Apr. 27, 2011
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(SAN FRANCISCO) - Former Cal defensive lineman and projected 2011 NFL Draft first-round pick will be featured on CSN Bay's Area SportsNet Central on Wednesday night during shows scheduled to air at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. PDT. The piece titled Pursuit of a Dream was filmed prior to Jordan's trip to New York City to attend the 2011 NFL Draft that gets underway Thursday at 5:00 p.m. PDT.
Jordan is looking to follow 2010 NFL All-Rookie squad member Tyson Alualu's 10th overall selection in the 2010 NFL Draft and make Cal only the second Pac-10 school to ever have defensive linemen chosen in the first round of the draft in back-to-back years. USC is the only school from the conference to have accomplished the feat. The Trojans most recently did it in 2004 and 2005 with the selections of Kenechi Udeze (No. 20) and Mike Patterson (No. 31), while USC's Al Cowlins (No. 5) and Jody Smith (No. 25) were first-round picks in 1970 and '71.
If Jordan is able to find his way into the top 10, Cal will become the first Pac-10 school to have defensive linemen selected in the top 10 of the NFL Draft in consecutive campaigns. Only six times in the history of the NFL Draft has a team accomplished the feat, with the most recent being the selections of LSU's Glenn Dorsey (5) and Tyson Jackson (3) in 2008 and 2009.
Jordan played in 50 of 51 possible games and made 32 starts at Cal from 2007-10. He was an honorable mention All-American selection by Pro Football Weekly and a first-team All-Pac-10 choice for the first time as a senior in 2010 after two consecutive honorable mention All-Pac-10 campaigns in 2008 and 2009. Jordan finished his collegiate career with 175 tackles, while adding 34.0 tackles for loss (-122 yards) and 16.5 sacks (-89 yards) to rank just outside the school's all-time top 10 in each of the latter two categories.
Jordan started all 12 games as a 2010 senior for a unit that ranked first in the Pac-10 and No. 18 nationally in total defense (319.08 ypg). Jordan recorded career highs of 62 tackles (fifth on the club and first among defensive linemen) and 12.5 tackles for loss (-47 yards) for a 1.04 per game average that was second on the squad and seventh in the Pac-10. He also had 5.5 sacks (-32 yards) that were second on the team and a half sack shy of the career-high 6.0 he recorded as a 2009 junior, with his 0.46 sacks per game average 11th in the Pac-10. Jordan also added a career-high and team-high-tying three forced fumbles for an average of 0.25 per game that ranked tied for fourth in the Pac-10. In his final collegiate game against Washington, he recorded his second career touchdown when he returned a fumble 21 yards for a score.
Following his 2010 senior season, he culminated an impressive week at the 2011 Under Armour Senior Bowl by making five tackles and recording 1.0 tackle for loss playing for the North squad in front of a sold out crowd of 40,646 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The 62nd version of the contest completed a week of activities showcasing college football's top seniors performing before more than 800 general managers, head coaches, assistant coaches, scouts and other front office personnel from all 32 National Football League teams.
His senior season followed a 2009 junior campaign in which he started all 13 games and ranked second among the team's defensive linemen with 48 tackles behind Alualu, as well as second overall also behind Alualu with his 9.5 tackles for loss (-41 yards) and a career-high 6.0 sacks (-35 yards). He was among the Pac-10's per-game leaders in sacks (No. 10-T, 0.46) and tackles for loss (No. 15-T, 0.73).
As a 2008 sophomore he took over a starting defensive end role in the fifth contest of the season and started the final seven regular-season games before coming off the bench in the team's Emerald Bowl victory over Miami, Fla. He completed the campaign with 47 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss (-29 yards) and 4.0 sacks (-17 yards), and was also among the Pac-10's leaders in fumble recoveries per game (No. 6-T, 0.17).
Jordan played in all 13 games off the bench during his true freshman season in 2007 and recorded 18 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-5 yards), 1.0 sack (-5 yards) and one fumble recovery that he returned 13 yards at Arizona State for the first of his two career touchdowns.
Visit 2011 Cal NFL Draft Central for extensive coverage on former Cal football players selected in the 2011 NFL Draft . Following Thursday's opening-round selections, Friday will feature the second and third rounds (3 p.m. PDT). Rounds four through seven are slated for Saturday (9 a.m. PDT). ESPN and the NFL Network will televise the event live.
An NFL Draft Blog from David Seawright and the staff of CalBears.com will also be featured on the 2011 Cal NFL Draft Central site, with announcements, photos, quotes, notes, links to media stories and whatever the group can get their hands on about the former Cal players selected.
Shortly before and then again after the draft, the 2011 Cal NFL Draft Central site will also feature the Candid Cam blog, with comments, photos and whatever other information Jordan can find time to send back to us during his busy trip.
