Player Dossier

2017-2021

Michigan State

Drew Jordan

DE • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Suwanee, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Drew Jordan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Duke • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Drew Jordan built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive end from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Duke and Michigan State. The clearest part of Drew Jordan's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8925

North Gwinnett · Suwanee, GA

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Drew Jordan, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Duke. Drew Jordan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
114
TFL
16.5
Sacks
11
QB hurries
14
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Drew Jordan quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · DE
Career Tackles
114
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 50 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Northwestern
Recruit profile
4-star · North Gwinnett · Duke
High school pipeline
North Gwinnett · 45 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
18 tackles · DE 131st (top 47%) · Big Ten 218th (top 35%) · National 2,112th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonDuke101-0--039.9
2017 Regular SeasonDuke1015332-039.9
2018 PostseasonDuke8511--050.8
2018 Regular SeasonDuke82831.53-050.8
2019 Regular SeasonDuke11183.516-046.6
2020 Regular SeasonDuke10293.53.5--050
2021 PostseasonMichigan State111-0--039.6
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State11172.5131039.6

Related Context

Drew Jordan played DE for Duke and Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Drew Jordan recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Duke paired 9.5 primary output with 29.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Duke, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2021 Postseason · Michigan State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

13.7

Usage

4

Consistency

39.6

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. Northwestern: 0. Miami: 1. Nebraska: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Purdue: 2. Maryland: 0.5. Ohio State: 1.5. Penn State: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3. Miami: 1 by 14.2. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 3 by 22.5. Rutgers: 4 by 16.7. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 1 by 24.2. Maryland: 1 by 9.2. Ohio State: 1 by 19.2. Penn State: 1 by 19.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.4 · Games = 9 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 2 · +1.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Purdue

Result
Fri 12/31vs PittsburghW 31-2111000
Sat 11/27vs Penn StateW 30-27100.5000
Sat 11/20@ Ohio StateL 7-56100.5001
Sat 11/13vs MarylandW 40-21100.5000
Sat 11/6@ PurdueSplash gameL 29-4011110
Sat 10/30vs MichiganW 37-3310000
Sat 10/9@ RutgersW 31-1340000
Sat 10/2vs Western KentuckyW 48-3131000
Sat 9/25vs NebraskaW 23-2021000
Sat 9/18@ MiamiW 38-1711000
Sat 9/4@ NorthwesternW 38-2122000

Player Story

Drew Jordan story

Drew Jordan built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive end from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Duke and Michigan State. The clearest part of Drew Jordan's career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 50 career games in the available record. That gives Drew Jordan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Duke

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan State

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172017201820182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonDuke814.73.8
2017 Regular SeasonDuke814.73.80
2018 PostseasonDuke9.529.16.41.5
2018 Regular SeasonDuke9.529.16.40
2019 Regular SeasonDuke10.516.44.51
2020 Regular SeasonDuke719.17-3.5
2021 PostseasonMichigan State7.513.740.5
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan State7.513.740

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northwestern

Week 2 · W 21-7

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Virginia Tech

Week 5 · W 45-10 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Florida State

Week 15 · L 35-56 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Purdue

Week 10 · L 29-40 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#5

@ North Carolina

Week 4 · W 27-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

67.5 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Duke

9.5 primary output · 29.1 efficiency · 6.4 usage

50.8

#2

2018 Regular Season · Duke

50.8

9.5 primary · 29.1 efficiency · 6.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Duke

50

7 primary · 19.1 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games