Jordan Strachan

* 2022 Most Improved Player of the Spring – Special Teams
* 2021 Nutrition Award
* 2020 Third-Team All-Sun Belt
* 2019 Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll

Spent seven years in college including the last three at South Carolina… transferred from Georgia State, where he began his career as a walk-on… led the nation in sacks in 2020 and collected 18.5 career sacks… appeared in 50 career contests, making 26 starts while recording 130 tackles, including 31.5 TFLs.

2023 (Super Senior)
EDGE rusher who played in 12 games starting nine… credited with 20 tackles including 7.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks… also had a pair of quarterback hurries, forced two fumbles and had one pass breakup… started each of the first nine games… had at least two tackles in eight contests… came up big against Kentucky when he had a pair of sacks and forced a critical strip sack late in the contest to preserve the win… also had sacks against Furman and Florida… had a pair of tackles for loss against Mississippi State with a quarterback hurry.

2022 (Super Senior)
EDGE rusher who started each of the first two contests… totaled 10 tackles including 3.0 tackles for loss and a sack… tied his career high with six tackles at Arkansas, including 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack, before leaving the contest with a season-ending torn ACL injury… named the Most Improved Special Teams player of the spring.

2021 (Redshirt Senior)
Played in all 13 games in his first season in Columbia… recorded 22 tackles, with 6.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks… credited with a pair of pass breakups and five quarterback hurries… had a season-high four tackles, including a TFL and QB hurry at Texas A&M… intercepted a pass against Vanderbilt, returning it 44 yards… logged 1.5 tackles for loss in the bowl win over North Carolina… a Nutrition Award winner as selected by the coaching staff… enrolled in January and went through spring drills, but was hampered by a hamstring injury.

2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Returned to the lineup at outside linebacker after suffering a knee injury in 2019… earned third-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors… tied for first in FBS with a school-record 10.5 sacks… average of 1.05 sacks per game ranked seventh in the nation and fourth among players with at least six games played… also set the school record with 14.0 tackles for loss, ranking second in the Sun Belt with 1.4 TFLs per game… tied for the Sun Belt lead with two fumble recoveries and was second with three forced fumbles… part of a Georgia State defense that set a school record with 35 sacks… started all 10 games, totaling 41 tackles… made a big play at Arkansas State with a sack and forced fumble that teammate Blake Carroll picked up and returned 74 yards for a touchdown… named the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for the win at Troy after logging three tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble… got a strip-sack and recovered at the Troy 8-yard line to set up a TD and returned his other fumble recovery 63 yards… collected a career-high six tackles against Appalachian State… had two sacks and three tackles for loss at South Alabama… had a strip-sack, forcing a fumble that GSU recovered, with two minutes left against Georgia Southern to help seal the victory… finished the season with 1.5 sacks vs. WKU in the LendingTree Bowl victory… nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opening game at Tennessee… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and the Sun Belt Conference’s Honor Roll.

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in every game for the Panthers… made four starts at outside linebacker, sharing the position with senior Michael Shaw… credited with 36 tackles… recovered a fumble in season-opening win over Kennesaw State… broke up a pass the following game at NC State… notched a season-high five tackles versus Western Michigan…. had four stops against Coastal Carolina… named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.

2017 (Freshman)
Joined the Georgia State program as a walk-on… took a redshirt year, during which he moved from safety to outside linebacker.

HIGH SCHOOL
Standout defender who graduated from South Georgia prep power Camden County in 2017… named first-team All-Region 1-AAAAAAA in Georgia’s largest classification as a senior.

PERSONAL
Jordan DeSean Strachan was born Nov. 26, 1998… earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies.