Jaydn Ott Earns PFF All-True Freshman Team Honors

Cal rookie running back Jaydn Ott has been selected to the Pro Fooball Focus All-True Freshman team. Ott was one of 26 true freshmen selected nationally and one of two running backs along with Quinshon Jenkins of Ole Miss.

Below are notes on Ott with his extended bio available by clicking on his name.
 
Jaydn Ott, RB, 6-0, 205, Fr., 1st Season At Cal (Chino, CA/Norco HS/Bishop Gorman HS)
— Earned All-True Freshman team honors from Pro Football Focus
— Selected as a MIdseason True Freshman All-American by On3 and The Athletic, as well as a Midseason Freshman All-American by College Football News
— Played in all 12 games with starts in each of the last 10
— Ranks among Pac-12 and NCAA leaders in all-purpose yards (1218, #4 Pac-12, #53 NCAA), overall rushing yards (897, #5 Pac-12, #55 NCAA), rushing yards per game (74.8, #6 Pac-12, #61 NCAA), total touchdowns (11, #7T Pac-12, #47 NCAA), all-purpose yards per game (101.50, #8 Pac-12, #68 NCAA), rushing touchdowns (8, #9T Pac-12, #70T Pac-12) and rush yards per carry (5.28, #10 Pac-12, #54 NCAA)
— Leads all Pac-12 freshman and ranks among the nation's top freshmen in all-purpose yards (#3 NCAA), all-purpose yards per game (#4 NCAA), total touchdowns (#5 NCAA) and rushing touchdowns (#8 NCAA)
— Second among Pac-12 freshman and among the nation's top freshmen in receptions (46, #4 NCAA), receptions per game (3.8, 34 NCAA), overall rushing yards (#6 NCAA), rush yards per carry (#6 NCAA) and rush yards per game (#8 NCAA)
— Had 321 yards receiving and three touchdown catches on his 46 receptions that are all the top numbers of the campaign by any Cal running back while his receptions are tied for third most in a single season ever by a Cal running back
— Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in three of his first four games at Cal vs. UC Davis, UNLV and Arizona
— Ranks among PFF's top rated halfbacks in the nation with an 90.3 rushing run grade (#19) and an 85.2 rushing offensive grade (#25)
— Rushed for career highs of 274 yards and three touchdowns on a career-high 19 rushes against Arizona with his yards rushing the third-most overall by a Cal player and most ever in a game by a Cal and Pac-12 freshman, as well as the third-most in an FBS game through the 2022 regular season
— Had three games with multiple overall touchdowns and a pair of contests with two or more rushing touchdowns (3 rushing vs. Arizona; 1 rushing, 1 receiving vs. UNLV; 2 rushing at USC)