2025 Track & Field Roster
Keys, Jayden
Jayden Keys
- Position:
- Hurdles/Jumps
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Katy Tompkins
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
2025 SEC Indoor Long Jump Champion
2025 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (Long Jump)
2025 SEC Outdoor Long Jump Champion
2025 SEC Outdoor Men’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (Long Jump)
2025: Outdoor – Earned First Team All-America honors with his eighth-place finish in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, recording a mark of 7.80 meters/25 feet, 7 ¼ inches in Eugene…Completed his sweep of the indoor and outdoor long jump titles at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a season-best mark of 7.95m/26-1…Went on to place third at the NCAA East Regional with a mark of 7.72m/25-4, advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Also competed in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional, placing 25th with a time of 14.00…Runner-up in the 110m hurdles in his first collegiate outdoor meet, clocking a time of 14.12 following his 14.25 in the prelims…Finished sixth in the long jump at the Florida Relays with a mark of 7.48m/24-6.50 and seventh in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.73…Clocked a 13.80 in the 110m hurdles prelims…Placed fourth in the long jump at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, leaping 7.54m/24-9…Clocked a season-best time of 13.67 in the 110m hurdles invite at the Tom Jones memorial invitational, finishing seventh overall following his fifth-place performance in the prelims (13.73)…Won the 110m hurdles at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 13.89…Runner-up in the long jump at the Tiger Track Classic (7.72m/25-4) and LSU Invite (7.74m/25-4.75) to close his regular season…Also competed in the 110m hurdles at the LSU Invite, clocking a ninth-place time of 13.83…Finished 15th in the 110m hurdles at the SEC Championships (14.83).
Indoor – Competed in the long jump and the 60m hurdles…Earned a conference title in the long jump at his first SEC meet, recording a mark of 7.92m/26-0 to beat his season best by 0.31 meters…Went on to place 13th at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 7.41m/24-4.75…Also victorious in the long jump at the USC Invite with a mark of 7.61m/24-11.76…Competed in the 60m hurdles at the SEC Championships, recording a season-best time of 7.95 to place 16th…Finished first in the 60m hurdles prelims at the USC Invite with a time of 7.96…Matched that time at the Tiger Paw Invite, where he placed 16th in the prelims before finishing 17th in the semis (7.99)…Took sixth in the long jump (7.57m/24-10) and 11th in the 60m hurdles (7.98) at the Razorback Invite…Placed 13th in the long jump at the Tiger Paw Invite with a mark of 7.36m/24-1.75.
High School: Won state titles in the long jump and 300-meter hurdles as a senior while capturing runner-up honors in the 110-meter hurdles…2024 Nike indoor national champion in the long jump, finishing second in the event outdoors…Placed fifth in the 110m hurdles at Nike Outdoor Nationals…Finished fifth in the long jump and 110m hurdles at the USA Under-20 Championships during his final season…Medaled at the state track & field meet in three events as a junior, holding the nation’s No. 1 ranking for a time during his sophomore and junior seasons…Won gold in the 110m hurdles and long jump at the Junior Olympics during his third season…State medalist as a freshman and sophomore…Broke the high school national long jump record for all conditions as a sophomore…Personal bests of 13.35 (110m hurdles), 7.72 meters/25 feet, 4 inches (long jump), and 36.28 (300m hurdles).
Personal: Born April 21, 2006…Son of Sean and Louella Keys… Has two siblings, Clayton and Lanaye Keys…Father, Sean, competed for Liberty and McNeese State in track & field…Brother, Clayton, was a jumper and hurdler at Nebraska…Sister, Lanaye, is a member of the Houston Christian University track & field team…Intending to major in Business Finance.
2025 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (Long Jump)
2025 SEC Outdoor Long Jump Champion
2025 SEC Outdoor Men’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (Long Jump)
2025: Outdoor – Earned First Team All-America honors with his eighth-place finish in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, recording a mark of 7.80 meters/25 feet, 7 ¼ inches in Eugene…Completed his sweep of the indoor and outdoor long jump titles at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a season-best mark of 7.95m/26-1…Went on to place third at the NCAA East Regional with a mark of 7.72m/25-4, advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Also competed in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional, placing 25th with a time of 14.00…Runner-up in the 110m hurdles in his first collegiate outdoor meet, clocking a time of 14.12 following his 14.25 in the prelims…Finished sixth in the long jump at the Florida Relays with a mark of 7.48m/24-6.50 and seventh in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.73…Clocked a 13.80 in the 110m hurdles prelims…Placed fourth in the long jump at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, leaping 7.54m/24-9…Clocked a season-best time of 13.67 in the 110m hurdles invite at the Tom Jones memorial invitational, finishing seventh overall following his fifth-place performance in the prelims (13.73)…Won the 110m hurdles at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 13.89…Runner-up in the long jump at the Tiger Track Classic (7.72m/25-4) and LSU Invite (7.74m/25-4.75) to close his regular season…Also competed in the 110m hurdles at the LSU Invite, clocking a ninth-place time of 13.83…Finished 15th in the 110m hurdles at the SEC Championships (14.83).
Indoor – Competed in the long jump and the 60m hurdles…Earned a conference title in the long jump at his first SEC meet, recording a mark of 7.92m/26-0 to beat his season best by 0.31 meters…Went on to place 13th at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 7.41m/24-4.75…Also victorious in the long jump at the USC Invite with a mark of 7.61m/24-11.76…Competed in the 60m hurdles at the SEC Championships, recording a season-best time of 7.95 to place 16th…Finished first in the 60m hurdles prelims at the USC Invite with a time of 7.96…Matched that time at the Tiger Paw Invite, where he placed 16th in the prelims before finishing 17th in the semis (7.99)…Took sixth in the long jump (7.57m/24-10) and 11th in the 60m hurdles (7.98) at the Razorback Invite…Placed 13th in the long jump at the Tiger Paw Invite with a mark of 7.36m/24-1.75.
High School: Won state titles in the long jump and 300-meter hurdles as a senior while capturing runner-up honors in the 110-meter hurdles…2024 Nike indoor national champion in the long jump, finishing second in the event outdoors…Placed fifth in the 110m hurdles at Nike Outdoor Nationals…Finished fifth in the long jump and 110m hurdles at the USA Under-20 Championships during his final season…Medaled at the state track & field meet in three events as a junior, holding the nation’s No. 1 ranking for a time during his sophomore and junior seasons…Won gold in the 110m hurdles and long jump at the Junior Olympics during his third season…State medalist as a freshman and sophomore…Broke the high school national long jump record for all conditions as a sophomore…Personal bests of 13.35 (110m hurdles), 7.72 meters/25 feet, 4 inches (long jump), and 36.28 (300m hurdles).
Personal: Born April 21, 2006…Son of Sean and Louella Keys… Has two siblings, Clayton and Lanaye Keys…Father, Sean, competed for Liberty and McNeese State in track & field…Brother, Clayton, was a jumper and hurdler at Nebraska…Sister, Lanaye, is a member of the Houston Christian University track & field team…Intending to major in Business Finance.
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