Jordan van den Berg: DL · Georgia Tech · #99.
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Jordan van den Berg
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: James Franklin and Brent Key. Named All-ACC two seasons running, most recently in 2025. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Boston College — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Sports Illustrated Oct 27Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 42 | 21 | 11.0 | 4.0 |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | 23 | 14 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | Penn State | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | Penn State | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | Penn State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 90 | 48 | 19.0 | 5.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-20@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-21vs No. 12 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Temple | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29@ Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-20vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-18@ Duke | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16vs Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-48@ NC State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-34@ Boston College | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 28-42vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-16vs No. 4 Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-25vs No. 12 BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 21 | 11.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
26%11 TFLSack rate
10%4 sacksHurry rate
10%4 hurries42 tackles · 11 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
46.1%
391 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #88 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Penn State and Georgia Tech, 6 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #213 overall by the Chicago Bears.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: James Franklin and Brent Key.
Next stop · NFL
Chicago Bears2026 NFL rookie season
Chicago Bears2026 NFL rookie seasonFrom Johannesburg, South Africa.
