Jaylen Raynor

Jaylen Raynor is an American college football quarterback for the Iowa State Cyclones. He previously played for the Arkansas State Red Wolves.

Early life Raynor attended East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, North Carolina. In week one of his senior season in 2022, Raynor completed 12 of 26 passing attempts for 170 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 343 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Northwest Guilford High School. He was an unranked quarterback recruit and committed to play college football at Arkansas State over offers from Army, Air Force, Navy, UMass and Miami (Ohio).

College career As a freshman in 2023, Raynor was named the 247Sports True Freshman of the Week after his week 5 performance against UMass, where he completed 20 of 35 passing attempts for 383 yards and a program record six touchdowns along with 35 rushing yards in his first road start. He was also named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week along with being named to the Davey O'Brien Great 8 and a Manning Award Star of the Week.

In 2024, Raynor returned as the Red Wolves starting quarterback.

On December 23, 2025, Raynor entered the transfer portal. On January 3, 2026, Raynor committed to the Iowa State Cyclones.

Statistics Season Team Games Passing Rushing 2023 Arkansas State 11 10 5–5 166 285 58.2 2,550 8.9 17 7 148.2 123 373 3.0 5 2024 Arkansas State 13 13 8–5 259 420 61.7 2,783 6.6 16 10 125.1 137 387 2.8 3 2025 Arkansas State 13 13 7–6 333 501 66.5 3,361 6.7 19 11 130.9 154 423 2.7 7 Career 37 36 20–16 758 1,206 62.9 8,694 7.2 52 28 133.0 414 1,183 2.9 15