Jayden Elijah is a 6'6", 290-pound offensive lineman from Matawan, New Jersey, where he attended Matawan Regional High School. Under coach Matt Walsh, Elijah played on both the offensive and defensive lines, accumulating 80 career tackles and six tackles-for-loss. He earned first-team all-conference and third-team all-group honors as a junior from NJ.com, along with Second Team All-Shore recognition in 2023. Elijah also competed in basketball, averaging 12.2 points and 10.0 rebounds per game over four varsity seasons while scoring 1,000 career points. He did not see game action during his 2025 freshman season at Rutgers.

Rutgers2025 — present