5′9″ · 190 lb · Florence, AL
Jordan Petty: S · UAB · #17.
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Jordan Petty
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at UAB behind him. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against North Texas — Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-7vs Alabama A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-51@ Ball State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 43-46@ North Texas | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 25-23vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-12@ Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-21vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-19@ UTSA | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-36@ Florida | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-7vs UTEP | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 19 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 7 · 2017
W 25-23
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL26 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Bill Clark — 14-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Clark
Pass share
39.5%
342 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
372 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UAB, 26 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Garrick McGee → Bill Clark. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
