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Jersey Number 9
Jaray Bledsoe
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 315
- Class:
- Fifth-Year
- Hometown:
- Marlin, Texas
- High School/Previous School:
- Marlin HS (Texas)
Career Honors
2025 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2023 Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll (Spring)
2022 Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll (Spring)
2022 Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll (Fall)
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Career Notes
Played in 25 career games with four starts โฆ Following the 2025 season, had 35 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one fumble recovery.
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2025 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 13 games with four starts โฆ Tallied 28 tackles, 5.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks โฆ Registered a tackle in 12 of 13 games โฆ at Southern Miss (8/30): Made his first career start in the season opener against Southern Miss โฆ Has 6 tackles through 2 games at MSU after totalling 7 across 2 seasons at Texas ... vs Northern Illinois (9/20): recorded half a tackle for loss taking his career total to 2 tackles for loss ... vs Tennessee (9/27): tied career high for tackles for loss ... at Texas A&M: tied his career high of four tackles at Florida (10/18): earned another tackle for loss and tied his career high for the second time this season ... vs Texas (10/25): set a career high in sacks ... also a career high in tackles for loss ... at Arkansas (11/1): sixth game in a row with a tackle for loss ... set a career high in QB hurries ... vs Georgia(11/8): set a new career high in tackles with five.
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2024 (Redshirt Sophomore Season โ Texas)
Played in three games with zero starts โฆ Recorded two tackles.
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2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season โ Texas)
Played in eight games with zero starts โฆ Had a quarterback hurry against Kansas โฆ registered one tackle against Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry โฆ collected a tackle and tallied his first career fumble recovery in the win over BYU โฆ had a career-high two tackles (two solo) against Texas Tech including the first tackle for loss of his career โฆ also appeared in the UT wins over Rice, Baylor, Kansas, Houston and Kansas State.
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2022 (True Freshman Season โ Texas)
Played in one game with zero starts โฆ Made has Longhorn debut against ULM and made one tackle.
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High School
An All-America and all-district honoree โฆ selected to participate in the 2022 Under Armour All-America Game โฆ ruled ineligible as a senior at Marlin following a transfer from Bremond High School where he played as a junior โฆ played his sophomore season at Marlin and his freshman season at Bremond โฆ listed No. 23 on the Texas Top 25 Class of 2022 by USA Today โฆ rated No. 79 nationally, No. 9 among defensive linemen and No. 18 overall in the state of Texas by On3 โฆ ranked No. 122 nationally, No. 12 among defensive tackles and No. 23 overall in the state of Texas by ESPN โฆ rated No. 169 nationally, No. 8 among defensive tackles and No. 16 overall in the state of Texas by Rivals โฆ ranked No. 37 nationally among defensive linemen and No. 41 overall in the state of Texas by 247Sports โฆ chosen to the 2021 Super Team Second Team, the Texas Top 300 and as a Top 10 defensive lineman by Dave Campbellโs Texas Football โฆ tabbed first-team All-District 10-2A Division 2 as both a running back and a defensive lineman in 2020 โฆ compiled 104 total tackles, including 17 tackles for loss and two sacks, with four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one safety, while rushing for 1,259 yards and 21 touchdowns on 158 carries (8.0 ypc) as a junior โฆ collected six 100-yard rushing games and five double-figure tackle games โฆ accumulated 12 tackles, including three tackles for loss, while rushing eight times for 180 yards (22.5 ypc) and four touchdowns against Axtell โฆ notched 12 total tackles, four tackles for loss and one forced fumble against Dawson โฆ accounted for 11 tackles, including one tackle for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and 214 rushing yards with four touchdowns on 19 carries (11.3 ypc) against Chilton โฆ helped Bremond to an 8-4 overall record, including a 4-1 district mark, and an appearance in the 2A Division 2 area playoffs in 2020 โฆ also competed in the shot put and basketball in high school โฆ plans on majoring in business.
