Jayden Loving

Height:
6-2
Weight:
317
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Hamilton, AL
High School:
Hamilton

Career Accolades

2025 All-ACC Honorable Mention
2024 Preseason CUSA All-Conference Second Team by Phil Steele

2025 (Redshirt Senior)
Earned an All-ACC Honorable Mention… Played in all 13 games… Accumulated 44 total tackles, 8.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries and broke up a pass… Graded as the second-best defensive lineman in run defense in the ACC… Recorded a season-high five tackles and half a sack in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl victory over Mississippi State (1/2) … Recorded two tackles for loss in the season opener against Kennesaw State (8/29) … Recorded four tackles, 0.5 TFLs and recovered a fumble in the low-scoring victory over SMU (10/25) … Led Wake Forest, which led the ACC in fumble recoveries, in recoveries with three… Helped lead a Wake defense that finished top-half in the conference in run and pass defense.

Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in the first five games of the 2024 season for the Hilltoppers…Recorded nine tackles with five solo tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss…Posted a season-high five tackles with one solo tackle and 0.5 tackles-for-loss against Toledo.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in all 13 games with one start during the 2023 season for the Hilltoppers…Recorded 36 tackles with 16 solo tackles, three tackles for loss, and two sacks, along with two quarterback hurries and two pass breakups…Recorded three solo tackles with a sack in the season opener against South Florida…Made his first start for the Hilltoppers against Ohio State, recording two tackle and a pass breakup…Notched a season-high seven tackles with four solo tackles against Troy…Added his second sack as part of a three tackle performance against UTEP.

Prior to Western Kentucky
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games during the 2021 season for the Wildcats…Recorded 37 tackles with 15 solo tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, and 4.5 sacks, along with two quarterback hurries, one pass breakup, and a blocked kick…Recorded his first collegiate sack while also adding a blocked kick against Grambling State…Notched three solo tackles, including a sack, against Tennessee State…Recorded six tackles with a season-high four solo tackles and half a sack…Set a career-high with eight tackles, including two solo tackles and a sack, against Prairie View A&M.

2021 (Freshman)
Appeared in two games during the 2021 season for the Wildcats…Recorded two tackles with one solo tackle against South Carolina State…Redshirted.

High School
Attended Hamilton High School…Named Class 4A Second-Team All-State during his senior season.

Personal
Son of Mae Williams…Born on April 8, 2003.