A 2019 fourth-round pick of the Bengals, the 6-6, 315-pound Jordan is just 23 years old and enters 2021 with 27 games played and 19 starts (all at LG) ... Played in 13 games (nine starts) in 2020, seeing time both as a starter and reserve ... Credited by coaches during the 2021 offseason program for reshaping his body after the '20 season ... Bengals executed a rare draft-day trade-up to select him in 2019, moving up 13 spots in the fourth round ... Played RG for his first two seasons at OSU, before switching to C as a junior; has played only at G with the Bengals ... 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.
2020 highlights: Played in 14 games (10 starts at LG) ... Inactive for Games 8 and 13 ... Assisted in blocking effort on Oct. 4 vs. Jacksonville that paved way for Bengals' 505 net yards of offense, including 300 through the air from QB Joe Burrow and 151 on the ground from HB Joe Mixon ... On Oct. 25 vs. Cleveland, aided in protection effort that helped Joe Burrow become only the sixth rookie in NFL history to pass for 400 yards in a game (Burrow had 406), and the first player of any experience to record 400 passing yards, three passing TDs and one rushing TD.
Previous seasons: 2019—Played 13 games (nine starts) as a rookie ... Considered a developmental prospect entering training camp, but surprised many by earning Cincinnati's No. 1 LG position to open the regular 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 ... Aided in blocking efforts that guided HB Joe Mixon to his second consecutive 1000-yard rushing season (1137), while also scoring five rushing TDs ... Played all 75 offensive snaps in season-opener at Seattle; aided in the blocking effort that led to QB Andy Dalton's 418 yards through the air ... Suffered knee injury in Game 2, Sept. 15 vs. San Francisco, was held out of action in Game 3 at Buffalo, then returned as a starter in Games 4-5 ... Active DNP for Games 6-8 while dealing with an ankle injury, then served as a reserve for Games 7-11 ... Returned to starting lineup for Games 12-16, and helped Mixon to four 100-yard rushing games over that span ... On Dec. 8 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 effort for Mixon's 136 rushing yards (on 25 carries) on Dec. 15 vs. New England ... In season finale vs. Cleveland, contributed to the blocking efforts that sprung Mixon for a career-high 162 rushing yards and two TDs, 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.
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).
