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Jersey Number 7
Jordan Turner
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 231
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Farmington Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Farmington
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
Bio
Career Bio (PDF)
CAREER NOTES: Played a total of 42 collegiate games over the course of four seasons (30 with Wisconsin from 2021-23; 12 at MSU in 2024) . . . finished his career with 201 tackles, including 23 tackles for loss (100 yards) and eight sacks (59 yards) . . . also recorded five interceptions (41 yards), four pass break-ups and two forced fumbles . . . started 29 career games at linebacker (18 at Wisconsin, 11 at MSU) . . . collected 135 tackles, 12.5 TFLs, five sacks, three interceptions, six pass break-ups and two forced fumbles in 30 games with the Badgers from 2021-23, including 18 starts at inside linebacker . . . two-time honorable mention All-Big Ten selection (2022 with Wisconsin; 2024 with Michigan State).
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Played in all 12 games, including 11 starts at linebacker . . . voted one of five season co-captains . . . honorable mention All-Big Ten selection (coaches and media) . . . led the team and ranked 17th in the Big Ten with a career-high 10.5 tackles for loss (47 yards) . . . also led the team with 66 tackles (36 solo, 30 assists) . . . ranked second on the team with three sacks (30 yards), tying a career high . . . played a total of 521 snaps on defense, fourth most on the team . . . also made 76 total appearances on special teams . . . ranked tied for second on the team with two interceptions . . . was graded the No. 1 linebacker in the Big Ten against the run by Pro Football Focus (90.7); ranked No. 9 overall linebacker in the Big Ten by PFF (78.7) . . . named the team’s recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award . . . recorded six tackles, including one for a 3-yard loss, on Senior Day against Rutgers . . . drew start in Purdue game, tallying three tackles with 1.0 TFL (1 yard) and snaring an interception on diving catch in fourth quarter, charting 57 snaps . . . started game at Illinois and registered six stops . . . was sidelined for first half of Indiana game after targeting call in Michigan game and logged three stops in playing 21 snaps . . . opened Michigan game at linebacker and logged five tackles in 28 snaps, before being flagged for a targeting call on the first snap of the fourth quarter . . . started Iowa game and tallied team-high tying six stops with 1.0 TFL (4 yards) in posting 30 snaps . . . drew start at Oregon, posting six stops in 60 snaps, leading the linebackers and ranking fifth overall on the defense . . . was starting linebacker in Ohio State game and finished with game and season-high nine tackles, including 0.5 tackle for loss, also snaring his first interception of the season with a 36-yard INT return, setting up the Spartans’ TD, in posting 49 snaps . . . started game at Boston College and recorded three tackles, including 1.0 TFL on a 13-yard sack, logging 31 snaps . . . started Prairie View A&M game and matched jersey number for second straight game with game-best seven tackles, logging 1.5 TFL (11 yards), for third game in a row with a TFL, including 1.0 sack (9 yards), in 30 snaps . . . recorded seven tackles and two TFLs (4 yards) in win at Maryland . . . started Spartan debut at linebacker and logged five tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss (9 yards) and 1.0 sack (8 yards) in posting 48 snaps . . . enrolled at Michigan State in January 2024 and competed in spring practice
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT WISCONSIN): Ranked third on the team with 61 tackles (33 solo, 28 assists) and 6.5 tackles for loss (35 yards) . . . also tied for third on the team with a career-high three sacks (21 yards) . . . in addition, had two pass break-ups and a forced fumble . . . played in 11 games, including seven starts at inside linebacker . . . played a total of 554 snaps on defense and made 39 appearances on special teams . . . totaled 58 snaps and tied a season-high nine tackles in win over Nebraska . . . started against Northwestern and collected a season-high nine tackles . . . earned the start at Indiana and tallied eight stops while playing 66 snaps . . . had five tackles against Ohio State . . . started in the season opener vs. Buffalo and collected eight tackles.
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT WISCONSIN): Honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by the media . . . ranked second on the team with a career-high 68 tackles . . . collected 5.0 tackles for loss (11 yards) and 2.0 sacks (8 yards) . . . also had an interception, a forced fumble and a pass break-up . . . played in all 13 games, including 11 starts, while playing a career-high 663 snaps . . . named Defensive MVP of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl with eight tackles and 1.5 TFLs in win over Oklahoma State . . . posted a career-high 10 tackles with a sack at Iowa . . . collected six tackles and picked off a pass vs. Purdue . . . tallied eight stops vs. Illinois.
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT WISCONSIN): Earned his first letter by playing in six games . . . collected six tackles, including a 7-yard tackle for loss, and had a career-high two interceptions . . . recorded a season-high four tackles in the Las Vegas Bowl win over Arizona State . . . had interceptions in back-to-back weeks against Rutgers and Northwestern.
2020 SEASON: Redshirted at Wisconsin.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Kory Cioroch at Farmington High School . . . was a second-team all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior in 2019 . . . compiled 55 tackles, 13 TFLs and four forced fumbles his senior season . . . three-year football captain . . . also competed in track and field, where he finished sixth in the discus at the 2018 MHSAA Division 1 Track and Field Championships . . . son of Lanie and Carol Turner.
