2021: Conference USA Honorable Mention ... Member of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society ... Started all 13 games at linebacker ... Led ODU with a career-high 104 tackles ... His 104 tackles was seventh in Conference USA and 57th in the country ... Recorded three double-digit tackle games ... Led the team in tackles four times ... Led the team with 7.5 tackles for loss and notched a pair of sacks ... Tied the ODU record for career starts with 48 ... Set the ODU career record for tackles with 350, breaking the previous mark of 340 held by Craig Wilkins ... Also recorded a fumble recovery and an interception ... Notched nine tackles apiece in the first two games against Wake Forest and Hampton ... Totaled seven tackles at Liberty ... Had five stops against Buffalo ... Recorded eight tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack at UTEP ... Notched five tackles and a tackle for loss at Marshall ... Registered eight tackles and a TFL against WKU ... Recorded six tackles in the win over LA Tech ... Had six tackles at FIU ... Posted first double-digit tackle game of the year against FAU, totaling 11 tackles and a tackle for loss ... Had eight tackles in the win at Middle Tennessee ... Registered a season-high 12 tackles, an interception and fumble recovery in the win over Charlotte ... Notched 10 tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack in the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Tulsa.
2019: Started all 12 games at linebacker ... For the second-straight year finished second on the team in tackles ... Totaled a career-best 86 tackles ... Had four tackles for loss and three pass breakups ... Recorded his first career interception against East Carolina ... Led ODU in tackles three times and had three double-digit tackle games ... Totaled 10 tackles at Virginia Tech ... Notched a season-best 11 stops at Marshall ... Had 10 tackles and a tackle for loss against FAU ... Led ODU in tackles with eight in the season-finale against Charlotte.
2018: Played in all 12 games, starting 11 at linebacker ... Finished third on the team with 75 tackles ... Added three tackles for loss, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery ... Played the second half of the season with a broken hand ... Had seven tackles three times, against Liberty, FIU and North Texas ... Recorded nine tackles at Florida Atlantic ... Notched season-high 11 tackles in the win at WKU.
2017: Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... Started all 12 games at linebacker ... Second on the team with 85 tackles, while adding six tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, three pass breakups and a forced fumble ... Had his first career double-digit tackle game with 10 stops and 1.5 tackles for loss in the win at UMass ... Recorded eight tackles at No. 13 Virginia Tech ... Notched 11 tackles versus FAU ... Had seven tackles at Marshall ... Totaled eight stops at North Texas ... Had a career-high 15 tackles and a tackle for loss in the win over Rice.
2016: Redshirted.
High School: A two-star recruit by 247 sports … Played quarterback at Coatesville, completing 208-of-324 passes for 2,720 yards and 20 touchdowns … Rushed 147 times for 669 yards and 20 touchdowns ... Played in the prestigious Big 33 All-Star Game.
Personal: Son of Anthony Young and Luan Gethers ... Full name is Anthony Jordan Young ... Two brothers, Avery and Aaron, both play football at Rutgers ... Earned his degree in sport management ... Currently working towards in Master's degree in sport management.
JORDAN YOUNG CAREER STATS
| Year |
Games |
UT |
AT |
TOTAL |
TFL |
Sacks |
INT |
FF |
FR |
PBU |
| 2017 |
12 |
34 |
51 |
85 |
6.0-17 |
1.5-9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| 2018 |
12 |
37 |
38 |
75 |
3.0-6 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 2019 |
12 |
38 |
48 |
86 |
4.0-6 |
1.0-9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 2021 |
13 |
34 |
70 |
104 |
7.5-26 |
2-17 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
49 |
143 |
207 |
350 |
20.5-55 |
4.5-35 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
