Bowling Green State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Anderson, Jordan
Jersey Number 0
Jordan Anderson
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Detroit, Mich.
- High School:
- Harper Woods
Bio
Years of Eligibility Remaining Including 2023: 1
Honors:
2022:
2021:
2020:
2019:
High School:
Personal:
Honors:
- 2022 Jim Thorpe Award Watch List
- 2022 Athlon Sports preseason first-team All-MAC
- 2022 Phil Steele preseason first-team All-MAC
- East-West Shrine Game 1000 List member
- 2021 third-team All-MAC
- 2021 first-team Pro Football Focus All-MAC
2022:
- Started 11 of BGSU's 13 games
- Missed the Miami (OH) and Central Michigan games with an injury
- Made four stops at UCLA
- Grabbed first interception of the season against Eastern Kentucky to go with seven tackles
- Also broke up one pass against EKU
- Made five stops and broke up a pass against Marshall
- Recorded four stops and broke up a pass at Mississippi State
- Notched three stops and broke up a pass against Western Michigan
- Made six tackles and 0.5 sack in the win at Toledo
- Recorded six tackles at Ohio
- Made five tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss against New Mexico State in the Quick Lane Bowl
2021:
- Started all 12 games for BGSU
- Was one of three FBS players in the nation to record 3+ INTs, 2+ fumble recoveries and 5+ PBUs, joining Penn State's Ji'ayir Brown and East Carolina's Ja'Quan McMillian
- Shared team lead with three interceptions
- Also broke up five passes
- Made a season-high nine tackles against South Alabama
- Made six tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss and an interception in win at Minnesota
- INT at Minnesota clinched the game with 17 seconds left, halting one final Gopher drive
- Also made INTs vs. Akron and at Buffalo
- Notched seven tackles at NIU and against Toledo
2020:
- Played in all five games, starting four times
- Had 25 tackles, including 17 solo
- Added three pass break-ups and 1.5 tackles for loss
- Had a season-high eight tackles at Toledo
- Posted his 1.5 tackles for loss against Kent State
2019:
- Played in 10 games, starting seven times
- Finished season with 51 total tackles, including 27 solo tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack
- Also had one interception, one forced fumble and seven pass break-ups
- Made six tackles, including three solo tackles, and had a pass break-up at Notre Dame
- Made eight tackles, including five solo tackles, recorded 1.0 sack, and had two pass break-ups in a win against Toledo
- Had four tackles, an interception, and two pass break-ups in a game against Central Michigan
- Had a pass break-up, forced a fumble, and made seven tackles, including five solo tackles, in a game at Western Michigan
- Recorded 12 tackles, including seven solo tackles, in a game at Buffalo
High School:
- Played three years on varsity, earning two letters while at East English Village Prep and Harper Woods High School
- Also lettered in track
- Named a team captain for both football and track in 2018
- Recorded 12 interceptions and 97 tackles over two-span of 2017-18
- Also played running back, rushing for 2,550 yards and 12 touchdowns over a two-year span
- Two-time first team all-state
- 2017 Defensive Player of the Year for East English Village Prep
- 2017 first team all-city
- 2017 first team all-metro area
- 2018 first team all-conference
- Ranked on Detroit News' Blue Chip List for 2019 recruits at No. 53
Personal:
- Son of Oscar and Tina Anderson
- Three brothers - Deangelo, Tre and Reuben - and a sister, Diamond
- Deangelo played basketball at Wayne State
- Member of National Honors Society
- Major is sport management
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Tuesday, September 16
BG Football Press Conference 9.15
Monday, September 15
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