2023-24 Signing Day Roster
Wester, Jaylen
vs
Houston
Sep 12 (Fri)
5:30 PM

Jaylen Wester
- Position:
- Inside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Palmetto, Fla.
- High School:
- Palmetto
- Prev School:
- Florida Atlantic
Bio
AT COLORADO
2024 (Jr.)
2024 (Jr.)
- Played in 11 games in 2024 seeing the field for 166 plays.
- Ended the season with 15 tackles, one pass breakup, one forced fumble, one tackle for zero, one third down stop, and half a tackle for loss.
- His forced fumble came in the fourth quarter against UCF which led to Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig’s 95 yard fumble return for a touchdown, the second longest in CU history.
- Played on four different special teams groups this season: kickoff return, kickoff, punt return, and field goal block and was on the field for 87 snaps between them.
- Comes to Colorado as an undergraduate transfer with three years to play two.
- Played in 11 games in the 2023 season, starting in five.
- Finished the season with 55 tackles, 32 unassisted, seven-and-a-half tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble, one quarterback hurry, and two pass breakups.
- Earned fourth team All-AAC honors by Phil Steele's magazine as a nickel.
- Led the Owls with a season high eight tackles, including three-and-a-half for a loss against ECU.
- Played in 10 games during the 2022 season, starting in four.
- Finished the season with 58 tackles, 30 unassisted, four-and-a-half tackles for loss, one sack, three quarterback hurries, one pass breakup, and one interception.
- Made his collegiate debut with two tackle assists in the Owls 43-13 season opening win over Charlotte.
- Led the Owls in his first start with nine tackles, one-and-a-half for a loss, and one sack.
- Received C-USA All-Freshman team (LB) honors.
- AT PALMETTO
- Led Palmetto as a senior with 124 tackles (including 71 solo), and 35 went for a loss.
- Also added 4.5 sacks, two interceptions, one pass defended, two forced fumbles and blocked three punts.
- Recorded 126 stops as a junior, 30 for loss.
- Additionally that season, picked off three passes (returning two for scores and had a total of 110 INT return yards) and blocked one punt and two field goals.
- As a sophomore had 17 TFL, including 2.0 sacks, among his 82 total tackles.
- Son of John and Laquita Wester.
- Brothers LaJontay and John Wester junior also played for Florida Atlantic.
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