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Jordan Stringer

LB · Troy · Sr · #7

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

123 TACKLES · 2.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Troy for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Troy for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Linebacker · Troy

Returning around him

  • 33% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -13 net (14 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Troy · Last season: 8-6 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #82

LB · TROY · SUN BELT

Jordan Stringer

  • 4
  • #7
  • 6-2 | 225 lb
  • Augusta, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

86

All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 85th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#10516

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP LB AWARD

Butkus

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1855 national
CFB
College
Troy
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionLB
Class4
Jersey7
Measurements6-2 | 225 lb
HometownAugusta, GA
Primary teamTroy

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1855 recruit
Composite rating 0.8259 HighSchool
Signed with Hudson Valley 2021
Origin Laney Augusta, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8259 No. 1855 recruit | HighSchool | Hudson Valley

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#10516Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11067Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Hudson Valley

Composite

0.8259

#1855 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Jordan Stringer

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jordan Stringer

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

final
Through 14g
123Tackles
11.5Tackles for loss
2.5Sacks
Per game
9Tackles
0.8Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Final
123Tackles
11.5Tackles for loss
2.5Sacks

✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 123.

✓ Hit 100-tackle season · finished with 123.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Jordan Stringer is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Troy's defense, with 2.5 sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #10516 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 2.5 sacks | 11.5 TFL

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 123 45 solo | #13/4942 (100th pct)
TFL 11.5 Backfield disruption | #62/4972 (99th pct)
Sacks 2.5 Pass-rush finish | #393/4972 (92nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defenderCoverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
123 100th
SOLO
45 97th
TFL
11.5 99th
SACK
2.5 92nd
QBH
1 44th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
4 84th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 38-20vs Nicholls931.50.00Season-high 16 tackles
Wk 2L 16-27@ Clemson530.00.00
Wk 3L 7-28vs Memphis1240.50.50
Wk 4W 21-17@ Buffalo832.00.00
Wk 6W 31-24vs South Alabama930.00.01
Wk 7W 48-41@ Texas State15103.01.003.0 TFL
Wk 8W 37-14@ UL Monroe750.00.00
Wk 9W 35-23vs Louisiana600.00.01
Wk 10L 10-23vs Arkansas State1251.50.01
Wk 12L 0-33@ Old Dominion820.50.00
Wk 13W 31-19vs Georgia State621.00.00
Wk 14W 28-18@ Southern Miss711.00.50
Wk 15L 14-31@ James Madison320.00.01
BowlL 13-17@ Jacksonville State1620.50.50
Total1234511.52.54
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced
2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning
2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced
2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning
2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Troy1234511.52.54----
2024Troy77357.52.0--1--
2023Troy68335.01.0--1--
2022Troy1770.00.01----
2021Troy2--0.00.0------
Career5 loaded seasons28712024.05.552--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 4 Coverage disruption | #340/2184 (84th pct)
QB pressures 1 Quarterback hurries | #1051/1878 (44th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 123 #13/4942 100th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 11.5 #62/4972 99th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 2.5 #393/4972 92nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 4 #340/2184 84th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 1 #1051/1878 44th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 45 #128/4584 97th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home6g9.00.80.10.5
Road8g8.60.90.20.1

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins8g8.41.10.20.2
Losses6g9.30.50.20.3

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g10.61.10.30.1
Weeks 8+7g7.00.60.10.4

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort

86All-Conference
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th). Strength: tackles for loss (97th).

Tackles#13 / 2975 · 100th pct
123defe
Tackles for loss#62 / 2975 · 98th pct
11.5defe
Solo tackles#128 / 2975 · 96th pct
45defe
Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct
4defe
Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct
2.5defe
QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct
1defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · LB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Jordan StringerTroyJaden DuggerLouisiana· 95% simJordan KwiatkowskiCentral Michigan· 93% simColton PharesApp State· 92% sim
Tackles
100
Stringer
100
Dugger
99
Kwiatkowski
98
Phares
Tackles for loss
98
Stringer
98
Dugger
99
Kwiatkowski
96
Phares
Solo tackles
96
Stringer
100
Dugger
98
Kwiatkowski
95
Phares
Passes defended
86
Stringer
78
Dugger
86
Kwiatkowski
78
Phares
Sacks
85
Stringer
93
Dugger
85
Kwiatkowski
80
Phares
QB hurries
55
Stringer
55
Dugger
72
Kwiatkowski
72
Phares

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Every-Down Linebacker

Leads the team in tackles and rarely leaves the field.

LB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremy Banks’s 2021 season.

Jeremy Banks

81%match

Tennessee · 2021

#2

Justin Rice

Utah State · 2021

All-Mountain West
81%
#3

Wayne Matthews III

Old Dominion · 2023

All-Sun Belt
78%
#4

Jacob Rodriguez

Texas Tech · 2025

NagurskiBednarikButkusNFL Rd 2 · Pk 11
77%
#5

Matt Rose

Stanford · 2025

77%

Matches Jeremy on

TFL rate
Weight
Sack rate

Differs from Jeremy on

Class year (higher)
Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jacob Rodriguez's graduate season at Texas Tech (2025).

Jacob Rodriguez

86%match

Texas Tech · 2025

NagurskiBednarikButkusNFL Rd 2 · Pk 11
#2

John Miller

Utah State · 2025

79%
#3

Jayden McDonald

UConn · 2024

77%
#4

Eli Blakey

Miami (OH) · 2025

All-MAC
74%
#5

Quinton Urwiler

Northern Illinois · 2025

All-MAC
73%

Matches Jacob on

Weight
TFL rate
Sack rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

Pass share

47.1%

431 pass / 484 run

Plays / game

65.4

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

17.0%

342 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

3 coaches
2021
Chip Lindsey
Troy
2022
Jon Sumrall
Troy
era →
2023
Jon Sumrall
Troy
2024
Gerad Parker
Troy
era →
2025
Gerad Parker
Troy

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chip Lindsey, Jon Sumrall, and Gerad Parker. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownAugusta, GA
Height6'2"
Weight225 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey7

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Troy LB4 #10516 #11067 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 Troy LB4 #5771 #6312 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Troy LB4 #9017 #8575 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Troy LB4 #11627 #11569 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Troy Sun Belt LB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Augusta, GA
2024 Troy Sun Belt LB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Augusta, GA
2023 Troy Sun Belt LB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Augusta, GA
2022 Troy Sun Belt LB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Augusta, GA
2021 Troy Sun Belt LB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Augusta, GA