#13

Jordan Sterns

Safety for Oklahoma State. 2016: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 101 tackles.

S · Oklahoma State · #13

6′0″ · Cibolo, TX

Oklahoma State 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 safety for Oklahoma State. 2016: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 101 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oklahoma State, 101 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Oklahoma State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Gundy — 27-12 over that span.

2014Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning

2015Oklahoma State10-3HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced

2016Oklahoma State10-3HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#18 / 2668 · 99th pct

Tackles#71 / 2668 · 97th pct

101

Passes defended#276 / 2668 · 88th pct

Interceptions#65 / 763 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#626 / 2668 · 75th pct

5.0

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.3	0.5	0.0	0.5
Road6g	9.5	0.3	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	0.2	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	9.5	0.6	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Oklahoma State	101	68	5.0	0.0	5	3	--
2015	Oklahoma State	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
2014	Oklahoma State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		101	68	5.0	0.0	5	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 45–38

vs Pittsburgh

9 TOT · 5 SOLO

Edged out Pittsburgh at home in a shootout.

With M. Rudolph — 540 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.6 · -18 rush yds (7 car) · J. Washington — 9 rec · 296 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week