Edinboro University Athletics

Rick Jordan(’84) ranks as one of Edinboro’s all-time great defensive football players. Playing for the Fighting Scots at defensive tackle from 1981-84, he helped Edinboro finish with a 29-12 record during that period. That included a 9-2 record and a berth in the PSAC Championship game in 1982 and an 8-2 record in 1984. He concluded his career with 177 tackles while playing in 32 games. A native of Jamestown, NY, he is tied for second in career sacks with 25.5. He was a three-year starter who earned preseason All-American honors in 1984 and was a first team All-PSAC West selection that year as he finished with 35 tackles and 3.5 sacks in eight games. He led the Fighting Scots in sacks all three years as a starter, including 12 sacks in 1983, the third-highest figure in a season. He had 10 sacks in 1982, good for fourth all-time. He holds the single game record, along with three other players, for tackles for a loss in a game with five, that coming against Lock Haven in 1984. Jordan posted a career-high 86 tackles as a sophomore in 1982 and had 64 in 1983. He was named to Edinboro’s all-time team at defensive tackle in 2006.