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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Georgia Tech
Melvin Jordan IV
LB • 5'11" • 230 lbs • St. Petersburg, FL, USA
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Impact Production
33
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oregon State • Georgia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Player Story
Melvin Jordan IV built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from St. Petersburg, FL, spending time with Georgia Tech and Oregon State. The clearest part of Melvin Jordan IV's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Oregon State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Melvin Jordan IV, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Oregon State. Melvin Jordan IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 84
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Melvin Jordan IV quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Tech · LB
- Career Tackles
- 84
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Oregon State
- Top game
- Notre Dame
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Calvary Christian · Oregon State
- High school pipeline
- Calvary Christian · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · LB 614th (top 49%) · ACC 284th (top 36%) · National 2,221st (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon State | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 58.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 58.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 10 | 45 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 7 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Georgia Tech to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 19.6 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| 2025 | Oregon State to Georgia Tech | G5/FCS to P4 | 79.1 | Dec 22, 2024 |
Melvin Jordan IV played LB for Oregon State and Georgia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Melvin Jordan IV recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Oregon State paired 7 primary output with 22.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oregon State, Georgia Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
15
Usage
3.1
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 0. Gardner-Webb: 1. Clemson: 0. Temple: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Duke: 2. Syracuse: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. Gardner-Webb: 5 by 30.8. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Temple: 6 by 25. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 1 by 24.2. Syracuse: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Gardner-Webb
Player Story
Melvin Jordan IV story
Melvin Jordan IV built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from St. Petersburg, FL, spending time with Georgia Tech and Oregon State. The clearest part of Melvin Jordan IV's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Melvin Jordan IV'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.
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Oregon State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Georgia Tech
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Oregon State | 7 | 22.5 | 6.4 | 7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 7 | 22.5 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 3.5 | 22.3 | 6.2 | -3.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 3 | 15 | 3.1 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Notre Dame
Week 1 · L 8-40 · Postseason
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Nevada
Week 7 · L 37-42
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Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Colorado State
Week 6 · W 39-31
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Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 44 Duke
Week 8 · W 27-18 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#5
@ California
Week 6 · W 52-40 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Oregon State
7 primary output · 22.5 efficiency · 6.4 usage
58.9
#2
2023 Regular Season · Oregon State
58.9
7 primary · 22.5 efficiency · 6.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
34.2
3.5 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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