Jordan Ferguson: DE · Middle Tennessee · #9.
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Jordan Ferguson
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Five seasons in the Middle Tennessee defensive front to date. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Conference USA again in 2022. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Charlotte — Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
61 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interception. 15.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 61 | 30 | 15.5 | 8.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 58 | 30 | 17.5 | 9.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 42 | 17 | 4.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Middle Tennessee | 15 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | 30 | 26 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 206 | 110 | 44.0 | 20.5 | 7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-44@ James Madison | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-19@ Colorado State | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-6vs Tennessee State | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-31@ No. 25 Miami | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 30-45vs UTSA | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-41@ UAB | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-35vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-13@ UTEP | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-40@ Louisiana Tech | 9 | 6 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | W 24-14vs Charlotte | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-21vs Florida Atlantic | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 33-28@ Florida International | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
 Bowl | W 25-23vs San Diego State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 61 | 30 | 15.5 | 8.5 | 1 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
14%8 sacksTFL rate
25%16 TFLHurry rate
8%5 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
63%8 of 14 pressures61 tackles · 15.5 for loss · 8.5 sacks · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 33-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 6.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
53.6%
511 pass / 442 run
Plays / game
73.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
543 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #2 of 387 FBS edge rushers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Middle Tennessee, 20 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 52 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
