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'''Jordan Jamal Jefferson''' (born August 25, 1990) is an [[American football]] [[quarterback]] who is currently the practice squad quarterback for the [[Montreal Alouettes]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]. Jefferson played [[college football|collegiately]] for the [[LSU Tigers]] of the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC), where he was the starting quarterback in [[2009 LSU Tigers football team|2009]], [[2010 LSU Tigers football team|2010]], and 5 games in [[2011 LSU Tigers football team|2011]]. He was signed by the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] as an [[undrafted free agent]] in 2012, but released after 3 days. He will be remembered for leading the most inept offense in BCS championship series, by being the only team not score.<ref>{{cite web |title= Sputtering offense ends LSU's title hopes |url= http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/37004/lsu-slowed-by-sputtering-offense |publisher=''ESPN.com'' |last= Ashcroft |first= Edward |accessdate=2012-08-25}}</ref> |
'''Jordan Jamal Jefferson''' (born August 25, 1990) is an [[American football]] [[quarterback]] who is currently the practice squad quarterback for the [[Montreal Alouettes]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]. Jefferson played [[college football|collegiately]] for the [[LSU Tigers]] of the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC), where he was the starting quarterback in [[2009 LSU Tigers football team|2009]], [[2010 LSU Tigers football team|2010]], and 5 games in [[2011 LSU Tigers football team|2011]]. He was signed by the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] as an [[undrafted free agent]] in 2012, but released after 3 days. He will be remembered for leading the most inept offense in BCS championship series, by being the only team not to score a single point.<ref>{{cite web |title= Sputtering offense ends LSU's title hopes |url= http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/37004/lsu-slowed-by-sputtering-offense |publisher=''ESPN.com'' |last= Ashcroft |first= Edward |accessdate=2012-08-25}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:07, 25 August 2012
 Jordan Jefferson, as a LSU Tiger, handing the ball off to Kenny Hilliard | |
| Montreal Alouettes | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | August 25, 1990 Covington, Louisiana |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 223 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | LSU |
| Undrafted: | 2012 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Jordan Jamal Jefferson (born August 25, 1990) is an American football quarterback who is currently the practice squad quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Jefferson played collegiately for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), where he was the starting quarterback in 2009, 2010, and 5 games in 2011. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2012, but released after 3 days. He will be remembered for leading the most inept offense in BCS championship series, by being the only team not to score a single point.[1]
High school career
Jefferson attended Destrehan High School in Destrehan, Louisiana, where he was one of the top prep quarterbacks in the country.[2]
2006 season
As a junior in 2006, Jefferson guided Destrehan to an undefeated 6–0 start before suffering a broken wrist after slamming it into the helmet of Chris DeLany. Jefferson threw for 1,666 yards, 20 touchdowns, and four interceptions during his junior season
2007 season
As a senior in 2007, Jefferson helped Destrehan High School clinch the Class 5A state championship, finishing with a 15–0 record. Jefferson was the Class 5A Offensive Player of the Year, and he was named to the Class 5A all-state first team. He threw for 2,846 yards, 24 touchdowns, and only three interceptions during Destrehan's championship season. He completed 64.8% of his passes for a passer rating of 172.5
Jefferson finished his high school career with a perfect record (21–0) in games in which he started. He was named a high school All-America by SuperPrep Magazine. Scout.com named him a Top 20 quarterback. Rivals.com gave him four stars, rated him as a Top 10 pro-style quarterback, and listed him in their Top 250.
College career
2008 season
As a true freshman in 2008, Jefferson appeared in seven games, starting two of them. He replaced Jarrett Lee in the Troy State game, but was taken out after going 1 of 6 for 5 yards. Lee re-entered the game and led LSU to 37 unanswered points, resulting in the biggest comeback in school history. After Lee was injured in the 11th game of the year, Jefferson was named the starter, but fared poorly versus the Arkansas Razorbacks where he watched a 16 point lead vanish in the 2nd half, losing his first start as a Tiger, 31-30. With Lee still on the sideline, Jefferson started the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl and was named the offensive MVP in a 38–3 win over Georgia Tech.
2009 season
As a sophomore in 2009, Jefferson was the youngest starting quarterback in the SEC and the youngest to start a season-opener for LSU since Y. A. Tittle in 1945. He started 12 of LSU's 13 games, missing the game against Louisiana Tech due to injury. He was 8–4 as a starter, throwing for 2,166 yards, 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Jordan's reputation for being indecisive was sealed at the end of the Ole Miss game. With LSU trailing by only 2 points at the Ole Miss 5-yard line, Jefferson spiked the ball as time ran out, rather than attempting to run a play. With Jefferson taking over at QB for the full year, LSU's offensive production dropped from 55th in the nation to 112th.
2010 season
In the 2010 regular season, Jefferson threw for 1,253 yards, four touchdowns and nine interceptions while sharing the quarterback duties with Jarrett Lee. He also rushed for 450 yards and seven touchdowns. Both the 450 rushing yards and the seven rushing touchdowns are LSU records for a quarterback. Jefferson and Lee led the Tigers to a 10–2 record in the regular season, as Lee had to be called on to lead game winning drives against both Tennessee and Florida. Lee also came in at the end of the Bama game to complete a crucial 3rd and 13 with a 46-yard completion to Rueben Randle that sealed the win.
