Ex-UW WR Becomes UFL Leading Receiver After Game-Winning Performance

Former Washington Huskies standout wide receiver Jaydon Mickens emerged from this past weekend as the United Football League’s leading receiver after sealing the Birmingham Stallions’ 21-17 overtime victory over the Dallas Renegades. Mickens hauled in the game-winning two-point conversion in overtime and an 18-yard touchdown to set up the game-tying extra point just before the two-minute warning in regulation, finishing with six catches for 82 yards—both of which led the team—to go along with his second touchdown catch of the 2026 season. His team-leading performance to secure the Stallions’ second victory of the season also put him atop the UFL receiving charts with a league-high 38 receptions for 486 receiving yards, no small feat for the 32-year-old.

"It's just through experience," Mickens said when asked about where his energy comes from. "I always had to be a guy that had high energy. I've always been a smaller guy, especially coming out of high school (and) coming out of college.

And then when you go undrafted in the NFL, and you pan out (with) nine years and a Super Bowl, there's a standard I have to set every day. I can't miss practice. I can't miss a down.

I can't miss a route. I can't drop a ball. " earn every moment 💪 pic.