Jayden Fielding

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Jayden Fielding
Ohio State BuckeyesNo. 38
Position Kicker
ClassJunior
Personal information
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school IMG Academy
Career highlights and awards

Jayden Fielding is an American college football kicker for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

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Early life

Fielding attended Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, and later transferred to IMG Academy. As a senior, he converted 91 percent of his kickoffs for touchbacks and had a long field goal of 50 yards. [1] Fielding committed to play college football at Ohio State University as a preferred walk-on. [2] [3]

College career

As a freshman in 2022, Fielding handled kickoff duties in all 13 games for the Buckeyes. [4] He opened the 2023 season as Ohio State's starting kicker, beating out Parker Lewis for the job after the graduation of Noah Ruggles. [5] In his first career start at kicker, Fielding went three for three on his field goal attempts and two for two on extra points, as he helped the Buckeyes beat Indiana. [6] In week six, he made all three of his field goal attempts and all four of his extra point attempts in a win over Maryland. [7]

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References

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