Brenden Jordan

Senior defensive back for Texas Tech. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 59 tackles.

DB · Texas Tech · Sr. · #7

6′0″ · 205 lb · Mansfield, TX · Mansfield

CFB Index 47 · #301 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Texas Tech for 2026

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How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Solo tackles: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

1 PBU · 59 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 9 tackles, vs Oregon

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Texas Tech. 2025: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 59 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2023.

His career, year by year

Brenden Jordan

DB · Texas Tech · Sr · #7

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He has spent three seasons in the Texas Tech secondary. The receipt: 9 tackles, 1 TFL against Oregon — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Joey McGuire — 27-13 over that span.

2023Texas Tech7-6HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced

2024Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo

2025Texas Tech12-2HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

47Rotational starter #301 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (90th percentile). Strength: tackles (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#271 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles#413 / 2975 · 86th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
Road5g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	0.1	0.0	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #301 of 544 safeties

Former four-star. Now #301 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #26 of 42 Big 12 DBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Texas Tech	59	38	2.0	0.0	1	1	--
2024	Texas Tech	34	19	2.5	0.5	3	--	--
2023	Texas Tech	20	16	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		113	73	5.5	0.5	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 34–10

at Utah

7 TOT · 4 SOLO

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Utah.

With W. Hammond — 169 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 61 rush yds (8 car) · J. Burgess — 41 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 67-7vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 2	W 62-14vs Kent State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-14vs Oregon State	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-10@ Utah	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-11@ Houston	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 7	W 42-17vs Kansas	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 22-26@ Arizona State	6	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-0vs Oklahoma State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 43-20@ Kansas State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 29-7vs BYU	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 48-9vs UCF	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 49-0@ West Virginia	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 34-7vs BYU	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 0-23vs Oregon	9	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		59	38	2.0	0.0	1	1

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

59Tackles

38Solo

2TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

1INT

59 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 61 INT
Week 111 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Texas Tech

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Texas Tech

Returning around him

9 Texas Tech players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +2 net (23 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Texas Tech · Last season: 12-2 (AP #4) · Talent rank #29 · 2026 recruiting class #18

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Antonio Clary’s 2022 season.

Antonio Clary

83%match

Virginia · 2022

Robert Spears-Jennings

Oklahoma · 2025

NFL Rd 7

83%

Will Boler

UAB · 2021

All-Conference USA

82%

Tyler Rudolph

Massachusetts · 2024

81%

Shaquan Loyal

Rutgers · 2023

81%

Matches Antonio on

Tackle volume

Interceptions

TFL rate

Differs from Antonio on

Weight (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaden Yates's junior season at Ole Miss (2025).

Jaden Yates

84%match

Ole Miss · 2025

All-Sun Belt

Dalton Brooks

Texas A&M · 2025

84%

Jamih Otis

Hawai'i · 2025

All-Mountain West

84%

Wesley Miller

South Alabama · 2025

All-Sun Belt

84%

AJ Brown

UAB · 2025

83%

Matches Jaden on

TFL rate

Weight

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Brenden Jordan

Robert Spears-Jennings

Oklahoma · 2025

83%

Logan Bartley

Kansas State · 2025

77%

DJ Coleman

Baylor · 2024

77%

Jaylen McClain

Ohio State · 2024

76%

Tyson Flowers

Rice · 2024

74%

Background

2025 SEASON (JUNIOR) Put together possibly his best season thus far during third season as a Red Raider … started in all 14 games for the Red Raiders after moving from the “star” position to the boundary safety spot … was one of eight Red Raiders on the defensive side of the ball to start in all...

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The secondary · Texas Tech

#7Brenden JordanS · Sr.59 tackles · 2025
#14Brice PollockCB · Sr.47 tackles · 2025
#27Amier Boyd-MatthewsCB · Sr.26 tackles · 2025
#4Davin MartinCB · Sr.26 tackles · 2025
#3Peyton MorganS · Jr.11 tackles · 2025

17 more on the roster · Texas Tech team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

20236 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

Players who play like Brenden Jordan

Background

The secondary · Texas Tech