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Jon Jordan
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
West Jefferson, N.C.

High School:
Beaver Creek High School

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 180

Position:
Wide Receiver

Birthdate:
12/08/1978

Part of the Deacons’ deep corps of receivers ... played well in the spring ... a versatile player who can play a number of receiver positions ... a very intelligent player who makes the most of his abilities ... a non-scholarship player entering his third season at Wake ... saw action in one game last season ... caught one pass for seven yards against UAB.

Background
Outstanding student and athlete at Beaver Creek High … compiled a 4.0 grade point average and received an academic scholarship to attend WFU … graduated first in his class (of 70) and was active in numerous extracurricular affairs … was captain and MVP of the Beavers football, basketball and baseball teams during his senior year … a two-time all-conference selection on the gridiron … led the team in receiving as a junior and in all-purpose yards and TDs as a senior after moving to quarterback … also tops on the squad in tackles and interceptions in his final year … played for coach Tom Sargent ... averaged a team-high 20.5 ppg on the basketball squad and was all-state as a catcher in baseball … hit a school-record .448 in his senior year and once homered in back-to-back at bats in a state playoff game … majoring in politics and plans to attend law school … a Dean’s List student … earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in the spring semester ... age 21 (born 12/8/78).