Jordan Leggett
| No. 86 – New York Jets | |
|---|---|
| Position: | Tight end |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 31, 1995 Navarre, Florida |
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Navarre (FL) |
| College: | Clemson |
| NFL draft: | 2017 / Round: 5 / Pick: 150 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Jordan Kristopher Leggett (born January 31, 1995) is an American football tight end for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson.
Early years
Leggett attended Navarre High School in Navarre, Florida. He was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star recruit and committed to Clemson University to play college football.[1]
College career
As a true freshman at Clemson in 2013, Leggett played in 10 games, recording 10 receptions for 176 yards and two touchdowns. As a sophomore in 2014, he started seven of 11 games and had 14 receptions for 161 yards and one touchdown.[2] As a junior in 2015, he was a finalist for the John Mackey Award.[3][4]
Leggett's Clemson teams won four bowl games, three BCS/New Years Six bowls, and played in two national championship games, winning one in 2017. Leggett won the Orange Bowl as a freshman against Ohio State, the Russell Athletic Bowl as a sophomore against Oklahoma, the Orange Bowl as a junior against Oklahoma, and the Fiesta Bowl as a senior against Ohio State. Leggett's only bowl loss was in the 2015–16 National Championship Game against Alabama.
On January 9, 2017, Leggett was part of the Clemson team that defeated top-ranked Alabama in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship by a score of 35–31. In the game, he recorded seven receptions for 95 yards.[5]
Professional career
As one of the top tight end prospects, Leggett received an invitation to play in the 2017 Senior Bowl, but declined to participate.[6] He was one of 19 collegiate tight ends to receive an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Leggett opted to only perform the vertical jump, broad jump, three-cone drill, and short shuttle at the combine. He finished fourth among tight ends in the short shuttle, eighth in the three-cone drill, tied for eighth in the vertical jump, tied for tenth in the bench press, and tied for 11th among his position group in the broad jump.[7] On March 16, 2017, Leggett attended Clemson's pro day, along with Deshaun Watson, Mike Williams, Carlos Watkins, Artavis Scott, Wayne Gallman, Ben Boulware, Cordrea Tankersley, and six other players.[8][9] He performed the rest of the combine drills he skipped at the combine for the scouts and team representatives from all 32 NFL teams. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Leggett was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked the fourth best tight end prospect by NFL senior analyst Gil Brandt and was ranked the seventh best by NFLDraftScout.com and NFL analyst Mike Mayock.[10][11][12]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
258 lb (117 kg) |
33+1⁄2 in (0.85 m) |
10+3⁄8 in (0.26 m) |
4.71 s | 1.70 s | 2.70 s | 4.33 s | 7.12 s | 33 in (0.84 m) |
9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
18 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Clemson's Pro Day[13][14] | ||||||||||||
The New York Jets in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft. He was the tenth tight end selected in 2016.[15][16]
On May 18, 2017, the New York Jets signed Leggett to a four-year, $2.86 million with a $282,052 signing bonus.[17]
Throughout training camp, Leggett competed against Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Eric Tomlinson for the job as the starting tight end.[18] Leggett was slated to begin the season as the starting tight end with Seferian-Jenkins serving a two-game suspension for a DUI. After the second preseason game, Leggett suffered a knee injury, and was placed on injured reserve on October 31, 2017.[19][20] On November 9, 2017, Leggett announced he successfully underwent knee surgery.[21]
References
- ^ "Rivals.com".
- ^ "The new Jordan Leggett: Tight end emerging as a complete player".
- ^ "Navarre's Leggett is Mackey finalist".
- ^ Golden, Devin. "As Clemson becomes title contender, Navarre grad Leggett rises in TE ranks". nwfdailynews.com.
- ^ "College Football Championship - Clemson vs Alabama Box Score, January 9, 2017". Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ Bill Vilona (January 19, 2016). "Jordan Leggett, other stars, take a pass on Senior Bowl". pnj.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Harry Lyles Jr. (March 5, 2016). SBNation.com https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/nfl/2017/3/3/14802746/2017-nfl-combine-results-o-j-howard-evan-engram-jake-butt. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Nna Hickey (March 17, 2017). "Official pro day results from Clemson". CBSSports.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Dan Hope (March 15, 2017). "14 former Tigers participating in Clemson's pro day". independentmail.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Gil Brandt (April 17, 2017). "Hot 150: Gil Brandt's top prospects for 2017 NFL Draft (51-100)". NFL.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "Jordan Leggett, DS #7 TE, Clemson". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Mike Mayock (April 25, 2017). "Mike Mayock's 2017 NFL Draft top 100 prospect rankings". NFL.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "NFL Draft Profile: Jordan Leggett". NFL.com. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ "Jordan Leggett, DS #7 TE, Clemson". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ "Jordan Leggett selected #150 overall in 2017 NFL Draft". TigerNet. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ^ Lange, Randy (April 29, 2017). "Rd. 5: TE Jordan Leggett, LB Dylan Donahue". NewYorkJets.com. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "New York Jets sign rookie TE Jordan Leggett". 247 Sports. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ "Ourlads.com: New York Jets depth chart: 07/01/2017". Ourlads.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Greenberg, Ethan (October 31, 2017). "Jets Sign DL Cooper, Place TE Leggett on IR". NewYorkJets.com.
- ^ "Jets' Jordan Leggett: Lands on IR". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- ^ Tyler Calvaruso (November 10, 2017). "Jets rookie TE Jordan Leggett undergoes successful knee surgery". jetswire.usatoday.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.