple jump (50-0) at the Big Ten Championships ... In outdoor track he placed fourth in the Big Ten in the long jump (25-1 3/4) and 12th in the triple jump (50-1 3/4).
High School: A two-sport star who played his final season at Omaha Westside after beginning his career at Omaha Central ... One of the state’s top wide receivers on the football field and a national champion in track and field ... On the gridiron, he caught 44 passes for 784 yards and five touchdowns in his senior season at Westside, which was cut short due to injury ... Averaged nearly 18 yards per reception and his play helped the Warriors win the state title ... Named to the Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska first team as a senior in addition to earning a spot on the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State first team ... At Omaha Central he was an all-metro selection as a junior when he caught 20 passes for 420 yards ... In track and field he was a six-time state champion ... In his senior season he was the all-class champion in the long jump and triple jump, while finishing second in the 100 meters and third in the 4x100-meter relay ... As a junior he won Class A titles in the 100 meters, long jump and triple jump ... Also the Class A long jump champion as a sophomore ... The 2021-22 Gatorade Nebraska Boys Track and Field Player of the Year ... On the national level he won the 2022 National Junior Olympic Championships in the long jump while finishing third in the 100 meters ... Also won the national title in the long jump and placed second in the triple jump at the 2022 Nike Outdoor Nationals ... At the 2021 National Junior Olympic Championships he was second in the triple jump and third in the long jump ... Ranked among the top 85 receivers in the nation by 247Sports ... Signed to play both sports at Nebraska out of high school over offers from North Dakota, Northern Iowa and Texas Tech ... Nearly committed to focusing on track and field for Florida, the 2022 NCAA outdoor national champions.
Personal: Son of Dante and Dalhia (Ingram) Lloyd ... Mother, Dalhia, was a standout jumper for the Nebraska track and field program and a nine-time All-American from 1998 to 2000, excelling in the long jump and triple jump.