Jefferson once again showed his indecisiveness in the UT game when he did not call for the ball as time was running out with LSU trailing on the Volunteers 1-yard line. Fortunately for LSU, Tennessee was called for a penalty, which allowed LSU to run one more play to win the game. Jefferson also fumbled twice in the final minutes of the Arkansas game resulting in an 8-point loss. LSU went on to beat the Texas A&M Aggies in the 2011 Cotton Bowl Classic, 41–24. In that game, Jefferson threw for 158 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 67 yards and one touchdown. However, for the season, LSU's offense finished 107th out of 120 teams in total offense.
2011 season
Jefferson was suspended for the first part of the of the 2011 season after being arrested by the Baton Rouge police.[citation needed] He was reinstated to the team after a Grand Jury reduced the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor. Jefferson entered a plea of innocent to the misdemeanor charge.[3]
November 5th game at Alabama
In a bizarre coaching decision, Jefferson was substituted for Jarrett Lee on the 5th play of the game, with Lee being 2/2 for 19 yards. Things were went dowhill from there. Following a Lee interception, Jefferson came in for Lee again, playing the rest of the first half, and starting the second half. Despite Jefferson throwing for only 64 yards in the rest of the game, Lee, the SEC leading passer, didn't play again for well over an hour.[4] The ill-fated decision to replace Lee with Jefferson came back to haunt Coach Les Miles as LSU was embarassed offensively in the rematch with Bama, in the BCS championship game.
Final three regular season games
Jefferson's final three regular season games were LSU's most productive games in 2011 for total yards and yards per play.[5] In all three games, LSU gained over 450 yards; LSU had gained over 450 yards only once in the prior nine games.[5] Jefferson had a perfect game passing against Ole Miss, and he passed for over 200 yards against Arkansas. LSU averaged nearly 10 points more per game and nearly doubled the rushing yards when Jefferson started as QB. However, Coach Miles was critizised for running up the score and padding stats for Jefferson, by allowing him to play late in blow-outs. Coach Bobby Petrino was even caught on national TV cursing Miles for scoring 17 points in the 4th quarter of the lopsided win against Arkansas.[6]
Post-season games
With Jefferson under center, LSU had the worst passing games of the season. The defense led LSU to a 42–10 win over Georgia in the SEC Championship Game.[7] In the BCS National Championship Game, Jefferson struggled against an Alabama defense seeking redemption from a regular season loss against a Jefferson led LSU Tiger team at Alabama's home field.[8] Although Jefferson completed nearly 65% of his passes, he was ineffective in executing the option and moving the LSU offense.[9] LSU failed to score a single point, making them the only team in BCS championship history to rise to such a level of futility.
College career statistics
Jefferson threw for 4,733 yards and 34 touchdowns during his career. He ranks fifth for career wins by a starting quarterback at LSU with 24. He is fifth in LSU history in passing touchdowns (34) and rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (12). He is sixth in LSU history in career passing yards (4,733), sixth in completion percentage (58.7), sixth in career completions (398), and sixth in attempts (678).
Jefferson holds the LSU record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,018 yards. Jefferson’s inability to pass the ball forced opposing defenses to account for his running. LSU’s emphasis on its ground game due to Jefferson's poor passing abilities resulted in Jefferson throwing for 100 yards or less in 12 games, or 37% of all games he started.[5]
| Year | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
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| G/GS | Comp | Att | Yards | Avg | TDs | Int | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2008 | 5/2 | 36 | 73 | 419 | 83.8 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 134 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 12/12 | 182 | 296 | 2,166 | 180.5 | 17 | 7 | 112 | 171 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 13/13 | 119 | 209 | 1,411 | 108.5 | 7 | 10 | 123 | 450 | 3.7 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 9/5 | 61 | 100 | 737 | 81.9 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 263 | 3.5 | 3 | |
| Totals | 39/32 | 398 | 678 | 4733 | 121.4 | 34 | 20 | 359 | 1018 | 2.8 | 12 | |
Professional career
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jefferson went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft, but was invited to try-out at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rookie minicamp.[11] The team signed Jefferson to a contract on May 7, 2012,[12] but waived him just 3 days later.[13]
Montreal Alouettes
On August 10, 2012, Jefferson signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League as the 5th string QB, behind 40-year old Anthony Calvillo, Adrian McPherson, Josh Neiswander, and Stephen Garcia (injured reserve). Jefferson was immediately assigned to the practice squad.[14]
References
- ^ Ashcroft, Edward. "Sputtering offense ends LSU's title hopes". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Biography at LSU Sports
- ^ Associated Press. "Attorney enters innocent plea for Jordan Jefferson". WWLTV.com. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Associated Press. "LSU kicks winning field goal in OT for defensive-minded win over Alabama". espn.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c Staff, LSUSports. "LSU Game-by-Game Statistics". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Murshel, Matt (Nov 10, 2011). "Bobby Petrino, Les Miles have a testy postgame handshake/Video". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved Aug 25, 2012.
- ^ Associated Press. "LSU overwhelms Georgia in second half to claim SEC title". espn.com. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Associated Press. "Alabama's D embarrasses LSU as five FGs, late TD seal national title". espn.com. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Staff, ESPN. "Jordan Jefferson". espn.com. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/378564/jordan-jefferson
- ^ "Bucs sign 13 tryout players from rookie minicamp, release 12 from roster". Tampa Bay Times. May 7, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ Holder, Stephen F. (May 7, 2012). "Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ Holder, Stephen F. (May 11, 2012). "Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Da'Quan Bowers suffers possible season-ending Achilles injury". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ Branson, Scott. "Ex-LSU QB Jefferson signed by CFL's Montreal Alouettes". nola.com. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
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