Dion Jordan was a very recommended NFL -Prospect Come from university in 2013 and was treated as such.
The Miami Dolphins Selected Jordan with the number 3 choice of the design that year, but his career did not go exactly as someone was planning. The former defending end had three bags in 26 games for the dolphins and was subsequently suspended in 2015 for violations of the policy of resource abuse of the NFL.
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Oregon Defensive End Dion Jordan is introduced as the third general choice of the NFL design of 2013 by the Miami Dolphins in Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 25, 2013. (Brad Penner-usa Today Sports)
He appeared again in the 2017 competition with the Seattle Seahawks and secure four bags in five games, but it was not enough to breathe new life into his career as a starter. He played for the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49 people before leaving the competition after the 2020 season.
Jordan, 34, came to a grip on failure to meet those high expectations.
“I didn’t have my life in order. My life outside the ball was not in balance,” he said in a recent interview “The fishing tank” Podcast. “You know, it wasn’t what it had to be to match all those things and I struggled, guy. I had trouble coming in. I had trouble understanding the plays and the playbook.
San Francisco 49ers defensive Lineman Dion Jordan, #96, against the Seattle Seahawks in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on January 3, 2021. (Mark J. Rebilas-usa Today Sports)
“When I left the facility, it didn’t help because I’m at the party. I enjoy the money I have, and I just put myself behind the eight-ball. I am injured, you know. Sometimes. I miss My rehabilitation, so that doesn’t help. “
Jordan made it clear that it was no one else’s fault, but his for the way his NFL career came out. He is now an assistant at Eureka College In Illinois to teach the next generation.
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Miami Dolphins Defensive End Dion Jordan, #95, against the Detroit Lions in Ford Field in Detroit on November 9, 2014. (Andrew Weber-usa Today Sports)
In 63 career competitions he had 13.5 bags and 108 total tackles.
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