Jordan Jefferson

Jordan Jamal Jefferson (born August 25, 1990) is a former American football quarterback.

As a junior in 2006, Jefferson guided Destrehan to an undefeated 6–0 start before suffering a broken wrist after slamming it into the helmet of another player.

Jefferson completed 81 of 143 (56.6%) passes for 1,666 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions.

Jefferson had a passer rating of 195.1.

As a senior in 2007, Jefferson helped Destrehan High School clinch the Class 5A state championship, finishing with a 15–0 record.

He completed 188 of 290 (64.8%) passes for 2,846 yards, 24 touchdowns, and only 3 interceptions during Destrehan's championship season.

Jefferson had a passer rating of 172.5.

Jefferson was the Class 5A Offensive Player of the Year, and he was named to the Class 5A All-State first-team.

Jefferson finished his high school career with a perfect record (21–0) as a starter.

He was named a high school All-America by SuperPrep Magazine.

Scout.com named him a Top 20 quarterback.

Rivals.com gave him four stars, rated him as a Top 10 pro-style quarterback, and listed him in their Top 250 and Louisiana Top 40.

Jefferson played college football for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), where he was the starting quarterback for 32 games from 2008 to 2011.

Jefferson lived in St. Rose, Louisiana and attended Destrehan High School in Destrehan, Louisiana, where he was one of the top prep quarterbacks in the country.

Jefferson was named a 2008 Baton Rouge Advocate Super Dozen selection.

As a true freshman in 2008, Jefferson appeared in seven games, starting two of them including the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl of which he was the offensive MVP in a 38–3 win over Georgia Tech.

As a sophomore in 2009, Jefferson was the youngest starting quarterback in the SEC and the youngest to start a season-opener for LSU since Y. A. Tittle in 1945.

He started 12 of LSU's 13 games, missing the game against Louisiana Tech due to injury.

He was 8–4 as a starter, throwing for 2,166 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions.

Jefferson and the LSU Tigers lost the 2010 Capital One Bowl to the Penn State Nittany Lions 19–17.

In the 2010 regular season, Jefferson threw for 1,253 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions while sharing the quarterback duties with Jarrett Lee.

He also rushed for 450 yards and 7 touchdowns; both are LSU records for a quarterback.

Jefferson led the Tigers to a 10–2 record in the regular season and beat the Texas A&M Aggies in the 2011 Cotton Bowl Classic with a final score of 41–24.

In that game, Jefferson threw for 158 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He also rushed for 67 yards and 1 touchdown.

Jefferson threw a key pass to running back Stevan Ridley in the LSU game with Alabama on November 6.

The Tigers prevailed over the Crimson Tide, 24–21.

Jefferson was suspended for the first part of the 2011 season after being charged by the Baton Rouge Police with second-degree battery, but he was reinstated to the team after a Grand Jury reduced the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor.

Jefferson entered a plea of innocent to the misdemeanor charge.

Jefferson returned to play in the fifth game (Kentucky).

On his very first play (fourth down), he scored LSU's first touchdown of the game and gave LSU a lead which it never relinquished.

Over the course of his first four games back (Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, and Auburn), Jefferson completed 6 of 10 (60%) passes for 123 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions for a passer rating of 229.3.

He also rushed for 111 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Jefferson was briefly substituted for Jarrett Lee to pick up a third and one on the fifth play of the game.

Following a Lee interception which led to a blocked field goal attempt by Alabama, Jefferson came in for Lee again.

Jefferson closed out the first half by driving LSU 74 yards to tie the game.

Lee was given another chance on LSU's second possession of the second half, but he immediately threw his second interception of the game which led to an Alabama field goal and lead.

In overtime, Jefferson executed a short-side option to Michael Ford to set up the game-winning field goal.

Lee was pulled after the November game against Alabama for his performance.

He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2012.