66°
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
7 Day Forecast
Follow our weather team on social media

Fans' Choice Player of the Week: Jayden Miles

1 hour 29 minutes 20 seconds ago Wednesday, October 21 2026 Oct 21, 2026 October 21, 2026 6:29 PM October 21, 2026 in Sports
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE - There are only so many ways to describe how Catholic running back Jayden Miles performed against Zachary in the Bears' 70-38 win over the Broncos, but the Florida State commit put his own spin on it.

"I just reached flow state," said Miles of his 205-yard, six-touchdown performance against the Broncos.

But out of the six touchdowns, one sticks out above the rest as Miles' favorite. Despite his pedigree as a blue-chip recruit in the 2027 class, Miles has faced questions regarding one very important aspect of a running back's game: his speed.

Miles' favorite score was the 75-yard touchdown, during which he outran the entire Zachary defense.

"A lot of people last year would say my speed wasn't really there, but that play right there just shows my get-off, my burst, and me being able to sustain that speed throughout the entire play, me just pulling away from defenders."

Miles spent this past summer working on that speed, and that seems to be paying massive dividends. It just seemed like every time Miles touched the ball, something good was going to happen for Catholic. 

But the crazy thing is, six touchdowns in a game isn't even his career high; it's seven. What's even crazier is that Miles scored those seven touchdowns against the very same Zachary Broncos two years ago. 

Really and truly, I didn't know I was going to do that," said Miles. "That wasn't something that I came into the game like, 'Yeah, I'm scoring seven touchdowns'; it just happened. You don't really think about the results; you just play football."

After beating the Broncos, Catholic sits at 4-3 on the season with a 2-0 record in district play. The Bears' next game is against Central on Friday, Oct. 23.

More News

Desktop News

Click to open Continuous News in a sidebar that updates in real-time.
Radar
7 Days