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2022 Football Roster

Richard Jordan Jr.

5 Richard Jordan Jr.

5 Richard Jordan Jr.

  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-11 / 209
  • Position:
    LB
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Atlanta, Ga.
  • Prev School:
    South Forsyth (Ga.) HS
  • High School:
    South Forsyth (Ga.) HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors:
Don Hansen Football Committee All-American (2021)
2x 2nd team All-MIAA Linebacker (2019, 2021)
MSSU Single-Game Tackle Record 25 vs. Washburn (Oct. 19, 2019)
Tied MSSU Single-Season Forced Fumble Recrod (5 in 2021)
7th in Single-Season Tackles at MSSU (120 in 11 games, 2019)
8th in Career Tackles at MSSU (289 from 2018-19, 2021)

2021 - Appeared and started all 11 games for the Lions at linebacker and was a part of the special team units... Finished the season with 112 tackles (66 solo), 14.5 TFL's, 4.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, two quarterback hurries and two pass breakups as well... Against Nebraska-Kearney (Sep. 2) recoded 11 tackles (seven solo) with a TFL on the road... Registered a season-high 2.5 TFL's in the Lions 14-10 win over Central Oklahoma (Sep. 18) on the road while also registering a sack and having six tackles... Had 13 tackles (nine solo) against Fort Hays State (Sep. 25) at home along with having two TFL's and forcing two fumbles... Had a season-high 16 tackles against rival Pittsburg State (Oct. 2) at home while also recording 1.5 TFL's... Came away with 11 tackles in the Lions 52-32 win on the road against Lincoln (Oct. 9) while also having half a sack and 1.5 TFL's... In the Lions 30-28 win at home against Central Missouri (Oct. 16) finished with nine tackles (six solo) while recording a season-high two sacks... Against Emporia State (Oct. 23) had 11 tackles (seven solo) on the road while picking up a sack in his third straight game and broke up a pass... At home against Missouri Western (Oct. 30) had 13 tackles (eight solo) and forced two fumbles in the game... Against #6 Northwest Missouri (Nov. 6) finished with 10 tackles at home with a TFL while recovering a fumble and broke up a pass.. In the season finale against #24 Washburn (Nov. 13) finished with eight tackles (seven solo) with two TFL's and forced a fumble on the road... Recorded 10 or more tackles in seven games while recording a TFL in nine games.

2020 - Played in the 21-20 win over Southern Nazarene (Mar. 18) on the road ... did not lose a year of eligibility during the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2019 - Appeared and started in eleven games for the Lions at linebacker and as a member of the all-star team's...Finished the season tied for seventh in the NCAA Division II for tackles while being tied for first for sophomores in Division II (T-11th across all divisions) while leading the MIAA with 120 tackles (tied for seventh in a single season at Southern) with 51 being solo tackles, a team leading ten TFL’s, two sacks, three pass breakups, five quarterback hurries and two forced fumble before being named 2nd team All-MIAA… On the road and in the fog against Fort Hays State (Sep. 28) registered 2.5 TFL's, a sack, forced fumble and a pass break up to go along with seven tackles (five solo)... Set the single game record for tackles at Southern in the home game against Washburn (Oct. 19) with 25 tackles (12 solo) which was tied for an NCAA Division II Season best… In the season opener against Nebraska-Kearney (Sep. 5) had 18 tackles (seven solo) which included 1.5 TFL’s… In the season finale against Pittsburg State had 18 tackles including a TFL, a forced fumble and a pass breakup… Jordan Jr’s 18 tackle performances are tied for a share of fifth in single game history at Southern... One of eight Lions to capture MIAA Academic Honor Roll status. 

2018 - Saw action in eleven games, started the last nine games at linebacker… Had 57 tackles on the season, 0.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL’s, one fumble recovery, and three pass breakups for the season… Against Central Missouri (Sep. 29) had nine tackles (six solo)... Against Washburn (Oct. 13) had six tackles that included 1.5 TLF's... Against Northeastern State (Oct. 20) registered a quarterback hurry and two pass breakups to go along with four tackles.

Prior to Southern - The son of MSSU Hall of Famer Richard Jordan … Richard was an All-Conference linebacker at South Forsyth HS … Was also a team MVP and team captain.

Personal - The son of Richard Jordan … plans to major in health promotion and wellness.
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2018Freshman

    LB
    6'1" 220 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2019Sophomore

    LB
    5'11" 220 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2020Junior

    LB
    5'11" 220 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Junior

    LB
    5'11" 205 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Senior

    Linebacker
    5'11" 209 lbs
    5