Jaylen Jones

  • Award
    Football Special Teams Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/14/2015
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    Southwest Baptist
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    Cornerback
  • Hometown
    Morgan City, La.
  • High School
McKendree University senior quarterback Isaac Fisher and junior linebacker A.J. Wentland, as well as Southwest Baptist University freshman defensive back Jaylen Jones have been named Great Lakes Valley Conference Players of the Week in football, it was announced by the league office Monday. 

Fisher was tabbed GLVC Offensive Player of the Week, Wentland was picked Defensive Player of the Week, while Jones was named Special Teams Player of the Week.

?Jones becomes the first Bearcat to be named GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week, following an impressive outing last Saturday in SBU's 52-0 win over NAIA's #21 ranked Friends University. The Morgan City, Louisiana, native returned the lone kickoff to SBU 94 yards for a touchdown for his first of the season. Jones also had two punt returns for a combined 43 yards, including a 42-yard return to set SBU up for their first points of the game in the first quarter.