CAREER NOTES: Played a total of 42 collegiate games over the course of four seasons (30 with Wisconsin from 2021-23; 12 at MSU in 2024) . . . finished his career with 201 tackles, including 23 tackles for loss (100 yards) and eight sacks (59 yards) . . . also recorded five interceptions (41 yards), four pass break-ups and two forced fumbles . . . started 29 career games at linebacker (18 at Wisconsin, 11 at MSU) . . . collected 135 tackles, 12.5 TFLs, five sacks, three interceptions, six pass break-ups and two forced fumbles in 30 games with the Badgers from 2021-23, including 18 starts at inside linebacker . . . two-time honorable mention All-Big Ten selection (2022 with Wisconsin; 2024 with Michigan State).
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Played in all 12 games, including 11 starts at linebacker . . . voted one of five season co-captains . . . honorable mention All-Big Ten selection (coaches and media) . . . led the team and ranked 17th in the Big Ten with a career-high 10.5 tackles for loss (47 yards) . . . also led the team with 66 tackles (36 solo, 30 assists) . . . ranked second on the team with three sacks (30 yards), tying a career high . . . played a total of 521 snaps on defense, fourth most on the team . . . also made 76 total appearances on special teams . . . ranked tied for second on the team with two interceptions . . . was graded the No. 1 linebacker in the Big Ten against the run by Pro Football Focus (90.7); ranked No. 9 overall linebacker in the Big Ten by PFF (78.7) . . . named the team’s recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award . . . recorded six tackles, including one for a 3-yard loss, on Senior Day against Rutgers . . . drew start in Purdue game, tallying three tackles with 1.0 TFL (1 yard) and snaring an interception on diving catch in fourth quarter, charting 57 snaps . . . started game at Illinois and registered six stops . . . was sidelined for first half of Indiana game after targeting call in Michigan game and logged three stops in playing 21 snaps . . . opened Michigan game at linebacker and logged five tackles in 28 snaps, before being flagged for a targeting call on the first snap of the fourth quarter . . . started Iowa game and tallied team-high tying six stops with 1.0 TFL (4 yards) in posting 30 snaps . . . drew start at Oregon, posting six stops in 60 snaps, leading the linebackers and ranking fifth overall on the defense . . . was starting linebacker in Ohio State game and finished with game and season-high nine tackles, including 0.5 tackle for loss, also snaring his first interception of the season with a 36-yard INT return, setting up the Spartans’ TD, in posting 49 snaps . . . started game at Boston College and recorded three tackles, including 1.0 TFL on a 13-yard sack, logging 31 snaps . . . started Prairie View A&M game and matched jersey number for second straight game with game-best seven tackles, logging 1.5 TFL (11 yards), for third game in a row with a TFL, including 1.0 sack (9 yards), in 30 snaps . . . recorded seven tackles and two TFLs (4 yards) in win at Maryland . . . started Spartan debut at linebacker and logged five tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss (9 yards) and 1.0 sack (8 yards) in posting 48 snaps . . . enrolled at Michigan State in January 2024 and competed in spring practice
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT WISCONSIN): Ranked third on the team with 61 tackles (33 solo, 28 assists) and 6.5 tackles for loss (35 yards) . . . also tied for third on the team with a career-high three sacks (21 yards) . . . in addition, had two pass break-ups and a forced fumble . . . played in 11 games, including seven starts at inside linebacker . . . played a total of 554 snaps on defense and made 39 appearances on special teams . . . totaled 58 snaps and tied a season-high nine tackles in win over Nebraska . . . started against Northwestern and collected a season-high nine tackles . . . earned the start at Indiana and tallied eight stops while playing 66 snaps . . . had five tackles against Ohio State . . . started in the season opener vs. Buffalo and collected eight tackles.
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT WISCONSIN): Honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by the media . . . ranked second on the team with a career-high 68 tackles . . . collected 5.0 tackles for loss (11 yards) and 2.0 sacks (8 yards) . . . also had an interception, a forced fumble and a pass break-up . . . played in all 13 games, including 11 starts, while playing a career-high 663 snaps . . . named Defensive MVP of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl with eight tackles and 1.5 TFLs in win over Oklahoma State . . . posted a career-high 10 tackles with a sack at Iowa . . . collected six tackles and picked off a pass vs. Purdue . . . tallied eight stops vs. Illinois.
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT WISCONSIN): Earned his first letter by playing in six games . . . collected six tackles, including a 7-yard tackle for loss, and had a career-high two interceptions . . . recorded a season-high four tackles in the Las Vegas Bowl win over Arizona State . . . had interceptions in back-to-back weeks against Rutgers and Northwestern.
2020 SEASON: Redshirted at Wisconsin.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Kory Cioroch at Farmington High School . . . was a second-team all-state selection by The Associated Press as a senior in 2019 . . . compiled 55 tackles, 13 TFLs and four forced fumbles his senior season . . . three-year football captain . . . also competed in track and field, where he finished sixth in the discus at the 2018 MHSAA Division 1 Track and Field Championships . . . son of Lanie and Carol Turner.
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