Career-Highs Entering 2026
Tackles: 5, vs. Georgia (11/8/2025)
Tackles For Loss: 1.5, vs. Texas (10/25/2025)
Sacks: 1.5, vs. Texas (10/25/2025)
2025 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2023 Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll (Spring)
2022 Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll (Spring)
2022 Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll (Fall)
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Career Notes
Played in 25 career games with four starts โฆ Following the 2025 season, had 35 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one fumble recovery.
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2025 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 13 games with four starts โฆ Tallied 28 tackles, 5.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks โฆ Registered a tackle in 12 of 13 games โฆ at Southern Miss (8/30): Made his first career start in the season opener against Southern Miss โฆ Has 6 tackles through 2 games at MSU after totalling 7 across 2 seasons at Texas ... vs Northern Illinois (9/20): recorded half a tackle for loss taking his career total to 2 tackles for loss ... vs Tennessee (9/27): tied career high for tackles for loss ... at Texas A&M: tied his career high of four tackles at Florida (10/18): earned another tackle for loss and tied his career high for the second time this season ... vs Texas (10/25): set a career high in sacks ... also a career high in tackles for loss ... at Arkansas (11/1): sixth game in a row with a tackle for loss ... set a career high in QB hurries ... vs Georgia(11/8): set a new career high in tackles with five.
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2024 (Redshirt Sophomore Season โ Texas)
Played in three games with zero starts โฆ Recorded two tackles.
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2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season โ Texas)
Played in eight games with zero starts โฆ Had a quarterback hurry against Kansas โฆ registered one tackle against Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry โฆ collected a tackle and tallied his first career fumble recovery in the win over BYU โฆ had a career-high two tackles (two solo) against Texas Tech including the first tackle for loss of his career โฆ also appeared in the UT wins over Rice, Baylor, Kansas, Houston and Kansas State.
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2022 (True Freshman Season โ Texas)
Played in one game with zero starts โฆ Made has Longhorn debut against ULM and made one tackle.
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High School
An All-America and all-district honoree โฆ selected to participate in the 2022 Under Armour All-America Game โฆ ruled ineligible as a senior at Marlin following a transfer from Bremond High School where he played as a junior โฆ played his sophomore season at Marlin and his freshman season at Bremond โฆ listed No. 23 on the Texas Top 25 Class of 2022 by USA Today โฆ rated No. 79 nationally, No. 9 among defensive linemen and No. 18 overall in the state of Texas by On3 โฆ ranked No. 122 nationally, No. 12 among defensive tackles and No. 23 overall in the state of Texas by ESPN โฆ rated No. 169 nationally, No. 8 among defensive tackles and No. 16 overall in the state of Texas by Rivals โฆ ranked No. 37 nationally among defensive linemen and No. 41 overall in the state of Texas by 247Sports โฆ chosen to the 2021 Super Team Second Team, the Texas Top 300 and as a Top 10 defensive lineman by Dave Campbellโs Texas Football โฆ tabbed first-team All-District 10-2A Division 2 as both a running back and a defensive lineman in 2020 โฆ compiled 104 total tackles, including 17 tackles for loss and two sacks, with four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one safety, while rushing for 1,259 yards and 21 touchdowns on 158 carries (8.0 ypc) as a junior โฆ collected six 100-yard rushing games and five double-figure tackle games โฆ accumulated 12 tackles, including three tackles for loss, while rushing eight times for 180 yards (22.5 ypc) and four touchdowns against Axtell โฆ notched 12 total tackles, four tackles for loss and one forced fumble against Dawson โฆ accounted for 11 tackles, including one tackle for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and 214 rushing yards with four touchdowns on 19 carries (11.3 ypc) against Chilton โฆ helped Bremond to an 8-4 overall record, including a 4-1 district mark, and an appearance in the 2A Division 2 area playoffs in 2020 โฆ also competed in the shot put and basketball in high school โฆ plans on majoring in business.
Career-Highs Entering 2026
Tackles: 5, vs. Georgia (11/8/2025)
Tackles For Loss: 1.5, vs. Texas (10/25/2025)
Sacks: 1.5, vs. Texas (10/25/2025)
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