The Sideline NIL ReportSouthern Football
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Cayden Jones
CB · Freshman · #21 · 6' 0" · 190 lbs · 4★ recruit
From Baton Rouge, LA
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Sideline market estimate
$129K
Southern sideline stock
Cayden Jones
CB · Freshman · #21 · 6' 0" · 190 lbs · 4★ recruit
From Baton Rouge, LA
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Sideline market estimate
$129K
Southern sideline stock
CB · Freshman · #21 · 6' 0" · 190 lbs
★★★★★4★ RecruitFrom Baton Rouge, LA
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Latest source check Aug 15, 2026
Position
Cornerback
Class
Freshman
Jersey
#21
Height
6' 0"
Weight
190 lbs
Hometown
Sideline market estimate
$129K
Best current Sideline estimate based on role, roster, recruiting, current market evidence, and school-pool reconciliation.
Pool-accounting allocation: $109K
Confidence meter
Watchlist confidenceWe have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.
Cayden Jones is a 6' 0" 190 lbs Freshman Cornerback for Southern and is listed by ESPN from Baton Rouge, LA. The Sideline places the player 5th within the current Southern football roster. The $129K headline is The Sideline's best current estimate and $109K is the allocation used to reconcile the sport pool.
Pool share by sport
5.1%
Football pool: $2.15M
Pool share of school
2.2%
Southern roster market: $5M
Roster dollars tracked
$2.15M
Southern Football pool-accounting sum
Coverage hits
0
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Baton Rouge, LA
Roster status
Active
Current listing
Southern Jaguars
Recruit rating
4-star
Recruiting profile
4-star / No. 272 nationally
Rating: 0.9099
High school: Christ School
From: Arden, NC
Class: 2024 / LB
Sideline Data Desk
Defensive-back value reflects coverage scarcity, starting role, recruiting demand, and exposure in high-leverage matchups. For Cayden Jones, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $129K headline case.
The visible base estimate is $129K. The pool-accounting allocation is $109K, equal to about 5.1% of the Southern football market. The player ranks 5th on that roster.
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