Georgia State University Athletics

CAREER STATISTICS

ATHLETIC HONORS
• 2021 All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention)

ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll, 2019-20
• Dean’s List, Fall 2021
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Spring 2020

AT GEORGIA STATE: All-Sun Belt inside linebacker who was the Panthers’ leading tackler in 2021 and 2022 ... Five-year letterwinner who played in 60 career games, tied for second in program history ... Also second in the GSU record book with 282 career tackles ...  Tied for the GSU career record with five career fumble recoveries ... Added two forced fumbles and four pass breakups ... Made 21.5 tackles for loss including seven sacks ... Member of the 2019 recruiting class.
    
2023: Fifth on the team in tackles with 54, including 6.5 tackles for loss ... Had his best game of the season in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl five tackles, including a sack for an 11-yard loss in the win over Utah State ... Made a huge play in the win at Coastal Carolina by recovering an onside kick late in the game ... Forced a fumble at Louisiana ... Season-high eight tackles with two TFL vs. James Madison ... Preseason All-Sun Belt by Athlon Sports.
    
2022: Led the team with 98 tackles, the fifth-highest season total in program history ... Fifth in the Sun Belt in total tackles (8.2 pg ... Third in FBS with three fumble recoveries ... Made a career-high 13 tackles with two fumble recoveries and two pass breakups to lead 31-14 win at Army ... Had another fumble recovery to help seal win over Georgia Southern ... Had a 9-yard sack at Southern Miss, helping the GSU defense set a school record by allowing just 202 yards of total offense ... Four tackles with one TFL vs. Old Dominion as the GSU defense held the Monarchs to 26 yards rushing and 283 total yards.
    
2021: All-Sun Belt Conference honorable mention in his first year as a starter ... Led the Panthers with 97 tackles, the fifth-best season total in program history ... Third on the team with eight tackles for loss, including four sacks ... Also had a pass breakup, a fumble recovery, a forced fumbled and four quarterback pressures ... Made his first start at No. 22 North Carolina and had a career-high 10 tackles ... Keyed GSU’s strong defensive effort at No. 23 Auburn when he had seven tackles and a sack and forced and recovered a fumble in the fourth quarter at the GSU 25-yard line ... Added nine tackles vs. Charlotte and eight vs. Army ... Made eight tackles with three QB pressures vs. Texas State ... Collected six tackles with 1.5 TFL, including a sack, to help hold Arkansas State to a school-record minus-3 rushing yards and 270 total yards in GSU’s 28-20 win. 
    
2020: Played in all 10 games and collected 18 tackles ... Career-high six tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Coastal Carolina ... Added three tackles against Troy and South Alabama.

2019: Played in 12 games in 2019 as a backup and on special teams and made 15 tackles ... Season-high six tackles at Western Michigan ... Had two tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss vs. Wyoming in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl ... Added three tackles vs. ULM and two vs. Troy.
               
HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable mention all-state selection in Class AAAAAAA by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Also named to the GACA All-State team … Named Defensive Player of the Year for Region 3-AAAAAAA and for Paulding County ... Set a school-record with 146 tackles as a senior, more than twice as many as the No. 2 tackler on his team ... Two-way standout for North Paulding High School ... Led North Paulding to the state playoffs in Georgia’s largest classification his last two years ... Earned a three-star rating in the 247Sports composite.
               
PERSONAL: Full name is Jordan Nicholas Veneziale (ven-zee-AL) … Son of Greg and Julie Veneziale … Born Sept. 23, 2000.