Senior defensive back on California's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Arlington, TX · Mansfield Timberview HS
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 253 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on California's 2025 roster.
Jordan Sanford
Jordan Sanford has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 33 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-15@ Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-3vs Texas Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-14vs Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-45vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42@ Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-26@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31@ Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
10 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
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
California
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · California
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
California · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #33 · 2026 recruiting class #56
Accolades - Academic 2024 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll Junior (2025) - Cal Appeared in 11 games and made 10 tackles. Recorded at least one tackle in eight games. Had two tackles twice (Duke and Virginia Tech). Sophomore (2024) - Texas Tech Appeared in all 13 games as a regular on special team...
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