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Jayce Brown Season 2026

Position
Wide Receiver
Height
6'0
Weight
179
Class
Senior
Hometown
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
High School
Choctawhatchee HS
Previous School
Kansas State
Experience
TR

2025 All-Big 12

Playmaking wide receiver who joins LSU after 3 seasons at Kansas State … A third-team All-Big 12 selection in 2025 after hauling in 41 passes for 712 yards and 5 TDs … Ranked among the Top 10 wide receivers in Kansas State history with 115 career receptions for 1,972 yards and 13 TDs … Departed Kansas State ranked No. 8 in program history in receiving yards (1,972) and No. 10 in TD receptions (13) … Averaged 17.1 yards per catch at Kansas State, which ranks No. 8 in program history … Of his 115 career receptions at Kansas State, 34 covered 20 or more yards with 21 going for 30-plus yards and 13 going 40 yards or more … Played in 33 games with 27 starts in 3 years with the Wildcats … Caught at least 1 pass in 31 of the 33 games in which he has appeared … Had streak of 25 straight games with a reception snapped against UCF in week 5 of the 2025 season when he left the game in the first quarter with an injury … Had 5 100-yard receiving games during his career with a best of 160 yards at Kansas in 2025 … Helped Kansas State to a pair of 9-win seasons and 2 bowl appearances … Father, Don, was drafted in the 15th round of the 1985 MLB Amateur Draft by the Cincinnati Reds … An outfielder, he played 6 seasons of Minor League Baseball, reaching the AA level … Sister Brittany played basketball at Florida State from 2013-17 and currently plays professionally overseas … She appeared in 138 games with a career scoring average of 8.6 points and 4.9 rebounds and helped Florida State to 4 NCAA Tournament appearances, including the Elite Eight twice … Other sister Gabby played basketball at East Tennessee State and West Florida

JUNIOR SEASON (2025 at Kansas State)
Played in 10 games with 9 starts … Missed final 2 games of the season … Finished with 41 receptions for 712 yards and 5 TDs … Led team in receiving yards and was second in receptions and receiving TDs … Tallied 3 100-yard games with a season-high 160 yards and a TD on 4 receptions vs. Kansas … Led the Big 12 in receptions of 30 or more yards with 10 and was No. 2 in the league in catches of 40-plus yards with 4 … Had career-best 12 receptions for 109 yards and a scored against North Dakota … Other 100-yard game came against Baylor (4 rec., 106 yards, 1 TD) … Ranked No. 10 in the FBS in receptions of 30 or more yards with 10 … Ran streak of consecutive games with a catch to 25 straight with 6 receptions for 68 yards at Arizona … Had streak snapped the following week against UCF when he left the game in the first quarter with an injury … Caught at least 2 passes in his final 5 appearances in a Kansas State uniform capped with 3 receptions for 82 yards and a TD at Oklahoma State.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024 at Kansas State)
Appeared in 13 games with 12 starts … Led team in all receiving categories with 47 receptions for 823 yards and 5 TDs … The 823 receiving yards were the most by a Kansas State player since 2014 and ranks as the most in program history by a sophomore … Caught at least 1 pass in all 13 games with a season-best 6 coming against Colorado … Averaged 17.5 yards per catch with 13 of his receptions going for at least 20 yards … Had 7 receptions of at least 40 yards, which ranked No. 4 nationally … Had 4 go for 50 yards or more, which ranked No. 8 in the FBS … Had 2 100-yard games – 121 yards and 2 TDs on 6 catches vs. Colorado and 106 yards and 2 TDs on 3 receptions vs. Iowa State … Caught game-winning TD vs. Colorado on a 50-yard reception with 2:14 left in the contest … Had season-long 65-yard TD reception vs. Iowa State … Team went 9-4 for second straight year capped with a 44-41 win over Rutgers in the Rate Bowl.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2023 at Kansas State)
10 games with 6 starts … First career start came against Houston … Started final 6 games of the season … Finished year with 27 receptions for 437 yards and 3 TDs … Had season-high 96 yards on 4 receptions vs. Kansas in Week 11 … Caught 5 passes for 69 yards vs. Iowa State in regular-season finale and followed that with 5 receptions for 52 yards and a TD in win over NC State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl … His 11-yard TD reception against NC State came with 2:48 left in the contest and put the game out of reach at 28-19 … Had 9 receptions of 20 yards or more … Scored on a 46-yard TD reception on the first play of the game vs. Kansas … Played a total of 373 offensive snaps with 351 of them coming over the final 8 games of the season … Team went 9-4 overall and capped year with a 28-19 victory over NC State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Choctawhatchee under head coach Frank Beasley… Rated with 3-stars … Earned first-team all-state honors as a senior from FloridaHSFootball.com in addition to first-team all-area honors after hauling in 48 receptions for 925 yards and 12 touchdowns … Added 10 interceptions on defense … Helped lead the Indians to the third round of the playoffs in 2022 … Also competed in basketball, baseball and track and field.

Jayce Brown’s Career Highs

Receiving
Receptions: 12 vs. North Dakota, 2025
Yards: 160 at Kansas, 2025
TDs: 2, 2x (Last: at Iowa State, 2024; First: at Colorado, 2024)
Long Reception: 78 at Kansas, 2025

Rushing
Attempts: 3 vs. Rutgers (2024 Rate Bowl)
Yards: 75 at Arizona, 2025
TDs: 1 at Arizona, 2025
Long rush: 75 at Arizona, 2025

Jayce Brown’s Career 100-yard Receiving Games (5)
2025
160 (4 rec.) at Kansas, Oct. 25
109 (12 rec.) vs. North Dakota, Aug. 30
106 (4 rec.) at Baylor, Oct. 4

2024
121 (6 rec.) at Colorado, Oct. 12
105 (3 rec.) at Iowa State, Nov. 30

 

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