Jordan Veneziale: LB · Georgia State · #40.
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Jordan Veneziale
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Five seasons in the Georgia State linebacker corps to date. Named All-Sun Belt two seasons running, most recently in 2024. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against App State — Week 11, 2023.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia State | 53 | 34 | 6.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia State | 98 | 55 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 3 |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 96 | 53 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 18 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 15 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 280 | 162 | 22.0 | 7.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-35vs Rhode Island | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-14vs UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-25@ Charlotte | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-17@ Coastal Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-28vs Troy | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-24vs Marshall | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17@ Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-44@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs No. 23 James Madison | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 14-42vs App State | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-56@ No. 15 LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-25@ Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 45-22vs Utah State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 34 | 6.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%6 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups53 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack.
5 seasons under Shawn Elliott — 32-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Elliott
Pass share
42.0%
366 pass / 506 run
Plays / game
67.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Five seasons at Georgia State, 280 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 50 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Shawn Elliott.
