Player Dossier

2019-2023

South Alabama

Jalen Jordan

S • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Lake Cormorant, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Jordan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ole Miss • South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Jalen Jordan built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a safety from Lake Cormorant, MS wearing No. 1, spending time with Ole Miss and South Alabama. The clearest part of Jalen Jordan's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8697

Orange Lutheran · Orange, CA

Committed To
Arizona State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Jalen Jordan, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Alabama. Jalen Jordan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
152
TFL
3.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jalen Jordan quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · S
Career Tackles
152
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 41 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · South Alabama
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
3-star · Orange Lutheran · Arizona State
High school pipeline
Orange Lutheran · 48 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
35 tackles · S 187th (top 36%) · Sun Belt 131st (top 20%) · National 1,092nd (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonOle Miss22-0--036.8
2020 PostseasonOle Miss95-0--034.3
2020 Regular SeasonOle Miss9481.50-1034.3
2021 Regular SeasonOle Miss69-0--037.8
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1253-01-020
2023 PostseasonSouth Alabama120-0--040.4
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama123520--040.4

Related Context

Jalen Jordan played S for Ole Miss and South Alabama. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalen Jordan recorded 152 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

South Alabama paired 4 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 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 Ole Miss, South Alabama.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Postseason · South Alabama

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

16.3

Usage

4.1

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 1. Tulane: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Central Michigan: 1. James Madison: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Louisiana: 0. Troy: 1. Arkansas State: 0. Marshall: 1. Texas State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 6 by 35. James Madison: 3 by 12.5. UL Monroe: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana: 3 by 12.5. Troy: 5 by 30.8. Arkansas State: 5 by 20.8. Marshall: 4 by 26.7. Texas State: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

35 vs Central Michigan

Result
Sun 12/24@ Eastern MichiganW 59-101
Sun 11/26@ Texas StateL 44-5232000
Sat 11/18vs MarshallW 28-0420010
Sat 11/11vs Arkansas StateW 21-1453000
Thu 11/2@ TroyL 10-2852100
Sat 10/28vs LouisianaL 20-3333000
Tue 10/17vs Southern MissW 55-321000
Sat 10/7@ UL MonroeW 55-720000
Sat 9/30@ James MadisonL 23-3132000
Sat 9/23vs Central MichiganL 30-3465100
Sat 9/16@ Oklahoma StateW 33-711000
Sun 9/3@ TulaneL 17-3711000

Player Story

Jalen Jordan story

Jalen Jordan built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a safety from Lake Cormorant, MS wearing No. 1, spending time with Ole Miss and South Alabama. The clearest part of Jalen Jordan's career was his defensive production: 152 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 1 pass defended across 41 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Ole Miss. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jalen Jordan's production has multiple signals. With 41 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ole Miss and South Alabama.

The arc is straightforward: Jalen Jordan moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Ole Miss

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Alabama

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonOle Miss04.20.8
2020 PostseasonOle Miss2.527.34.32.5
2020 Regular SeasonOle Miss2.527.34.30
2021 Regular SeasonOle Miss06.30.9-2.5
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama119.341
2023 PostseasonSouth Alabama416.34.13
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama416.34.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Marshall

Week 12 · W 28-0 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Auburn

Week 8 · L 28-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Central Michigan

Week 4 · L 30-34

1

Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Troy

Week 10 · L 10-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 1 · W 59-10 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · South Alabama

4 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · South Alabama

40.4

4 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Ole Miss

37.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games