New Commit Jordan Cordova

[cajun_lannister]

I dislike when coaches take certain guys and beef them up so much they start to lose effectiveness. Not saying that will happen with him but I like a guy maintaining his athleticism even if he's a little undersized. Its not about their size but their physicality. One of the best small players I ever saw was Rohan Marley at Miami. He was 5'8" and 205 and could play sideline to sideline and just made plays. He played on the largest stage as a smaller linebacker but he used his speed and he was physical. I liked McCoy when he was here but he just wasn't physical enough and would get eaten up in the running game from time to time.

Now days RB are 6'1" 230 and still run 4.5s .. Undersize LB just dont fly anymore

[CharlieK]

According to the article: Bench: 235; Squat: 470; 40: 4.6; Vertical: 34 inches

Nice 40. Nice vertical. Strength numbers seem low.

All that said, I just want football players. And this guy seems like that. Add in a "coaches kid" which makes you think he can take instruction and get better I am excited about this pickup. Who cares what he can bench if he can't play football. We had a bunch of weightroom studs/gridiron duds the last few years, including at HC.

[basinbear]

He will get stronger....

[MetryCajun]

Looks like a typical UL defensive recruit, undersized and no set position. Hopefully he has the speed to play safety, if not he will need a year or two to get stronger. Hard not to like the athleticism.

[CharlieK]

He will get stronger....

He looks like he would be stronger. I'm thinking with a pro S&C coach those numbers will skyrocket.

[Cajun Soldier]

JMO seems like we are slicing and dicing this kid. If we trust this coaching staff then this kid is a great get. Looks pretty athletic on film, a Louisiana kid and a coaches son. We have 0 early signing. We are not a P5 we will have to develop players until we can change the perception of who we are, none of us are getting paid to decide who get a chance to receive a UL scholarship. This kid may be a model citizen and a Cajun great one day who knows but Napier trust him enough to offer him a scholarship so I'm on board now just sign on the dotted line on National Signing Day.

[Clutch0364]

Looks like a typical UL defensive recruit, undersized and no set position. Hopefully he has the speed to play safety, if not he will need a year or two to get stronger. Hard not to like the athleticism.

Being that we do not know what type of defensive system we will run, we have no clue what the plans would be for this kid.

[Duggie35]

Looks like a typical UL defensive recruit, undersized and no set position. Hopefully he has the speed to play safety, if not he will need a year or two to get stronger. Hard not to like the athleticism.

Remember, no one but Coach Stokley thought Brian Mitchell was good enough to play QB either. He turned out to be fairly good!!!!

[MetryCajun]

Remember, no one but Coach Stokley thought Brian Mitchell was good enough to play QB either. He turned out to be fairly good!!!!

Remember, Mitchell was one of the greatest athletes to ever step foot on this campus and was desired by many large programs. There is no comparison. That said, I hope we found a good one.

[Rainman66]

Now days RB are 6'1" 230 and still run 4.5s .. Undersize LB just dont fly anymore

These RBs are still very much the exception, rather than the rule. I could only find two in the last 2 years that were 230+ & ran in the 4.5s, at the NFL combine. Leonard Fournette and Derrick Henry. I would suspect Saquan Barkley will do it this season.

The numbers grow to around 7 if you drop to 220 lbs.

I agree MLBs need to be stout, but OLBs can go either way depending on scheme.