Jordan Carrell

Houston

Sep 12 (Fri)

5:30 PM

Photo by: Tony Harman

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-3
Weight:
300
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Roseville, Calif.
High School:
Roseville/American River College

AT COLORADO:

2016 Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 (Coaches selection).
Played in 26 career games with 25 starts in his two seasons at CU.
Had 6.5 sacks, 98 tackles (14.5 for losses), three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, 23 quarterback hurries and 10 third-down stops.

2016 (Sr.)— He dedicated his senior season to his late father, Lawrence Carrell, who passed away from a heart attack on April 23, 2016. He started all 14 games including the Alamo Bowl, earning honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors from the league coaches (third-team by Phil Steele’s College Football). His 695 snaps played on defense and 51 tackles were the most of any Buffalo defensive lineman, with 5½ sacks which ranked second on the team and in a tie for 10th in the Pac-12. He was also credited with 13 quarterback pressures and five third-down stops. He recorded his first sack of the year in a win over Idaho State. He had four tackles and a quarterback hurry at No. 4 Michigan. In the road win at Oregon, he recorded one-and-a-half sacks for his first career multi-sack game when he played a season-high 75 snaps. He had a season-high seven tackles in the game and three tackles for a loss at Oregon and matched that seven tackles again two weeks later at USC. In 53 snaps in the win at Stanford, he posted four tackles, one third down stop and had a sack. He had at least three tackles in 11 games. Against Oklahoma State in the bowl game, he had three tackles (one solo).

2015 (Jr.)—He played in all 13 games, including 12 starts (all but the Washington State game), and was in for the fourth-most snaps on defense (784), trailing only three defensive backs. He played 82.6 percent of CU’s total plays on defense, the sixth-highest percentage by a defensive lineman (end or tackle) since CU started tracking plays in 1987. He posted 52 tackles (37 of the solo variety), seventh-most on the team. He had eight tackles for loss (one quarterback sack, which was Josh Rosen of UCLA), along with 11 quarterback hurries, six third down stops, a team-high three forced fumbles (one recovery) and three tackles for zero (meaning 11 stops at or behind the line of scrimmage). He had a season/career-high 10 tackles (seven solo) in the season finale at Utah, when he also forced a fumble and made two third down stops; he also racked up six tackles against Hawai’i and Arizona State. He had nine tackles (five solo, three for losses including two quarterback sacks) in the four main spring scrimmages. In an April column on ESPN.com, he was referred to as the No. 1 junior college transfer in the Pac-12 in terms of expected impact. He enrolled at CU for the spring semester and thus in time to participate in spring practices.

JUNIOR COLLEGE—He earned first-team All-America, ACCFCA All-American and All-California Region I honors as a sophomore (by the JC Athletic Bureau), one of several honors he was afforded; others included first-team All-State, first-team All-Region I and first-team All-Norcal Conference, as he was the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. He was in on 80 tackles (39 solo) as a sophomore, numbers that included 19 tackles for losses of 69 yards and eight quarterback sacks (for 48 yards). He also had 24 quarterback hurries, 12 of which were knockdowns, two passes broken up and a forced fumble. A two-year starter at ARC, he had 30 tackles as a freshman, 10 for losses with four sacks, along with four passes broken up, two fumble recoveries, an interception and a blocked field goal. Under coach Jerry Haflich, American River was 10-2 his sophomore year, finishing with a No. 10 national ranking (No. 3 in the state of California) in winning the Norcal Conference title; ARC was 8-3 his freshman year. He was a teammate of current Buff offensive lineman Sully Wiefels his freshman year in 2013 (the two went head-to-head daily in practice).

HIGH SCHOOL—He played his prep ball at Roseville (Calif.) High School, where he was a two-year starter at center and defensive end. As a senior, he blocked for a potent offense that averaged 439 yards (231 rushing) and 33.4 points per game, recording 23 pancake blocks while not allowing a quarterback sack. On defense, he was in on 31 tackles (13 solo), with six for losses including two sacks, along with 10 hurries and two interceptions. One of his top games as a senior came in a wild 61-49 loss to Folsom, when he had three tackles, one for a loss, with two interceptions. Under coach Larry Cunha, Roseville was 5-6 his senior year and 6-5 his junior season. He also lettered three years in baseball (pitcher, first base, third base).

ACADEMICS—He graduated with a degree in Communication in December 2016. He earned honorable mention Academic All-Colorado honors as a junior from the state’s NFF chapter. He owned a 3.4 grade point average at American River.

PERSONAL—He was born June 30, 1994 in Elk Grove, Calif. His hobbies include working out, playing basketball and spending time with friends. He has been active in community service activities through Omega Psi Phi. (Last name is pronounced like carol.)