2019 Football Roster
Roster
Jayln Cagle
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 199
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kannapolis, N.C.
- High School:
- A.L. Brown HS
Veteran running back who will be in the mix for a heavy workload in 2019 … Has good speed, strength and agility … One of the team’s most experienced offensive skill players … Has seen action in 31 career games entering his final season … Has carried the football 275 times for 1,131 yards and six touchdowns during that time … Has 33 career receptions for 208 yards and a score.
2018 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 10 games and made six starts … Carried 126 times for 474 yards and four touchdowns … Carried 20 times for 117 yards and two touchdowns in the season opener vs. Limestone (9/1) … Had 14 carries for 105 yards and a score vs. Presbyterian (11/3) … Carried 25 times for 83 yards and a touchdown vs. Western Carolina (9/14) … Had 16 carries for 44 yards and caught an eight-yard touchdown pass vs. Wofford (9/29) … Had 12 carries for 42 yards and caught four passes for 18 yards at ETSU (10/6). 2017 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 11 games in the backfield … Carried 105 times for 479 yards and one touchdown, ranking second on the team in rushing yards and carries … Had a career-high 24 carries for 179 yards and a 37-yard touchdown run vs. Liberty (10/28) … Caught two passes for 27 yards to finish with a career-high 206 all-purpose yards … Carried 17 times for 50 yards at No. 22 Monmouth (11/11) and caught four passes for 20 yards in that game … Had 19 carries for 73 yards at Presbyterian (11/18) … Averaged a solid 4.6 yards per carry for the season. 2016 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 10 games and started the final two games of the season … Carried 44 times for 178 yards and one touchdown on the season, seeing more action near the end of the campaign due to injuries to backfield mates … Caught six passes for 20 yards … Started and carried a career-high 15 times for 50 yards in a 17-10 win at No. 8 Charleston Southern (11/5) … Also caught five passes for 16 yards in that game … Played often in the season finale, carrying 10 times for 49 yards and a touchdown in an overtime win vs. Monmouth (11/19) … Scored the eventual game winner in overtime from one-yard away … Added a 19-yard kickoff return to finish that game with 68 all-purpose yards … Carried five times for 47 yards at Western Carolina (9/10), including a season-long carry of 27 yards.
High School: Starred at A.L. Brown (N.C.) High under Coach Mike Newsome … Earned second-team All-Observer honors as a punt return specialist from the Charlotte Observer as a senior … Helped Wonders to a 10-3 mark and the Class 4AA state playoffs in 2015 … Totaled 1,600 all-purpose yards as a senior … Had 30 total tackles on defense in 2016 … Carried 76 times for 683 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground as a senior, a healthy average of 9.0 yards per carry … Had three 100-yard games … Caught 22 passes for 316 yards and two more touchdowns … Returned 14 kickoffs for 389 yards and one touchdown … Returned 10 punts for 212 yards (21.2 yards per return) with a long of 60 yards … Had a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown … Had 201 all-purpose yards in a 26-15 win over arch-rival Concord (N.C.) High (8/20) … Carried three times for a season-high 157 yards and caught four passes for 107 yards and a score vs. Robinson (N.C.) High … Added 109 return yards for 373 all-purpose yards in that game … Posted 98-yard kickoff return for a score vs. Mooresville (N.C.) High (9/11) … Had 93 carries for 623 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior … Caught 17 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns … Returned 13 kickoffs for 417 yards and two scores, including 99-yard score vs. Berry (N.C.) High (9/12) … Had an 85-yard kickoff return for a score vs. Mallard Creek (N.C.) High (10/24) … Ran for a season-high 110 yards on 13 carries vs. Concord (N.C.) High ... Also considered Western Carolina and Appalachian State.
