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Who is Arizona State QB Jaden Rashada?

QB Jaden Rashada

Height: 6-4. Weight: 185

Hometown: Pittsburg, Calif.

Class: True freshman

2023: First college start came on Aug. 31 in ASU season opener against Southern Utah and coincided with his 20th birthday. He threw for 236 yards and 2 touchdowns. His first touchdown pass was a 47-yard completion to Xavier Guillory that came on a fourth-and-8 at the SSU 47.

Arizona State quarterback Jaden Rashada (5) during workouts at Kajikawa practice fields in Tempe on Aug. 23, 2023.
Arizona State quarterback Jaden Rashada (5) during workouts at Kajikawa practice fields in Tempe on Aug. 23, 2023.

Personal: Member of the 2022 Elite 11 Quarterback class, which recognizes the nation’s top senior quarterbacks. Selected to the Under Armour All-American Game, with only the nation’s elite prospect receiving an invite. Consensus four-star prospect among the major recruiting services. The highest ranked recruit to sign with Arizona State since the 2020 class and is a Top-5 rated prospect of all-time to become a Sun Devil. Listed as the No. 31 overall prospect in the ESPN 300, the second-highest of any Sun Devil signee since the service began in 2007. EPSN also lists him as the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback prospect in the nation and No. 3 overall prospect in the loaded state of California while 247 Sports ranked him as the No. 44 overall prospect in the country, No. 6 quarterback prospect in the nation, and No. 4 overall prospect in California. Finished his Pittsburg High School career having completed 402-of-672 (60%) of his passes for 5,816 yards and 80 touchdowns while adding 592 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. Also played baseball in high school. Brother Roman Rashada is a red-shirt junior DB on the team, having transferred from Mississippi. Father Harlen played DB for the Sun Devils from 1992-1994.

Social media: @jadenrashada on X; jadenrashada on Instagram.

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