Jaylen Raynor is an American

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for the

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Early life

Raynor attended East Forsyth High School in

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. In week one of his senior season in 2022, Raynor completed 12 of 26 passing attempts for 170 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 343 yards and three touchdowns in a win over

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. He was an unranked quarterback recruit and committed to play college football at Arkansas State over offers from Army, Air Force, Navy, UMass and Miami (Ohio).

College career

As a freshman in 2023, Raynor was named the 247Sports True Freshman of the Week after his week 5 performance against UMass, where he completed 20 of 35 passing attempts for 383 yards and a program record six touchdowns along with 35 rushing yards in his first road start. He was also named the

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Offensive Player of the Week along with being named to the Davey O'Brien Great 8 and a Manning Award Star of the Week. In 2024, Raynor returned as the Red Wolves starting quarterback.

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Arkansas State Red Wolves bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raynor, Jaylen Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Players of American football from Forsyth County, North Carolina American football quarterbacks Arkansas State Red Wolves football players