He graduated from Central Valley High School in Spokane, Washington in 1963. After being a reserved running back on Central Valley's team as a junior, he burst onto the scene as a senior and became an all-state running back which earned him a football scholarship to the University of Washington. He played fullback for the Huskies from 1964 through 1966. At 6-1, 215, he had outstanding speed, running the 40 yard dash in 4.4. During his sophomore season of 1964, he beat out fullback Junior Coffey for the starting position. Coffey who went on to play for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL had been an All-Pacific Coast Conference selection. As a senior in 1966, Jordan was instrumental in helping the Huskies beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 38-32 in Columbus Ohio, scoring on three short TD runs in the first half. A teammate of Jordan's on the Huskies 1966 team was TE Mac Bledsoe who is the father of former Washington State and NFL QB Drew Bledsoe.
In Jordan's three-year college career, in which he was hampered by injuries after a fine soph season, he rushed 220 times for 791 yards (3.6 ave) and 11 TDs.
^Wallace, William N. "Patriots Choose Plunkett as No. 1 in College Draft, Spurning Trade Offers," The New York Times, Friday, January 29, 1971. Retrieved November 1, 2020
^1971 NFL Draft Pick Transactions, January 28 (Rounds 1–7) & 29 (Rounds 8–17) – Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved November 1, 2020
jeff, jordan, running, back, jeffrey, lincoln, jordan, born, july, 1945, former, american, football, running, back, national, football, league, angeles, rams, washington, redskins, played, college, football, university, washington, jeff, jordanno, 30born, 1945. Jeffrey Lincoln Jordan born July 12 1945 is a former American football running back in the National Football League NFL for the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Redskins He played college football at the University of Washington Jeff JordanNo 31 30Born 1945 07 12 July 12 1945 age 77 St Louis Missouri U S Career informationPosition s Running backCollegeWashingtonCareer historyAs player1970Los Angeles Rams1971 1972Washington RedskinsCareer statsPlaying stats at NFL comHe graduated from Central Valley High School in Spokane Washington in 1963 After being a reserved running back on Central Valley s team as a junior he burst onto the scene as a senior and became an all state running back which earned him a football scholarship to the University of Washington He played fullback for the Huskies from 1964 through 1966 At 6 1 215 he had outstanding speed running the 40 yard dash in 4 4 During his sophomore season of 1964 he beat out fullback Junior Coffey for the starting position Coffey who went on to play for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL had been an All Pacific Coast Conference selection As a senior in 1966 Jordan was instrumental in helping the Huskies beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 38 32 in Columbus Ohio scoring on three short TD runs in the first half A teammate of Jordan s on the Huskies 1966 team was TE Mac Bledsoe who is the father of former Washington State and NFL QB Drew Bledsoe In Jordan s three year college career in which he was hampered by injuries after a fine soph season he rushed 220 times for 791 yards 3 6 ave and 11 TDs Following college he played 3 years in the NFL for legendary coach George Allen in 1970 when he played in 9 games for the Los Angeles Rams rushing for 50 yards on 10 carries and one game each in 1971 and 1972 with the Washington Redskins He was traded along with Jack Pardee Maxie Baughan Myron Pottios Diron Talbert John Wilbur and a 1971 fifth round pick 124th overall traded to Green Bay Packers for Boyd Dowler from the Rams to the Redskins for Marlin McKeever first and third rounders in 1971 10th and 63rd overall Isiah Robertson and Dave Elmendorf respectively and third fourth fifth sixth and seventh rounders in 1972 73rd 99th 125th 151st and 177th overall to New England Patriots traded to Philadelphia Eagles for Joe Carollo Bob Christiansen Texas Southern defensive tackle Eddie Herbert and to New York Giants respectively on January 28 1971 1 2 References Edit Wallace William N Patriots Choose Plunkett as No 1 in College Draft Spurning Trade Offers The New York Times Friday January 29 1971 Retrieved November 1 2020 1971 NFL Draft Pick Transactions January 28 Rounds 1 7 amp 29 Rounds 8 17 Pro Sports Transactions Retrieved November 1 2020 Tri City Herald 9 11 1966 https news google com newspapers nid 1951 amp dat 19660911 amp id oJUoAAAAIBAJ amp sjid JwYGAAAAIBAJ amp pg 1210 1429703 Seattle PI 8 26 2003 http www seattlepi com huskies 136627 upset26 html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jeff Jordan running back amp oldid 1136755131, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
