born june american football safety currently free agent signed free agent played college football michigan member walk earned second team recognition sporting news freshman big honors second leading team granted scholarship team second year second leading selected conference honorable mention big honorable mention team served team captain big second team selection academic big background hungarian american attended rival high school teammate high school earned varsity letters basketball sophomore junior earned city recognition track field times team senior second team junior honorable mention sophomore year qualified ohio_state championships meter relay year football earned ohio academic honors district honors wide receiver defensive recruited division schools high school football player recruited schools campus visits division school miles high school time completed college applications lost interest father placed michigan director football operations jordan wait listed got agree review highlight reel graduation neared shook hands coach preferred walk spot afternoon june called confirm admitted wait list admission came athletic scholarship encouraged jordan attend walk college career initially passed walk pass physical trainer jordan father played coaching staff michigan surgery repair damage high school alleviate problems jordan responded yes question prior months triggered line questioning senior season surgery knee problem advised try knee healed discovering torn second knee surgery successful attended game season family season ticket section freshman highly regarded walk nation emerged group michigan football players referred walk nation debut september special teams following week registered plays notre dame starting safety suffered leg start september indiana october season tackles annual posted tackles career interception november wisconsin season played free safety switched strong safety started game free safety seven strong safety course season finished season second leading earned second team recognition sporting news freshman big honors candidate sophomore earned scholarship beginning ncaa division football season second game season september notre dame michigan notre dame football rivalry game recorded interception season second career tackle effort october recorded tackles loss iowa games season ranked second big conference tackles november nominated trophy newly created award outstanding player begun career walk november posted career quarterback sack season high tackle performance wisconsin week remaining conference schedule performance tied overall big gave wide lead big game highest performer extended lead big defensive backs final game regular season november ohio_state annual michigan ohio_state football rivalry game recorded second interception season career tackle effort collected career best return yards following interception game tied career high total tackles including new career high solo tackles ended big conference football season ranked second conference teammate total tackles led team solo tackles following season selected honorable mention conference selection media junior took michigan head coach football season impressed quickly players named starter team september season opener michigan stadium forced recovered advanced touchdown game ended mutual agreement quarter weather recorded tackles including sacks named trophy impact player week stats game considered official university_of_michigan ncaa vacated statistics game quarters completed conclusion regular season ncaa reversed course ruled game counting win loss record statistics counted ncaa september notre dame night game played michigan stadium interception tackles evident defense improved markedly prior season fellow safety credited leaders defense october northwestern posted solo tackles loss fourth suffered knee injury sidelined october game impact player year named trophy november following big conference football season earned big conference honorable mention recognition media selected recipient michigan program earned fall academic big recognition teammates january sugar bowl overtime victory virginia tech led team tackles finished conference leaders statistics sacks game 17th tackles game 30th forced game senior elected team captain selected preseason best defensive player ceremony november jersey number changed previously retired number michigan football legend jersey honor francis albert interviewed minute segment appeared november edition minutes business college football second team big selection coaches honorable mention selection media november named finalist trophy december team banquet earned team mvp season earned recognition following season participated february texas professional career signed free agent contract following nfl draft assigned practice squad start nfl season promoted man roster week tackle debut baltimore october released end training camp signed practice squad october november signed eagles practice squad placed active man roster seven tackles course season including december week contest october recorded sack season expected released expectation placed practice squad cleared following season season signed contract released personal father louis walk michigan coach michigan football team subsequently served seasons graduate assistant married jordan wears reverse father siblings older brother aaron played freshman season rockets family regularly brought watch michigan home games growing family regularly sat section michigan stadium north press box today family sits underneath son team michigan game watched game coach football memorable point comeback virginia
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