Jayden Okunbor (born 2 March 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger and second-row forward for Bradford Bulls in the RFL Championship.
Okunbor was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Zimbabwean and Nigerian descent on his father's side.
[2][3] Okunbor played his junior football for the Milperra Colts and attended Picnic Point High School before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
On 23 September 2018, Okunbor played on the wing in the Bulldogs NSW Cup Grand Final against the Newtown Jets in the 18–12 victory at Leichhardt Oval.
[5] In the following week, on 30 September 2018, Okunbor played on the Wing in the State Championship Final against Queensland Cup winners the Redcliffe Dolphins, scoring a try in the 42–18 win.
However, for the third straight season, Canterbury achieved four upset victories in a row over Penrith, the Wests Tigers, South Sydney and Parramatta who were all competing for a place in the finals series and were higher on the table.
[17] Okunbor made a total of seven appearances for Canterbury and scored five tries in the 2021 NRL season as the club finished last and claimed the Wooden Spoon.
[19] In round 5 of the 2023 NRL season, Okunbor was sent to the sin bin for a hip drop tackle during Canterbury's 15-14 golden point extra-time victory over North Queensland.
Canterbury released a statement saying "The NRL have today deregistered both Jayden Okunbor and Corey Harawira-Naera with immediate effect and as a result their playing contracts with the Bulldogs have been cancelled, The conduct of the two players, on the eve of our final trial match, demonstrated an unacceptable lack of respect for their teammates, their coach and club officials, our hosts in Port Macquarie and fans of the game everywhere".