SUNY Cortland Athletics

2024: Jaden earned first team D3football.com All-Region II honors as a wide receiver and second team D3football.com All-Region II honors as a returner...Was a first team All-Empire 8 honoree at three positions, wide receiver, all-purpose, and return specialist...Started all 12 games for Cortland...Recorded 52 catches for 1,012 yards and 13 touchdowns, and rushed 21 times for 245 yards and three scores...Had 348 kick return yards and one return touchdown...Caught seven passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns, and had one rush for 14 yards and another score, in a home victory over Lycoming...Made seven grabs for 160 yards and two touchdowns, and added a 44-yard rushing score, in a home victory over St. John Fisher...Registered a season-high eight receptions for 133 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Morrisville...Caught four passes for 128 yards and two scores in a road win at Alfred...Registered seven receptions and 88 receiving yards with one touchdown in a home win over Hartwick...Made three catches for 79 yards and a touchdown, and rushed two times for 35 yards and another score, in a road win at Utica...Had a 100-yard kick return touchdown in a road win at Susquehanna...Named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week two times during the season, on Sep. 24 and Oct. 8...Chosen as the Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week on Sep. 24...A 2024 D3football.com third team preseason All-American.

2023: Named to the D3football.com All-America fourth team and all-region first team...Chosen to the All-Empire 8 first team...Played in all 15 games, 14 as a starter...Rushed 260 times for 1,396 yards, the second-highest total in school history, with 17 TDs and caught 17 passes for 159 yards and one score...Ranked 10th nationally in Division III in rushing yardage and TDs...Averaged 5.4 yards per carry...Tied the Cortland career record with 44 TDs scored...Ranks second at Cortland in career points (264) and rushing yardage (3,177)...Ran for 193 yards and two TDs on 28 carries in NCAA quarterfinal win at Alma...Rushed 26 times for 157 yards and a score in NCAA first round at Endicott...Empire 8 Co-Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 169 yards and a score versus Delaware Valley...Finished season with six 100-yard rushing games.

2022: Earned first team D3football.com all-region, All-ECAC and All-Empire 8 honors...Played in and started 10 games...Led the team with 1,024 rushing yards on 195 carries...Led the team with 17 rushing TDs...Averaged 5.3 yards per carry...Caught 16 passes for 216 yards with a long of 80 yards and one TD...Rushed for a career-high 247 yards on 37 carries with a TD and caught two passes for 13 yards in a home win versus Morrisville...Gained 162 yards on 12 carries with two TDs and a season-long run of 66 yards and grabbed two passes for 15 yards in a victory at Utica...Had 26 carries for 119 yards and three TDs in a win at Brockport...Rushed for 105 yards on 15 carries with one TD in a home victory versus Hartwick.

2021: Earned first team All-Empire 8 honors...Played in 10 games, starting the last eight...Led the team with 757 rushing yards on 133 carries...Led the team with eight rushing TDs...Averaged 5.7 yards per carry...Caught 21 passes for 186 yards with a long of 38 yards...Rushed for a season-high 173 yards on 20 carries in a home win versus Ithaca...Had 14 carries for 110 yards with a season-long of 35 yards and one TD and caught two passes for 42 yards in a win at home versus Utica...Scored two TDs in a home victory versus Alfred.

Prior to Cortland: Attended LIU-Post.

High School: A 2020 graduate of Westhampton Beach...Three-year starter in football...Hansen Award winner...Three-time all-state and two-time all-county and All-Long Island selection...Rushed for more than 3,500 career yards and 48 TDs...Team won a Long Island championship...Three-year starter in basketball and lacrosse.

Parent: Suzanne AlfanoStJohn...Played basketball at LIU-Post...Siblings: Jesse...Men’s lacrosse player at Oneonta.