BIO
On Jordan: All-America and elite national honors candidate who enters his senior year as arguably the top running back in the country ... called by Street & Smith's College Football Preview a top-five Heisman Trophy candidate ... ranked as the nation's top running back and No. 7 Heisman candidate by Lindy's Preseason Annual ... ranked the nation's No. 2 running back and No. 8 Heisman candidate by The Sporting News ... chosen by College Football News as the No. 3 offensive player in the country ... one of two running backs selected by Lindy's to the ACC first team All-Decade Team for the 1990s ... chosen by numerous publications as the ACC's top offensive player for 2000 ... 2000 preseason All-America by Playboy, Blue Ribbon, The Sporting News, Street & Smith's, Lindy's/Sportsline, Athlon Sports, Football News and College Football News ...
Appeared in The Sporting News' Heisman Watch on Nov. 22, 1999 ... nation's top rusher over the last six weeks of 1999 (1,101 yards) ... top career rusher among all NCAA schools entering the 2000 season ... only returning player from College Football News and Football News first- and second-team running back selections ...will become a three-time nominee for the Doak Walker Award after finishing as a semifinalist in 1999 ... primary cog in Maryland's improved running game the past three seasons (106th in NCAA in 1997, 50th in 1998, 12th in 1999) ... punishing, hard-nosed, determined runner who gains yards inside and outside ... not afraid, and in fact prefers, to run through opposing tacklers ... deceptive speed, difficult to tackle one-on-one, quick to break through an open hole ... very versatile in the Maryland offense as a runner, receiver and even a passer ... has thrown two TD passes and caught another ... big-play man who is always a threat to break a long-gainer ... fifth in the nation in rushing as a junior, second in the ACC as a sophomore and junior ...
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Boasts 3,227 career rushing yards and a 5.4 average per rush ... only 91 yards shy of breaking the Terps' career rushing record (3,359 by Charlie Wysocki, 1978-81) and 1,376 to establish a new ACC career rushing standard (4,602 by Ted Brown, NC State, 1975-78) ... only fourth ACC runner ever to surpass 3,000 career yards in his junior season ... 1,632 yards as a junior was the best single-season in Maryland history, and the best ever by an ACC junior ... 773 yards shy of becoming just the fifth ACC runner ever to reach 4,000 yards ... 1,773 yards from becoming the first ACC player to reach 5,000, and just the ninth in NCAA history ... needs 1,732 yards to move into the NCAA's top 10 rushers of all-time ... must average 157.5 yards (based on 11 games) to move into NCAA top 10 as a senior ... must average 161.2 yards (based on 11 games) to reach 5,000 as a senior ... has progressively improved his rushing average through his career ... averaged 62 yards as a freshman, 90 yards as a sophomore ... averaged 148.4 yards per game in his junior year overall, but had 100-yard production in five of his last six games for 1,101 yards and a 183.5-yard average during that stretch ... averages 100.8 yards per game through a three-season career ... second on Terrapins in receptions as a sophomore and junior ... joins fullback rushing mate
Matt Kalapinski (4.6 YPC) as one of the most formidable inside-outside rushing tandems in the nation.
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