Player Dossier

2018-2021

Northern Illinois

Jordan Cole

LB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Ferguson, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jordan Cole shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

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Impact Production

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Reliability

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Jordan Cole built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Ferguson, MO wearing No. 12, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jordan Cole's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7644

McCluer South-Berkeley · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Jordan Cole, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Jordan Cole shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
58
TFL
7
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jordan Cole quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · LB
Career Tackles
58
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Nebraska
Recruit profile
2-star · McCluer South-Berkeley · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
McCluer South-Berkeley · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1020101-016.1
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois93760-1049.8
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois11-0--036.7
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Northern Illinois to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted16.6May 11, 2021

Jordan Cole played LB for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jordan Cole recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 7 primary output with 24.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

0

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Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa State

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Iowa State

Result
Sat 9/3@ Iowa State22000

Player Story

Jordan Cole story

Jordan Cole built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Ferguson, MO wearing No. 12, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jordan Cole's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Jordan Cole's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois210.32.3
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois724.97.15
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois04.20.7-7
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Nebraska

Week 3 · L 8-44

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Western Michigan

Week 14 · W 17-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

61.9 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Miami (OH)

Week 12 · L 7-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

55.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Central Michigan

Week 10 · L 10-48 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Ohio

Week 7 · W 24-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

7 primary output · 24.9 efficiency · 7.1 usage

49.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

16.1

2 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games