Kansas State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Pickle, Jaylen
Jersey Number 93
Jaylen Pickle
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 310
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cimarron, Kan.
- High School:
- Cimarron
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Saw time in 36 career games with seven starts... Played defensive tackle his first three seasons on the field, and moved to defensive end during his senior campaign.
2022: Saw action in all 14 games, totaling 15 tackles, a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss and the first 1.5 sacks of his career... Set a new career high with five tackles at Oklahoma, while he had a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss against South Dakota... Also batted away a pass against the Coyotes... Tallied three stops against Tulane.
2021: Played in all 13 games with starts in each of the first five contests... Recorded a hustle interception on a tipped ball in the flat against Southern Illinois... His pick against the Salukis was the first by a Wildcat interior defensive lineman since 2016 (Matt Seiwert against Missouri State)... Tied his career high with four tackles at Texas Tech and at Texas... Registered his first full tackle for against the Longhorns.
2020: Played in eight games with starts against Oklahoma and Texas Tech, the first two starts of his career... Totaled 10 tackles, a half tackle for loss and three pass breakups on the year... Tallied a career-high four tackles in K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma, a game in which he tipped a pass that was intercepted on the Sooners’ first possession... Batted down a pair of passes against Texas Tech... Had three stops and a half TFL at West Virginia.
2019: Played against Bowling Green but did not record any statistics.
2018: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Cimarron, including the final year under head coach Greg Koenig... Regarded as the third-best prospect in the state of Kansas and the 44th-best defensive tackle in the nation for the Class of 2018 by Rivals... Picked up honorable mention all-state honors as a junior in 2016 and as a senior in 2017 from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, leading the Bluejays to league and district championships each year... Also a four-year all-league player... Totaled 50 tackles, including 4.0 tackles for loss, as a senior... Also lettered four years in basketball – earning all-league and all-state honors – three years in track and field, and one year in golf.
PERSONAL: Jaylen Pickle was born July 4, 1999, in Elgin, Illinois... Son of Brian Wells and Lisa Pickle... Obtained his undergraduate degree from K-State in management information systems in May 2022.
• 2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Saw time in 36 career games with seven starts... Played defensive tackle his first three seasons on the field, and moved to defensive end during his senior campaign.
2022: Saw action in all 14 games, totaling 15 tackles, a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss and the first 1.5 sacks of his career... Set a new career high with five tackles at Oklahoma, while he had a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss against South Dakota... Also batted away a pass against the Coyotes... Tallied three stops against Tulane.
2021: Played in all 13 games with starts in each of the first five contests... Recorded a hustle interception on a tipped ball in the flat against Southern Illinois... His pick against the Salukis was the first by a Wildcat interior defensive lineman since 2016 (Matt Seiwert against Missouri State)... Tied his career high with four tackles at Texas Tech and at Texas... Registered his first full tackle for against the Longhorns.
2020: Played in eight games with starts against Oklahoma and Texas Tech, the first two starts of his career... Totaled 10 tackles, a half tackle for loss and three pass breakups on the year... Tallied a career-high four tackles in K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma, a game in which he tipped a pass that was intercepted on the Sooners’ first possession... Batted down a pair of passes against Texas Tech... Had three stops and a half TFL at West Virginia.
2019: Played against Bowling Green but did not record any statistics.
2018: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Cimarron, including the final year under head coach Greg Koenig... Regarded as the third-best prospect in the state of Kansas and the 44th-best defensive tackle in the nation for the Class of 2018 by Rivals... Picked up honorable mention all-state honors as a junior in 2016 and as a senior in 2017 from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, leading the Bluejays to league and district championships each year... Also a four-year all-league player... Totaled 50 tackles, including 4.0 tackles for loss, as a senior... Also lettered four years in basketball – earning all-league and all-state honors – three years in track and field, and one year in golf.
PERSONAL: Jaylen Pickle was born July 4, 1999, in Elgin, Illinois... Son of Brian Wells and Lisa Pickle... Obtained his undergraduate degree from K-State in management information systems in May 2022.
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