Jaydon Blue
American football player (born 2004)
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Jaydon Blue (born January 8, 2004)[1] is an American professional football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and was selected by the Cowboys in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft.
Blue with the Texas Longhorns in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 23 – Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | January 8, 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Klein Cain (Harris County, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Texas (2022–2024) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2025: 5th round, 149th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||||||||||||
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Early life
Blue attended Klein Cain High School. As a sophomore, Blue rushed for 1,612 yards and 16 touchdowns on 205 carries.[2] As a junior, Blue rushed for 2,155 yards and 30 touchdowns.[3] He opted out of the senior season to prepare for college football.[3] Coming out of high school, Blue was rated as a four-star recruit, the 48th overall recruit, and the 3rd overall running back in the class of 2022.[3] Blue committed to play college football for the Texas Longhorns over offers from schools such as Alabama, LSU, Georgia, and Oklahoma.[4]
College career
As a freshman in 2022, Blue rushed 15 times for 33 yards.[5] In the 2023 regular-season finale, he rushed ten times for a career-high 121 yards and a touchdown in a blowout win over Texas Tech.[6] In the 2024 Sugar Bowl, Blue rushed nine times for 59 yards, tallying four receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown, while also returning three kickoffs for 80 yards versus Washington.[7] He finished the 2023 season with 398 rushing yards and three touchdowns, while also hauling in 14 receptions for 135 yards.[8] On January 12, 2025, Blue announced his intentions to enter the draft.[9]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||
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| 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | 196 lb (89 kg) | 29+7⁄8 in (0.76 m) | 8+1⁄4 in (0.21 m) | 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.92 m) | 4.38 s | 1.52 s | 2.59 s | 29.5 in (0.75 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | |||
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[10][11] | ||||||||||||
After declaring for the 2025 NFL draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Blue with the 149th pick in the fifth round.[12] Blue signed his four-year rookie contract worth $4.63 million.[13]
Blue made his NFL debut in Week 5 against the New York Jets, recording seven rushing yards and one kick return for 32 yards.[14] In Week 18 against the New York Giants, Blue scored his first NFL touchdown, along with 64 rushing yards.[14]