Background
Jordan was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of former Minnesota Vikings tight end Steve Jordan.
Jordan was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of former Minnesota Vikings tight end Steve Jordan.
He attended Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona, where he was a two-sport star in football and track for the Chandler Wolves.
He played college football at California, and was drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. In football, he earned All-State honors his senior year after registering 85 tackles and 17.5 quarterback sacks. Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Jordan was listed as the #37 strongside defensive end of the class of 2007.
Also an outstanding track & field athlete, Jordan was one of the state"s top performers in the discus throw.
He captured the state title in the discus at the 2007 5A I State Meet, recording a top-throw of 53.54 meters (175 ft 7 in), while also placing 10th in the shot put event, with a throw of 14.01 meters (45 ft, 11 in). Jordan primarily played defensive end for the University of California at Berkeley.
He was coached by head coach Jeff Tedford and Defensive coordinator, Bob Gregory. He played in 50 of 51 possible games and made 32 starts at Cal from 2007-2010.
He finished his collegiate career with 175 tackles, while adding 34.0 tackles for loss (-122 yards) and 16.5 sacks (-89 yards) to rank just outside the school"s all-time top 10 in each of the latter two categories He also had one interception that he returned for three yards, five pass breakups, four forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries that he returned for a total of 41 yards and two touchdowns.
2011 NFL Draft
New Orleans Saints
Jordan was selected as the 24th overall pick in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. On August 2, 2011, Jordan signed a four year, $7.7 million deal with the Saints. Jordan enjoyed a breakout campaign in the 2013 season and was selected to his first Pro Bowl.
In 2015 he was elected as one of the defensive team captains (along with Brandon Browner).
On January 25, 2016, Jordan was selected to his second Pro Bowl as an alternate. NFL stats
Key
General Practice: games played
COMB: combined tackles
TOTAL: total tackles
Air Service Training: assisted tackles
SACK: sacks
FF: forced fumbles
First Revision: fumble recoveries
First Revision YDS: fumble return yards
INT: interceptions
International Rectifier YDS: interception return yards
AVG International Rectifier : average interception return
Liquefied Natural Gas: longest interception return
Territorial Decoration: interceptions returned for touchdown
Privatdozent : passes defensed
Jordan"s father, Steve, played his entire 13-year NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings.