Jashon Sykes

{{Short description|American football player (born 1979)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| name = Jashon Sykes

| position = Assistant athletic director for football operations

| currentteam = San Diego State Aztecs

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|09|25}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 236

| high_school = Junípero Serra
(Gardena, California)

| college = Colorado

| undraftedyear = 2002

| pastteams =

• Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2002|2004}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|2006}})

| highlights =

• Second-team All-Big 12 (1999)

| pfr = SykeJa20

}}

Jashon Karlfred Sykes (born September 25, 1979) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes,{{cite news|title=Sykes' future plans expected next week|last=Sanchez|first=Joseph|date=January 6, 2001|work=The Denver Post}} and was subsequently signed by the Denver Broncos.{{cite news|title=Sykes tackles starting job for Broncos|last=Saunders|first=Patrick|date=October 22, 2003|work=The Denver Post}} He started 11 games during his career with the Broncos.

After his playing career, Sykes became a recruiting and operations assistant with Colorado football in 2006. In 2007 and 2008, Sykes was on-campus recruiting director for Colorado and training camp assistant coach with the Broncos.{{cite web|url=https://goaztecs.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jashon-sykes/46|title=Jashon Sykes|publisher=San Diego State University|accessdate=September 22, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://cubuffs.com/sports/football/roster/jashon-sykes/4537|title=Jashon Sykes|publisher=University of Colorado Boulder|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} From 2009 to 2010, Sykes was the assistant operations director and coordinator of football relations at Colorado. From 2011 to 2012, Sykes was director of football operations at Colorado. Beginning in 2013, Sykes was director of football operations at San Diego State.