Jordan Leggett Explained

Jordan Leggett
Number:86
Position:Tight end
Birth Date:31 January 1995
Birth Place:Navarre, Florida, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lbs:258
High School:Navarre
College:Clemson (2013–2016)
Draftyear:2017
Draftround:5
Draftpick:150
Pastteams:
Highlights:
Statlabel1:Receptions
Statvalue1:14
Statlabel2:Receiving yards
Statvalue2:114
Statlabel3:Receiving touchdowns
Statvalue3:1
Pfr:LeggJo00

Jordan Kristopher Leggett (born January 31, 1995) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Clemson. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL draft.

Early life

Leggett attended Navarre High School in Navarre, Florida, where he played high school football.[1] He was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star recruit and committed to Clemson University to play college football.[2]

College career

As a true freshman at Clemson in 2013, Leggett played in 10 games, recording 10 receptions for 176 yards and two touchdowns.[3] As a sophomore in 2014, he started seven of 11 games and had 14 receptions for 161 yards and one touchdown.[4] As a junior in 2015, he was a finalist for the John Mackey Award.[5] [6]

Leggett's Clemson teams won four bowl games, three BCS/New Years Six bowls, and played in two national championship games, winning one in 2017. Leggett won the Orange Bowl as a freshman against Ohio State, the Russell Athletic Bowl as a sophomore against Oklahoma, the Orange Bowl as a junior against Oklahoma, and the Fiesta Bowl as a senior against Ohio State. Leggett's only bowl loss was in the 2015–16 National Championship Game against Alabama.

On January 9, 2017, Leggett was part of the Clemson team that defeated top-ranked Alabama in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship by a score of 35–31. In the game, he recorded seven receptions for 95 yards.[7]

College statistics

YearSchoolConfClassPosGRecYdsAvgTD
2013ClemsonACCFRTE71217614.72
2014ClemsonACCSOTE91416111.51
2015ClemsonACCJRTE154052513.18
2016ClemsonACCSRTE134673616.07
CareerClemson1121.59814.318

Professional career

Pre-draft

As one of the top tight end prospects, Leggett received an invitation to play in the 2017 Senior Bowl, but declined to participate.[8] He was one of 19 collegiate tight ends to receive an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Leggett opted to only perform the vertical jump, broad jump, three-cone drill, and short shuttle at the combine. He finished fourth among tight ends in the short shuttle, eighth in the three-cone drill, tied for eighth in the vertical jump, tied for tenth in the bench press, and tied for 11th among his position group in the broad jump.[9] On March 16, 2017, Leggett attended Clemson's pro day, along with Deshaun Watson, Mike Williams, Carlos Watkins, Artavis Scott, Wayne Gallman, Ben Boulware, Cordrea Tankersley, and six other players.[10] [11] He performed the rest of the combine drills he skipped at the combine for the scouts and team representatives from all 32 NFL teams. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Leggett was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked the fourth best tight end prospect by NFL senior analyst Gil Brandt and was ranked the seventh best by NFLDraftScout.com and NFL analyst Mike Mayock.[12] [13] [14]

New York Jets

Leggett was selected by the New York Jets in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2017 NFL draft.[15] He was the tenth tight end selected.[16] [17]

On May 18, 2017, the Jets signed Leggett to a four-year, $2.86 million with a $282,052 signing bonus.[18]

Throughout training camp, Leggett competed against Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Eric Tomlinson for the job as the starting tight end.[19] Leggett was slated to begin the season as the starting tight end with Seferian-Jenkins serving a two-game suspension for a DUI. After the second preseason game, Leggett suffered a knee injury, and was placed on injured reserve on October 31, 2017.[20] [21] On November 9, 2017, Leggett announced he successfully underwent knee surgery.[22] In Week 4 of the 2018 season, Leggett recorded his first three career receptions, which went for 13 yards and one touchdown, in the loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.[23]

On May 20, 2019, the Jets waived Leggett.[24]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

On May 21, 2019, Leggett was claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[25] On August 31, 2019, Leggett was waived by the Buccaneers and re-signed to the practice squad.[26] On October 30, 2019, Leggett was promoted to the active roster.[27] He was waived on December 24, 2019, and re-signed to the practice squad.[28] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Buccaneers on December 31, 2019. He was waived on July 30, 2020.[29]

Leggett had a tryout with the Baltimore Ravens on August 22, 2020.[30]

