Ott Finalist For Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year

Jaydn Ott was selected as a finalist for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award on Thursday.

FB12/7/2023 6:55 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Cal Running Back Among 10 Finalists With Winner To Be Announced Dec. 14

Jaydn Ott was named as one of 10 finalists for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award on Thursday. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding college football player of Polynesian ancestry who epitomizes great ability and integrity.
The winner will be announced Dec. 14 and the formal presentation of the award will be held at the 2024 Polynesian Football Hall of Fame Celebration dinner to take place at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu on Jan. 20, 2024. The winner will also be recognized at the Polynesian Bowl played the previous day at Kunuiakea Stadium.
Below are notes on Ott with an extended bio available by clicking on his name.
 
Jaydn Ott, RB, 6-0, 200, So., 2nd Season At Cal (Miami, FL/Columbus HS)
– Has rushed 229 times for 1,260 yards with 11 touchdowns on the ground (all career highs), while adding 21 receptions for 141 yards and two touchdown catches, as well as one kick return for 100 yards and one touchdown to total career highs of 1,501 all-purpose yards and 1,401 yards from scrimmage, as well as a career-high 14 touchdowns overall
– Ranks among Pac-12 and NCAA leaders in rushing yards per game (114.5, No. 1 Pac-12, No. 7 NCAA), rushing yards (No. 1 Pac-12, No. 13 NCAA), all-purpose yards per game (136.45, No. 1 Pac-12, No. 8 NCAA), total touchdowns (14, No. 2T, No. 22T NCAA), rushing touchdowns (No. 2T Pac-12, No. 35T NCAA), scoring (7.6 ppg, No. 3 Pac-12, No. 46 NCAA) and rush yards per carry (5.50, No. 6 Pac-12, No. 48 NCAA)
– His 1,000-yard rushing season is the 19th in Cal history and first since Patrick Laird in 2017 (17 Cal players have recorded 1,000 rushing yards or more in a season with Marshawn Lynch and Russell White each doing it twice)