Career
He played college football at the University of Nevada, Reno and was the Wolf Pack"s starting quarterback from 2011 to 2014. Cody is of Spanish American descent
Fajardo (also referred to as "The Codster") played high school football for Servite High School in Anaheim, California. As a senior, he led Servite to a state championship and a Number.
3 ranking in the national polling.
Fajardo committed to the University of Nevada, Reno in late January 2010. He was redshirted during the 2010 season as Colin Kaepernick completed a four-year run as the starting quarterback for the Nevada Wolfpack football team
As a redshirt freshman, Fajardo became the starting quarterback for 2011 Nevada Wolf Pack football team Playing against Texas Technical in the third game of the 2011 season, Fajardo rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries and completed four of six passes for 59 yards and a touchdown.
He finished 2011 with 1,707 passing yards, 6 passing touchdowns and 694 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns.
Fajardo had 2,786 passing yards, 20 passing touchdowns, 1,121 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns. In 2013 he passed 2,668 yards, 13 passing touchdowns, 621 rushing yards and eight touchdowns. As a senior in 2014 he passed for 2,498 yards, 18 passing touchdowns and rushed for 1,046 yards and 13 touchdowns.
After going un-drafted in the 2015 NFL Draft, Fajardo was signed as a priority undrafted free agent to compete for a backup spot behind Derek Carr with the Oakland Raiders.
He was waived by the Oakland Raiders on September 1, 2015. On October 8, 2015, Fajardo was signed to the practice roster of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
He was released by the Argonauts on November 16, 2015.