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 Score

Efficiency

Consistency

Season Value

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

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

Scouting Read

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Jordan Cole, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Jordan Cole shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

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: 2020 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 4.2 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

Havoc Plays / G

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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Game Log

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1 games

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

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois19.32
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois724.98.36
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois04.20.7-7
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Nebraska

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.7 takeover score.

#2

Miami (OH)

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

#3

Western Michigan

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 32.8 takeover score.

#4

Central Michigan

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 30.8 takeover score.

#5

Vanderbilt

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 21.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

16.6

7 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

4.3

1 primary · 9.3 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7644

McCluer South-Berkeley · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

58

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 21 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.