Jordan Poyer with the Buffalo Bills, 2021
With the Buffalo Bills, 2021. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, Oregon State, 2009–⁠12

Jordan Poyer

Number
No. 14
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Astoria, OR
Born
Apr 25, 1991, in Dallas, Oregon

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Jordan Poyer played cornerback at Oregon State (2009–⁠12). He was a consensus All‑American in 2012. The Philadelphia Eagles took Poyer in round 7, No. 218 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2012
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Pac-12
Drafted
No. 218
Round 7, 2013 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Career highs

3interceptions, career highvs. Washington State, 2012

Honors

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2009Oregon State31140–––
2010Oregon State339170231040
2011Oregon State306800301411
2012Oregon State–––10710
Career661,7110633161

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Oregon State2
2011Oregon State4
2012Oregon State7
Career13

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
20097741100000
2010122212341.51241
2011123522570.504120
2012N1234175152771
On file98551537313232

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Oregon State14CB
2010Oregon State14CB
2011Oregon State14CB
2012Oregon State14CB6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Oregon State 10 games, 7 INT
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsInt
Sep 8vs.WisconsinW 10–⁠7––1−5–
Sep 22atUCLAW 27–⁠20––15–
Sep 29atArizonaW 38–⁠35––––1
Oct 6vs.Washington StateW 19–⁠6––1243
Oct 13atBYUW 42–⁠24––1151
Oct 27atWashingtonL 17–⁠20––10–
Nov 10atStanfordL 23–⁠27––27–
Nov 17vs.CaliforniaW 62–⁠14––1−11
Dec 1vs.NichollsW 77–⁠3––161
Dec 29 ✦vs.TexasL 27–⁠31––120–
2011 Oregon State 12 games, 60 returns, 821 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsInt
Sep 3vs.Sacramento StateL 28–⁠29––21–
Sep 10atWisconsinL 0–⁠35––30–
Sep 24vs.UCLAL 19–⁠272564100–
Oct 1atArizona StateL 20–⁠35595442
Oct 8vs.ArizonaW 37–⁠27377–––
Oct 15vs.BYUL 28–⁠387171––1
Oct 22atWashington StateW 44–⁠2148510–
Oct 29atUtahL 8–⁠2759060–
Nov 5vs.StanfordL 13–⁠3838120–
Nov 12atCaliforniaL 6–⁠23––31–
Nov 19vs.WashingtonW 38–⁠21––2191
Nov 26atOregonL 21–⁠49125316–
2010 Oregon State 11 games, 56 returns, 1,021 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsInt
Sep 4vs.TCUL 21–⁠30–––––
Sep 18vs.LouisvilleW 35–⁠28121–––
Sep 25atBoise StateL 24–⁠37512510–
Oct 2vs.Arizona StateW 31–⁠2839229–
Oct 16atWashingtonL 34–⁠3541052151
Oct 30vs.CaliforniaW 35–⁠726945–
Nov 6atUCLAL 14–⁠17126227–
Nov 13vs.Washington StateL 14–⁠31495317–
Nov 20vs.USCW 36–⁠72664231
Nov 27atStanfordL 0–⁠38413148–
Dec 4vs.OregonL 20–⁠37718710–
2009 Oregon State 3 games, 3 returns, 114 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsInt
Sep 5vs.Portland StateW 34–⁠7130–––
Oct 24atUSCL 36–⁠42170–––
Dec 22 ✦vs.BYUL 20–⁠44114–––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠21).

DrillCombine 2013Combine or pro day 2013
Height5′11⅞″
Weight191 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.54 s
10-yard split1.51 s
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press8 reps
3-cone drill6.87 s
20-yard shuttle4.18 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

13 seasons, 171 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

Pro Bowl: 2022 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2021

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2021; Pro Football Writers first team 2021.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2013Cleveland Browns92000
2014Cleveland Browns122100
2015Cleveland Browns124312
2016Cleveland Browns63900
2017Buffalo Bills158725
2018Buffalo Bills168524
2019Buffalo Bills169112
2020Buffalo Bills1611122
2021Buffalo Bills168535
2022Buffalo Bills125504
2023Buffalo Bills169210
2024Miami Dolphins159600
2025Buffalo Bills10700.51
NFL career17189512.525

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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