Jaden Nickens holds the WR-X · Backup spot in Kansas Jayhawks’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jaden Nickels wears No. 84 for Kansas as a redshirt freshman wide receiver. The 6'3", 190-pound prospect hails from Simi Valley, California. Nickels arrived on campus as a three-star recruit ranked 815 overall in the 2025 class with a rating of 0.8739. He is on the roster for the 2026 season.