2024 Football Roster

87 Jaedyn McKinstry

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 210
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Fremont, Ohio
  • Highschool St. John's Jesuit

Biography

2023 (SOPHOMORE)
  • Appeared in three games: at Texas A&M (9/16), vs. South Alabama (10/7) and at Texas State (10/14)
2022 - BOWLING GREEN (R-FRESHMAN)
  • Redshirted
  • Appeared in four games in 2022: at UCLA, at Mississippi State, vs. Kent State and vs. New Mexico State in the Quick Lane Bowl
2021 - BOWLING GREEN (FRESHMAN)
  • Saw action in all 12 games as a true freshman in 2021
  • Had three catches for 22 yards in his collegiate debut at Tennessee, including a 13-yard grab in the first quarter
  • Former preferred walk-on was awarded a scholarship prior to the start of the 2021 season
ST. JOHN'S JESUIT HS
  • Three-year letterwinner in football for Coach Larry McDaniel
  • Earned All-Three Rivers Athletic Conference Second-Team honors as a senior in 2020
  • Had 20 receptions for 314 yards (15.7 avg.) and four touchdowns during the abbreviated six-game 2020 schedule due to COVID-19
  • Also lettered in basketball for the Titans, earning All-TRAC honorable mention as a senior in 2020-21
BATTLE TO DEFEAT STAGE 4 CANCER
  • In April 2018, as a 16-year-old member of the All-Ohio Gold AAU team, he was kicked in the groin while attempting a dunk to finish a fastbreak
  • Continued to play in AAU tournaments for several weeks while experiencing excruciating pain
  • Underwent exploratory surgery in mid-June due to continued and increased swelling in the area and on June 22, 2018, was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer that forms in soft skeletal muscle tissue
  • Chance at survival was estimated at 50 percent with RMS at stage 4
  • A medical team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital mapped out an aggressive 54-week treatment plan that included chemotherapy and radiation
  • Suffered a major setback nearly six months into his treatment (December 2018) when doctors discovered a tumor near his abdomen that wasn’t responding to treatment, so another surgery as scheduled for Jan. 2, 2019
  • The first of his 23 radiation treatments began on Feb. 4, 2019; his last day of chemotherapy came in mid-June
  • Lost 40 pounds over those 12 months, dropping from 200 to 160
  • Cleared to resume summer football workouts in late June prior to the 2019 season
  • Declared cancer free following diagnostic scans in September and December 2019
  • Playing time was closely monitored during 2019, but in the final game of the regular season, he ran a fade route and scored on a 15-yard reception vs. Lima Senior
  • Successfully petitioned for rare extension of athletic eligibility for a fifth year (2020-21)
PERSONAL
  • Born Nov. 29, 2001
  • Son of Cassandra McKinstry and Bryce Gillins
  • His father Bryce Gillins played defensive back at Purdue and lettered in 1996
  • Majoring in general studies
CAREER HIGHS
Total Passes: 1, two times, last at Minnesota (9/25/21)
Receptions: 3, at Tennessee (9/2/21)
Receiving yards: 22, at Tennessee (9/2/21)
Longest Reception: 13, at Tennessee (9/2/21)

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2023Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'5" 202 lbs
    13
  • 87

    2024Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'6" 210 lbs
    87