Player Career

Jordan van den Berg Career Story

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Player Story

Jordan van den Berg story

Jordan van den Berg built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Johannesburg wearing No. 99, spending time with Georgia Tech and Penn State. The clearest part of Jordan van den Berg's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, and 5.5 sacks across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Jordan van den Berg'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

    Penn State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Georgia Tech

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222022202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonPenn State130.86.8—
2022 PostseasonPenn State48.62.73
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State48.62.70
2023 PostseasonPenn State1.57.61.9-2.5
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State1.57.61.90
2024 PostseasonGeorgia Tech716.67.55.5
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech716.67.50
2025 PostseasonGeorgia Tech1928.111.412
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech1928.111.40

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Penn State to Georgia TechP4 to P482.1Mar 11, 2024

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 36 Pittsburgh

Week 13 · L 28-42 · Conference game

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.

Game stats

#2

vs Duke

Week 6 · W 24-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

Game stats

#3

@ No. 96 Colorado

Week 1 · W 27-20

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.

Game stats

#4

@ No. 97 Boston College

Week 12 · W 36-34 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

Game stats

#5

vs No. 115 Syracuse

Week 9 · W 41-16 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

Game stats

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech

19 primary output · 28.1 efficiency · 11.4 usage

68

#2

2025 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

68

19 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 11.4 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Penn State

48.2

1 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 6.8 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

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