Michael Jordan

Jordan was the youngest Bengal on the roster last year as a rookie, and despite entering training camp as a longshot for playing time, a strong preseason earned him the No. 1 LG spot to open the season ... Became the 16th Bengal rookie OL, including the seventh taken in the fourth round or later, to earn a Week 1 start, and went on to start nine games ... Served in reserve role for Games 6-11, then regained starting LG spot for Games 12-16 and earned praise from coaches for his improvement ... Considered a talented and versatile interior OL prospect over three seasons (2016-18) at Ohio State, the Bengals executed a rare draft-day trade-up to select him, moving up 13 spots in the fourth round ... Played RG for his first two seasons at OSU, before switching to C as a junior ... Born in Fairfield, Ohio (outside Cincinnati), but later moved to South Carolina and then Michigan.

Jordan was the youngest Bengal on the roster last year as a rookie, and despite entering training camp as a longshot for playing time, a strong preseason earned him the No. 1 LG spot to open the season ... Became the 16th Bengal rookie OL, including the seventh taken in the fourth round or later, to earn a Week 1 start, and went on to start nine games ... Served in reserve role for Games 6-11, then regained starting LG spot for Games 12-16 and earned praise from coaches for his improvement ... Considered a talented and versatile interior OL prospect over three seasons (2016-18) at Ohio State, the Bengals executed a rare draft-day trade-up to select him, moving up 13 spots in the fourth round ... Played RG for his first two seasons at OSU, before switching to C as a junior ... Born in Fairfield, Ohio (outside Cincinnati), but later moved to South Carolina and then Michigan.

Career transactions: Selected by Cincinnati in fourth round of 2019 NFL Draft (136th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-10-19.

2019 highlights: Played 13 games (nine starts) ... Aided in the collective blocking efforts that guided HB Joe Mixon to his second consecutive 1000-yard rushing season (1137), while also scoring five rushing touchdowns ... Played all 75 offensive snaps in Game 1 at Seattle; aided in the blocking effort that led to QB Andy Dalton's 418 yards through the air ... Played 78 percent of the offensive snaps in Game 2 vs. San Francisco before suffering a knee injury ... Knee injury vs. San Francisco forced Jordan to the inactive list for Game 3 at Buffalo ... Returned as a starter in Game 4 at Pittsburgh and played 94 percent of offensive snaps ... Aided in the blocking effort that allowed the offense to matriculate down the field to score two late touchdowns and tie the game with 2:08 left to play in Game 5 vs. Arizona; pass protection allowed QB Andy Dalton to throw for 144 in the final 7:13 of the game ... Active/DNP in Game 6 at Baltimore while dealing with an ankle injury ... In Game 9 vs. Baltimore, aided in the blocking effort that helped Mixon gain 114 yards on the ground ... In Game 13 at Cleveland, assisted Mixon in becoming the first Bengals HB since 2016 to reach 186 yards from scrimmage. Mixon rushed for a then-career-high 146 yards on 23 carries (6.3), while scoring a TD ... Aided in the blocking efforts in Game 14 vs. New England, when Mixon rushed 25 times for 136 yards ... In Game 16 vs. Cleveland, contributed to the blocking efforts that sprung Mixon for a career-high 162 rushing yards and two touchdowns, which also tied a career high.

College: Spent three seasons (2016-18) at Ohio State, before forgoing his senior season and declaring for the NFL Draft ... Played in all 41 possible games as a Buckeye, and helped team to two Big Ten championships (2017 and '18), a berth in the College Football Playoff ('16) and a Rose Bowl victory ('18) ... Spent his freshman and sophomore seasons at RG, before switching to C prior to his junior season ... Enrolled at OSU in the Spring of 2016, and went on to become one of only six true freshmen to ever start an opening game for OSU, including the first true freshman to start along the OSU offensive line since Pro Football Hall of Famer Orlando Pace in 1994 ... Helped Buckeyes lead the Big Ten in rushing in both freshman (245.2 yards per game) and sophomore (243.2) seasons.

Personal: Hometown is Canton, Mich. (outside Detroit) ... Born in Fairfield, Ohio (outside Cincinnati), but later moved to South Carolina and then Michigan ... Attended Plymouth High School in Canton, where he played LT, RT and DT ... As a high school senior, earned Division 1-2 all-state honors at OT from both the AP and Detroit Free Press ... Also participated in high school wrestling and track and field (shotput and discus) ... Consumer and family financial services major at Ohio State ... In summer 2018, completed 180-hour internship with Munster Financial, a Columbus-area financial services and investment company ... Born at kickoff of Super Bowl XXXII (Green Bay vs. Denver; 1997 season).