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Defensive back, Pittsburgh, 2015–17
Jordan Whitehead
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Hometown
- Aliquippa, PA
- Born
- Mar 18, 1997, in Monaca, Pennsylvania
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Jordan Whitehead played defensive back at Pittsburgh (2015–17). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Whitehead in round 4, No. 117 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
2rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Notre Dame, 201512tackles, career highat North Carolina, 2016Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 65 | 46 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 60 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Career | 125 | 87 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 122 | 10.2 | 2 | 22 |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 0 | 28 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 22 | 142 | 6.5 | 1 | 35 |
| Career | 43 | 362 | 8.4 | 3 | 35 | |
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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 of 13 | 41 | 25 | 66 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | 9 | DB | ||
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 9 | DB | ||
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 9 | DB | 5′11″ | 195 |
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
2017 Pittsburgh 9 games, 60 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | at Georgia Tech | L 17–35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Rice | W 42–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | at Syracuse | L 24–27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs. NC State | L 17–35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Duke | W 24–17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Virginia | W 31–14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs. North Carolina | L 31–34 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Virginia Tech | L 14–20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Miami | W 24–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2016 Pittsburgh 9 games, 65 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Villanova | W 28–7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Penn State | W 42–39 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Oklahoma State | L 38–45 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | atNorth Carolina | L 36–37 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 37–34 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atVirginia | W 45–31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 36–39 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atMiami | L 28–51 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Clemson | W 43–42 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Pittsburgh 5 games, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7 | vs. Notre Dame | L 30–42 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 14 | atDuke | W 31–13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 21 | vs. Louisville | W 45–34 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 27 | vs.Miami | L 24–29 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Navy | L 28–44 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2018 | Combine or pro day 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅜″ | |
| Weight | 198 lb | |
| Arm length | 29¾″ | |
| Hand size | 8½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.59 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 34″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| Bench press | 21 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.16 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.31 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 103 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 | 69 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 72 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 | 67 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | New York Jets | 17 | 82 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | New York Jets | 16 | 86 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2024 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 103 | 516 | 2.5 | 11 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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