Jordan Battle

Former defensive back at Alabama. 2022: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 62 tackles.

DB · Alabama · Sr. · #9

6′1″ · 206 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 49 · #252 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCincinnati — drafted 2023, Rd 3, Pick 32, #95 overall

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 43 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Alabama. 2022: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 62 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Alabama in 2019.
Drafted round 3 by the Cincinnati in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Alabama, 241 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #95 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201912 games

Signed with Alabama4-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

202113 games

All-SECfirst

202213 games

All-SECfirst

2023

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 3, pick 95

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#43 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #95

Cincinnati · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 4th NFL season

#95Rd 3 · Pick 32

CincinnatiEntering 4th NFL season

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2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Nick Saban — 48-6 over that span.

2019Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

2020Alabama13-0HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Alabama13-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

49Rotational starter #252 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (88th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#329 / 2755 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#523 / 2755 · 80th pct

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2352 / 2755 · 7th pct

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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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road6g	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #252 of 493 safeties

Former four-star. Now #252 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Alabama	62	30	0.0	0.0	3	1	--
2021	Alabama	85	50	1.0	0.0	3	3	--
2020	Alabama	64	41	2.5	0.0	4	1	--
2019	Alabama	30	18	2.0	1.0	1	1	--
Career		241	139	5.5	1.0	11	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 20–19

at Texas

3 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With B. Young — 213 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.1 · 38 rush yds (7 car) · J. Burnip — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 55-0vs Utah State	4	1	—	0
Wk 2	W 20-19@ Texas	4	3	—	0
Wk 3	W 63-7vs UL Monroe	1	1	—	0
Wk 4	W 55-3vs Vanderbilt	5	2	—	0
Wk 5	W 49-26@ Arkansas	8	3	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	W 24-20vs Texas A&M	3	1	—	0
Wk 7	L 49-52@ Tennessee	7	4	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-6vs Mississippi State	6	3	—	1
Wk 10	L 31-32@ LSU	7	4	—	0
Wk 11	W 30-24@ Ole Miss	8	4	—	1
Wk 12	W 34-0vs Austin Peay	4	1	—	0
Wk 13	W 49-27vs Auburn	5	3	—	0
Bowl	W 45-20@ Kansas State	0	0	1	1
Total		62	30	1	3

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