Redshirt Junior (2024): Named second-team all-ACC in his first season as a Yellow Jacket … Appeared in all 13 games and made seven starts at defensive tackle … Started seven of the final eight games of the campaign … Recorded 23 tackles, five tackles for loss, one sack, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries from his interior position … Two fumble recoveries were tied for 19th nationally … Had six game grades of 70 or higher from Pro Football Focus, including a whopping 89.7 grade at Syracuse (Sept. 7), a 79.1 grade vs. Georgia State (Aug. 31) and a 78.7 grade at Virginia Tech (Oct. 26) … Earned a run defense grade of 80 or better from PFF three times – 82.6 at VT, 80.5 at Syracuse and 80.5 vs. VMI (Sept. 14) … Also had an 81.5 pass-rush grade at Syracuse … Had two tackles and a half-tackle for loss against GSU … Had a TFL at Syracuse … Made a season-high-tying four tackles, including a half-TFL, in just one half of action against VMI … Turned in one of his best statistical performances of the season with three solo tackles, including two TFL and a sack, in win over previously undefeated Duke (Oct. 5) … Had three tackles and a fumble recovery in win at North Carolina (Oct. 12) … Made one of Georgia Tech’s biggest defensive plays of the season when he recovered a fumble by eventual No. 1 NFL Draft pick Cam Ward with 1:36 to go in a 28-23 win over previously unbeaten and No. 4-ranked Miami (Nov. 9) … Had two stops in win over NC State (Nov. 21) … Matched season high with four tackles, including his fifth TFL of the season, in eight-overtime contest at No. 6 Georgia (Nov. 29) … Made three tackles in Birmingham Bowl vs. Vanderbilt (Dec. 27).
Penn State (2021-23): Appeared in 28 games over three seasons at Penn State … Totaled 26 tackles, including 2.5 sacks and four tackles for loss, forced two fumbles and recovered one in his three seasons at PSU … Had a career-high 11 tackles in 11 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2023 … Recorded nine stops, including a career-best 1.5 sacks, and forced a fumble as a redshirt freshman in 2022 … Played in just four games but notched a career-high two tackles for loss to go along with six total tackles, a sack and a forced fumble as a freshman in 2021 … Both of his forced fumbles and lone fumble recovery came in Big Ten games against Maryland (FR in 2023, FFs in 2021 and 2022) … Named to 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl preseason watch list … Named PSU’s Developmental Squad co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 … Two-time academic all-Big Ten honoree.
Iowa Western C.C. (2020): Played one season at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa during the spring of 2021 (season moved from fall due to Covid-19 pandemic) … Added 40 pounds to aid in transition from linebacker to defensive line … Named first-team junior college all-America and first-team all-region despite playing in only six games … Recorded 13 tackles, including four TFL … Had a season-high 7.5 tackles against Iowa Central C.C. … Had a season-best two TFL against Snow College … Helped lead Iowa Western C.C. to an 8-1 overall record.
High School: Played linebacker at Providence Christian Academy in nearby Lilburn, Ga. … Named first-team all-state as a senior in 2019 … Two-time all-region and all-county honoree … Providence Christian’s all-time leader in career tackles, single-season tackles and single-season tackles for loss … Set school records with 157 tackles and 14 TFL as a senior … Also notched four sacks during final prep campaign … Coached by Parker Conley … Also earned three letters in baseball and two in basketball.
Personal: Pursuing a master’s degree in management … Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved with his family to the Atlanta metro area when he was 10 years old … Played rugby in his native South Africa … One of five brothers … Grandfather, Francois van den Berg, competed and placed in the Universe Competition, South Africa’s national championship for bodybuilding … Grandmother, Joan Rocci, was a swimmer who represented South Africa in the 1958 Commonwealth Games and held multiple national records … Jordan earned a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Penn State in December 2023 … Aspires for a career in coaching, specifically as a defensive coordinator at the Power Five level.
