#99

Jordan van den Berg

Former defensive lineman at Georgia Tech. 2025: 4 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DL · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #99

6′3″ · 300 lb · Johannesburg

CFB Index 71 · #88 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Chicago — Rd 6, Pick 32, #213 overall

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Tackles for loss: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

11 TFL · 42 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 2 TFL, 5 tackles, vs Pittsburgh

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Georgia Tech. 2025: 4 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Signed with Penn State in 2021.
Transferred from Penn State to Georgia Tech in 2024.
Drafted round 6 by the Chicago in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Tech, 6 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #213 overall by Chicago.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2021

Signed with Penn Stateout of Iowa Western C.C.

202410 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

202513 games

All-ACCfirst

2026

Drafted by Chicagoround 6, pick 213

Career arc

Recruit

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2021 class

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #213

Chicago · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches

2021

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

2022–2025

Brent Key

Georgia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Chicago2026 NFL rookie season

#213Rd 6 · Pick 32

Chicago2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2025Georgia Tech9-4HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #88 of 420?

Medium confidenceBreakout6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (97th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#74 / 2975 · 97th pct

11.0

Sacks#169 / 2975 · 93rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#834 / 2975 · 71st pct

Solo tackles#959 / 2975 · 67th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	1.0	0.4	0.0
Road6g	3.2	0.7	0.2	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #88 of 420 edge rushers

Unranked recruit. Now #88 at the position.

Career stats

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	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 24–21

vs Clemson

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With H. King — 211 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.1 · 103 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · M. Nichols — 46 AVG · 48 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20@ Colorado	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 24-21vs Clemson	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Temple	3	2	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 30-29@ Wake Forest	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 35-20vs Virginia Tech	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 8	W 27-18@ Duke	5	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 9	W 41-16vs Syracuse	5	4	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	L 36-48@ NC State	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 36-34@ Boston College	6	2	1.5	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 13	L 28-42vs Pittsburgh	5	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	L 9-16vs Georgia	3	0	0.5	0.0	—
Bowl	L 21-25@ BYU	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		42	21	11.0	4.0	—

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

Jordan van den Berg

2021

202410 games

202513 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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