Senior linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2025: 18 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
5′11″ · 220 lb · St. Petersburg, FL · Clearwater Central Catholic H.S.
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
QB hurries: 55th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 1 PBU
Best game: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, vs Gardner-Webb
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2025: 18 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
Melvin Jordan IV
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Three head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Temple — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
5 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brent Key.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (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
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 18 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Oregon State | 45 | 21 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oregon State | 21 | 11 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 84 | 37 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 24–21
vs Clemson
1 TOT
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 · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-20@ Colorado | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-21vs Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Temple | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29@ Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-18@ Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16vs Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tariq Speights’s 2022 season.
Matches Tariq on
Differs from Tariq on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tariq Speights's junior season at Eastern Michigan (2022).
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Player DNA
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