Georgia State University Athletics

ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll, 2019-20
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2018; Fall 2019; Spring 2020

ATHLETIC HONORS
• 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (third team)
• Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 2, 2020)
    
AT GEORGIA STATE: All-Sun Belt Conference outside linebacker who led the nation in sacks in 2020 ... Returned to the lineup after suffering a season-ending knee injury in the opening game of 2019 at Tennessee ... Joined the program as a freshman walk-on in 2017 and took a redshirt year, during which he moved from safety to outside linebacker.
    
2020: Third-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection ... Tied for first in FBS with a GSU-record 10.5 sacks ... Average of 1.05 sacks per game is No. 7 in FBS (No. 4 among players with at least six games) ... Also set the school record with 14.0 tackles for loss (1.4 per game/second in Sun Belt) ... Tied for  Sun Belt lead with two fumble recoveries and second with three forced fumbles ... Part of a Georgia State defense that set a school-record 35 sacks (3.5 pg/No. 7 in FBS) ... Nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy.

Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for the win at Troy. Made three tackles for loss, including 2.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble. Got a strip-sack and recovered at the Troy 8-yard line to set up a TD. Returned his other fumble recovery 63 yards ... Had a strip-sack, forcing a fumble that GSU recovered, with two minutes left against Georgia Southern to help seal the victory ... Made another big play at Arkansas State with a sack and forced fumble that teammate Blake Carroll picked up and returned 74 yards for a touchdown ... Had two sacks and three tackles for loss at South Alabama as the GSU defense allowed just 14 points and 324 total yards ... Finished the season with 1.5 sacks vs. WKU in the LendingTree Bowl victory.

2018: Played in every game and made four starts at outside linebacker, sharing the position with senior Michael Shaw ... Made 36 tackles on the season ... Recovered a fumble in season-opening win over Kennesaw State and then broke up a pass the following game at NC State ... Season-high five tackles vs. Western Michigan.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Standout defender for South Georgia prep power Camden County ... First-team All-Region 1-AAAAAAA in Georgia’s largest classification as a senior.
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Jordan DeSean Strachan (last name pronounced STRAHN) ... Born Nov. 26, 1998.