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Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics
Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics
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Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics
Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics
Mike Christy / Arizona Athletics

7 Jayden de Laura

  • Position Quarterback
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 205
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Honolulu, Hawai'i
  • High School St. Louis HS
  • Prev School Washington State
  • Instagram jaydendelaura
  • Twitter jayden_delaura

Biography

Honors and Awards
  • 2023: Manning Award Watch List (8/15)
  • 2023: Maxwell Award Watch List (7/31)
  • 2022: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
  • 2022: Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2022 (11/1)
  • 2022: The Manning Award Watch List (10/28)
  • 2022: Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (9/6)
  • 2021: Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
  • 2021: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
  • 2021: Rose Bowl Game Pac-12 Player of the Week (10/9)
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2023: Appeared in seven games with four starts during his second season with Arizona... Completed 89-of-128 passes (70.0%) for 1,120 yards and 10 touchdowns with five interceptions... Completed 70.0% of his passes which marks the second-highest single-season completion percentage in program history... Threw a season-high three touchdown passes twice; 1st on Sept. 2 vs. Northern Arizona; 2nd vs. UTEP on Sept. 16... Rushed for a 53-yard touchdown against NAU (9/2), marking the longest rush and TD rush of his collegiate career... Missed much of the season due to injury... Completed 2-of-2 passes for 51 yards including a 51-yard touchdown pass to Tetairoa McMillan to lift the Wildcats to a 42-18 win over Utah... Threw for 4,805 yards and 35 touchdowns during his time at Arizona... His career-passing yards are 13th in program history and his career-touchdown passes tied for 10th in program history. 

2022: Started all 12 games at quarterback during his first season with the Arizona Wildcats… Threw for 3,685 yards (14th NCAA) which are the third most in a single season in program history… Passed for 25 touchdowns (t-25th NCAA) marking the sixth-most in program history… Finished third in the Pac-12 in passing yards per game (307.1) and tied for third in passing touchdowns (25)… Completed 62.5 percent of his passes (272-435) marking the seventh-best single-season completion percentage in program history… Helped lead the nation’s 6th best passing attack averaging 318.4 yards per game and 20th nationally-ranked total offense (461.9)… 25 touchdown passes and 3,685 passing yards marked career highs…. Passed for season-high 484 yards and six touchdowns against Colorado (10/1) … It marked the most touchdown passes in a single game in the Pac-12 since Washington State’s Anthony Gordon threw six against Oregon State in 2019… 484 passing yards are the most allowed by Colorado in school history… Became first Arizona QB with 400-plus passing yards in consecutive games since Matt Scott in 2012… Six touchdown passes tied an Arizona school record, matching Tom Tunnicliffe’s six touchdown throws against Pacific on Oct. 23, 1982… Led Arizona to a win over Arizona State in The Territorial Cup for the first time in five seasons… Threw for more than 300 yards in six games and has thrown for more than 300 yards in nine games in collegiate career… Passed for 400-or-more yards three times… 400 yards and four touchdowns at Washington (10/15), 401 yards and two touchdowns at Cal (9/24), and 484 yards and six touchdowns against Colorado (10/1).

Before Arizona: Played two seasons at Washington State from 2020-21…Named the 2021 Pac-12 Offensive Freshman Player of the Year after leading the Cougars to a 7-6 record and a berth in the Sun Bowl; threw for 2,798 yards and 23 touchdowns on 227-for-359 passing…2021 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honoree…Threw multiple touchdown passes in eight games and led WSU to their first Apple Cup victory since 2012…Earned Rose Bowl Game Pac-12 Player of the Week honors after win over Oregon State in which he threw for a career-high 399 yards and three scores…As a first-year freshman in 2020 went 78-of-129 passing for 886 yards and five touchdowns in four games…Prepped at powerhouse program St. Louis High School in Honolulu and helped lead program to two state championships…Went 11-0 and won state as a junior to earn second team All-Hawaii recognition…Again went undefeated as a senior, steering team to 12-0 finish and another state championship…High School All-American according to MaxPreps…2019 Hawai’I Gatorade Player of the Year…As a senior in 2019 threw for 3,452 yards and 29 touchdowns on 228-of-319 passing.
 
Personal: Jayden pukonakona ha'awi mai na makua ha 'ele mai ka hiapo e wili 'ia me ke aloha de Laura...Son of Jacob and Malinda de Laura…Two younger brothers, Jayson and Jayxen…Uncle, Mel de Laura, played wide receiver at Hawai’i.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2022Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'0" 205 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2023Junior

    Quarterback
    6'0" 205 lbs
    7
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