• Player
• Seasons: 2017-18
• Number: 1
• Position: G
• Height: 5' 11“
• Weight: 170
• Hometown: Springfield, MA
• High School: Central¹⁾
• Prep School: Notre Dame Prep, Wilbraham & Monson Academy²⁾
• Transfer From: Maryland
• Birthday: September 7³⁾

• Heart condition detected prior to the season prevents him from playing.⁴⁾⁵⁾ UMass will honor his academic scholarship for two years, but it will not count against the team's total.⁶⁾
• Committed to UMass as a graduate student transfer on 4/23/17⁷⁾
• Accepted into UMass graduate student program on 8/31/17⁸⁾

• Roster page on UMTerps.com
• According to Maryland bio, went to Maryland because of the great tradition and gameday atmosphere

• Averaged 4.9 points per game while appearing in all 33 games for the Terps
• Posted eight points for the second straight game vs. Iowa (2/25)
• Scored eight points vs. Minnesota (2/22)
• Recorded 11 points vs. Ohio State (2/11)
• Notched 10 points at Iowa (1/19)
• Racked up 12 points and matched a career-best six boards off the bench at Illinois (1/14)
• Tallied 13 points and added five rebounds and three assists vs. Illinois (12/7)
• Recorded eight points and five boards vs. Charlotte (12/20)
• Matched a career-high with 14 points - including four three-pointers - vs. Howard (12/7)
• Scored 12 points off the bench against Oklahoma State (12/3)
• Notched six points against Stony Brook (11/22)
• Scored 11 points against St. Mary's (MD) (11/17)

• Appeared in 32 games
• Hit key free throw to lift Maryland past South Dakota State in first round of NCAA Tournament (3/18)
• Recorded six points in 12 minutes at Indiana (3/6)
• Posted seven points vs. Illinois (3/3)
• Recorded five points and three steals, including one in the final seconds to clinch win against Michigan (2/21)
• Scored 10 points and played a career-high 21 minutes against Bowie State (2/9)
• Notched four points and two assists vs. Ohio State (1/16)
• Posted eight points of 3-of-4 shooting and recorded six boards vs. Marshall (12/27)
• Scored a career-high 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting against Princeton (12/19)
• Recorded three assists and three rebounds vs. Rhode Island (11/25)
• Posted an assist and a steal in his Maryland debut vs. Mount St. Mary's (11/13)

• Played at Odessa (Texas) Community College in 2014-15, after initially committing to Marshall⁹⁾
• Teammates with Clyde Santee, who played for UMass in 2013-14
• Played in all of Odessa's 29 games
• Second on the team in scoring (14.3) and season points (414). Santee third with 12.9 / 373.
• First in FT shooting (.809) and Assist:Turnover ratio (2.1)
• Third on the team in 3PT shooting (.362)
• Full Odessa stats
• Ranked the 12th JUCO Player in America by Next Up Recruits

Career highs from RealGM.com

• A 247sports.com four-star recruit out of high school
• Played AAU basketball for the Boston Amateur Basketball Club alongside fellow Terp forward Jake Layman
• Helped BABC to two AAU national championships
• Member of the 2011 Elite Youth Basketball League championship team
• Won the Peach Jam Tournament in Atlanta in 2011

• Mother is Angela Cayode
• Mother named him Jaylen, after Jalen Rose because she was an avid fan of the Michigan Wolverines “Fab Five”
• Also played soccer in his sophomore and junior years of high school and lettered in tennis for one year
• Undergrad degree in Sociology

Official roster page from UMass Athletics
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