Former defensive back at Pittsburgh. 2017: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 60 tackles.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Aliquippa, PA
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 105 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at Pittsburgh. 2017: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 60 tackles.
Jordan Whitehead
He has spent three seasons in the Pittsburgh secondary. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 12, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 125 tackles — drafted at #117 overall by Tampa Bay.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Tampa BayEntering 9th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 21-17 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (88th percentile). Strength: passes defended (84th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (8th 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
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 60 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 65 | 46 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 125 | 87 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2017
W 24–14
vs Miami
1 PD · 2 TOT · 2 SOLO
With K. Pickett — 193 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.9 · 60 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · R. Winslow — 43 AVG · 52 LONG · 6 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 17-35@ Georgia Tech | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-10vs Rice | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Syracuse | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-35vs NC State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17@ Duke | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-14vs Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-34vs North Carolina | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-20@ Virginia Tech | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-14vs Miami | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 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.