Drew Jordan

Senior defensive end for Michigan State. 2021: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

DE · Michigan State · Sr. · #2

6′3″ · 255 lb · Suwanee, GA

CFB Index 51 · #178 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceMichigan State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 338 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Michigan State. 2021: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Duke in 2017.
Transferred from Duke to Michigan State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan State, 11 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201710 games

Signed with Duke4-star out of North Gwinnett

202110 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#338 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2019

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

2020–2021

Mel Tucker

Michigan State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Duke7-6HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

2020Duke2-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #178 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (13th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1233 / 2743 · 52nd pct

2.5

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Tackles#2078 / 2743 · 23rd pct

Solo tackles#2327 / 2743 · 13th 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #178 of 370 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #178 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Michigan State	18	7	2.5	1.0	1	--	--
2020	Duke	29	9	3.5	3.5	--	--	--
2019	Duke	18	7	3.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Duke	33	24	4.0	2.5	--	--	--
2017	Duke	16	7	3.0	3.0	--	--	--
Career		114	54	16.5	11.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 37–33

vs Michigan

1 TOT

Edged out Michigan at home in a shootout.

With B. Baringer — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 55 AVG · K. Walker — 197 rush yds (23 car) · 5 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21@ Northwestern	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-17@ Miami	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 23-20vs Nebraska	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 48-31vs Western Kentucky	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-13@ Rutgers	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	W 37-33vs Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 29-40@ Purdue	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 40-21vs Maryland	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-56@ Ohio State	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 30-27vs Penn State	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		17	6	2.5	1.0	—	1

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