Graduate wide receiver and return specialist Jayden Harrison has been selected to the 2024 Paul Hornung Award Watch List. The award is given annually to the most versatile player in college football.
A transfer from Marshall, Harrison was named a Walter Camp, FWAA and CBS Sports/247Sports.com First Team All-American in 2023, ranking second among all FBS players in kickoff return average, with 30.7 yards per return on 23 returns. Harrison also tied for second among all FBS players in kickoff return touchdowns with two.
In 2023, Harrison played in all 13 games for Marshall (started four), totaling 28 receptions for 410 yards (14.6 yards per reception) and a touchdown. His best performance of the season came in the 2023 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, when he posted 132 yards on six receptions (52-yard long).
Paul Hornung played football for the Fighting Irish from 1954-56, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1956. He played every position in the offensive backfield during his career with the Irish in the 1950s and also played defensive safety, punted, placekicked and returned kickoffs. Hornung was drafted first-overall in the 1957 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. He was selected to the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1985, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
Now in its 15th season, the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse is awarded by the Louisville Sports Commission.