- Name
- Jordan Fuller
- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- ST, CB, S
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 205
- Birthday
- 3/4/1998
- Hometown
- Old Tappan, NJ
- High School
- Old Tappan
- Past Teams
- Ohio State
- Seasons
- 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Post-OSU Update: Jordan Fuller was selected with the 199th overall pick (6th-round) of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. Fuller has played four years with the Rams and been a starter when healthy. In 2023, Fuller started all 17 games and accounted for 94 tackles, 8 PBUs, 3 forced fumbles, and 3 interceptions. (updated: Feb. 2024)
Major: Business Marketing (2019), Strategic Communications (2018), Sport Industry (2017)
Weight: 205 (2019), 204 (2018), 207 (2017), 205 (2016)
2019 Media Guide: Jordan Fuller is a terrific football player and an impressive young man who is, truly, on his way to a successful future whether it’s in football or out of football … he tied for the team lead in
tackles last season with 81 and he was the second-leading tackler in 2017 – by one tackle – and has started 26 games for the back-to-back Big Ten Conference champions … he was also a team captain as a junior … he enters his senior campaign of 2019 with a 3.8 overall grade point average that has helped him earn every academic award available for an underclassmen, including first-team Academic All-American in 2018, Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar and multiple academic all-Big Ten and OSU Scholar-Athlete awards … he’ll graduate in December with a degree in business marketing … a veteran of 39 games played, Fuller enters his senior season with a team-high total of 162 career tackles,
including another team-best total of 125 solo stops … he produced six games with eight-or-more tackles in 2019, including a career-best 12 vs. Minnesota and consecutive games of eight, nine and nine tackles against Michigan, Northwestern in the Big Ten title game and Washington in the Rose Bowl, respectively … recorded an interception against Michigan for the second consecutive year and had a fumble recovery against Northwestern.
2018 Media Guide: Jordan Fuller is one of the top players on the 2018 Buckeye team and one of its top student-athletes as well, which combined makes him highly regarded as one of the team’s top leaders
… he has played in 26 games the past two seasons including 13 starts in 2017 and all 13 games played in 2016 as a true freshman … he is coming off an outstanding sophomore season in 2017 when he was
second on the team in tackles with 70 and had 13 more solo tackles – 57 total – than anyone else on the team … he topped out at a career-best 10 tackles twice, vs. Iowa and in the Cotton Bowl victory over USC … was awarded game “champion” status by the coaching staff seven times, including player of the game honors vs. Nebraska … recorded his first career interception in the end zone vs. Indiana … Fuller had essentially a game-deciding play in the 2017 game vs. Michigan, intercepting a pass with 2:36 to play and the Buckeyes up by four, 24-20. Three plays later Mike Weber scored to clinch the 31-20 win, Ohio State’s sixth consecutive over its rivals from the north … he is majoring in strategic communications and has earned Academic All-America, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten and multiple OSU Scholar-Athlete honors in his first two seasons.
2017 Media Guide: Jordan Fuller is in the hunt for even more playing time this season after appearing in all 13 games last season as a true freshman … he was credited with 11 tackles, including a high game of five stops vs. Nebraska … had 71 total snaps on defense to go along with 151 special teams plays.
2016 Media Guide: Jordan Fuller, the Gatorade New Jersey player of the year and the NJ.com player of the year as a senior, was a 4-star prospect (ESPN, Scout, 247Sports) and one of the outstanding athletes in this class … he was rated as high as the No. 2 athlete nationally by 247Sports and ESPN ranking him No. 9, with Scout ranking him in the Top 10 (No. 9) at cornerback … he was also rated as high as the No. 41 overall player (247Sports) with Scout ranking him No. 127 and with a 151 ranking on the ESPN 300 … a member of the PrepStar Dream Team.
High School: Fuller helped Old Tappan, coached by Brian Dunn, to a record of 29-5 between 2013-15, including a 12-0 season in 2015 when the Golden Knights won their first state title in 30 years … Fuller led the way with 747 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns; 33 receptions for 886 yards and five touchdowns; 44 tackles, six interceptions and 135 passing yards … he had 646 rushing yards and five touchdowns as a junior in addition to 15 receptions and 53 tackles … his career numbers included 30
touchdowns with two of those scores off interception returns and two off punt returns … played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and attended The Opening in Beaverton, Ore., in Summer 2015.
Personal: Reportedly received his first scholarship offer in eighth grade … is the son of Cindy Mizelle and Bart Fuller … brother, Devin, recently completed a fine collegiate football career at UCLA … also has one sister, Jasmine.
Defensive Stats
Season | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Asst | TFL | TFL Yds | Sacks | Sack Yds | FF | FR | Int | Int Yds | PBU | Blk | Def TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Ohio State | 14 | 13 | 70 | 57 | 13 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 | 81 | 61 | 20 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 | 62 | 42 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total | - | 53 | 40 | 224 | 167 | 57 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 10 | 0 | 0 |