Dion Jordan was a very promoted NFL prospect that came out of the university in 2013 and was treated as such.
The Miami Dolphins selected Jordan with the number 3 of the Draft that year, but his career was not exactly as someone planned. The former defensive wing had three captures in 26 games for the Dolphins and was then suspended in 2015 for violations of the NFL substance abuse policy.
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The defensive wing of Oregon, Dion Jordan, is presented as the third general selection of the NFL 2013 Draft by the Miami Dolphins in Radio City Music Hall in New York the city of April 25, 2013. (Brad Penner-USA Today Sports)
He reappeared in the League in 2017 with the Seattle Seahawks, ensuring four captures in five games, but it was not enough to revive his career as a starter. He played for the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers before leaving the League after the 2020 season.
Jordan, 34, became familiar with the failure to meet those high expectations.
“I didn’t have my life in order. My life outside the ball was not in balance,” he said in a recent interview in the podcast “The Fish Tank.” “You know, it wasn’t what I needed to be to match all those things and I fought, friend. I fight.
The defensive line of the San Francisco 49ers, Dion Jordan, #96, against the Seattle Seahawks in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on January 3, 2021. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA Today Sports)
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“When I left the installation, I did not help because I am out of party. I am enjoying the money I have, and I am only put behind the eight ball. I am injured, you know. Sometimes. I miss my rehabilitations, so that It doesn’t help. “
Jordan made it clear that it was not anyone else’s fault, but his for the way his NFL career extended. He is now an assistant to Eureka College in Illinois to help teach the next generation.
The defensive wing of the Miami Dolphins, Dion Jordan, #95, against the Detroit Lions in Ford Field in Detroit on November 9, 2014. (Andrew Weber-USA Today Sports)
In 63 career games, he had 13.5 captures and 108 total tacle.