Denver Broncos

On November 16, 2020, Leggett was signed to the Denver Broncos practice squad.[31] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 4, 2021.[32] On February 2, 2021, the Broncos waived Leggett.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Hyber . Josh . January 8, 2017 . EXCLUSIVE: Clemson's Jordan Leggett, a Navarre alum, talks national championship . October 10, 2018 . Northwest Florida Daily News . en.
  2. Web site: Jordan Leggett, 2013 Tight End, Clemson . January 9, 2024 . Rivals.com . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2013 Clemson Tigers Stats . October 10, 2018 . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . en.
  4. Web site: Hope . Dan . The new Jordan Leggett: Tight end emerging as a complete player . Independent Mail.
  5. Web site: Vilona . Bill . Navarre's Leggett is Mackey finalist . Pensacola News Journal.
  6. Web site: Golden . Devin . As Clemson becomes title contender, Navarre grad Leggett rises in TE ranks . NWF Daily News.
  7. Web site: College Football Championship - Clemson vs Alabama Box Score, January 9, 2017 . October 19, 2017 . Sports Reference.
  8. Web site: Vilona . Bill . January 19, 2016 . Jordan Leggett, other stars, take a pass on Senior Bowl . December 20, 2017 . Pensacola News Journal .
  9. Web site: Lyles Jr. . Harry . March 5, 2016 . NFL Combine Results . December 19, 2017 . SBNation.com.
  10. Web site: Hickey . Anna . March 17, 2017 . Official pro day results from Clemson . December 20, 2017 . CBSSports.com.
  11. Web site: Hope . Dan . March 15, 2017 . 14 former Tigers participating in Clemson's pro day . December 20, 2017 . independentmail.com .
  12. Web site: Brandt . Gil . April 17, 2017 . Hot 150: Gil Brandt's top prospects for 2017 NFL Draft (51-100) . December 20, 2017 . NFL.com.
  13. Web site: Jordan Leggett, DS #7 TE, Clemson . December 20, 2017 . nfldraftscout.com.
  14. Web site: Mayock . Mike . April 25, 2017 . Mike Mayock's 2017 NFL Draft top 100 prospect rankings . https://web.archive.org/web/20170428123444/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000802568/article/mike-mayocks-2017-nfl-draft-top-100-prospect-rankings . dead . April 28, 2017 . December 20, 2017 . NFL.com.
  15. Web site: 2017 NFL Draft Listing . May 17, 2023 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
  16. Web site: Crumpton . Tony . Jordan Leggett selected #150 overall in 2017 NFL Draft . October 31, 2018 . TigerNet.
  17. Web site: Lange, Randy . April 29, 2017 . Rd. 5: TE Jordan Leggett, LB Dylan Donahue . May 7, 2017 . NewYorkJets.com.
  18. Web site: New York Jets sign rookie TE Jordan Leggett . May 18, 2017 . 247 Sports.
  19. Web site: Ourlads.com: New York Jets depth chart: 07/01/2017 . December 20, 2017 . Ourlads.com.
  20. Web site: Greenberg, Ethan . October 31, 2017 . Jets Sign DL Cooper, Place TE Leggett on IR . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180206184950/http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-7/Jets-Sign-DL-Cooper-Place-TE-Leggett-on-IR/6b729371-66bb-400b-9cff-1d5d6a3f9e18 . February 6, 2018 . NewYorkJets.com.
  21. Web site: Jets' Jordan Leggett: Lands on IR . October 31, 2017 . CBS Sports.
  22. Web site: Calvaruso . Tyler . November 10, 2017 . Jets rookie TE Jordan Leggett undergoes successful knee surgery . December 20, 2017 . jetswire.usatoday.com .
  23. News: September 30, 2018 . WATCH: Jets TE Jordan Leggett scores his first career touchdown . en-US . USA Today . October 10, 2018.
  24. Web site: May 20, 2019 . Jets Waive 3rd-Year TE Jordan Leggett . NewYorkJets.com.
  25. Web site: Smith, Scott . May 21, 2019 . Bucs Claim TE Jordan Leggett Off Waivers from Jets . Buccaneers.com.
  26. Web site: Smith, Scott . August 31, 2019 . Spence, Santos Among Final Cuts to Get Bucs' Roster to 53 . Buccaneers.com.
  27. Web site: Smith, Scott . October 30, 2019 . Jordan Leggett Promoted as Jack Cichy Goes to IR . Buccaneers.com . October 31, 2019 . October 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191031030446/https://www.buccaneers.com/news/jordan-leggett-promoted-as-jack-cichy-goes-to-ir-roster-move-week-9-2019 . dead .
  28. Web site: Smith, Scott . December 24, 2019 . Bucs Promote John Franklin, Jaydon Mickens to Active Roster . Buccaneers.com.
  29. News: Smith, Scott . July 30, 2020 . Bucs Waive Leggett, Hall . Buccaneers.com . July 30, 2020 . August 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200801084124/https://www.buccaneers.com/news/bucs-waive-jordan-leggett-deiondre-hall-2020-training-camp-roster . dead .
  30. 1297274577811275778 . AlbertBreer . Today's tryout/visit list. . August 22, 2020 . August 24, 2020.
  31. Web site: DiLalla, Aric . November 17, 2020 . Broncos waive Davontae Harris, sign Jordan Leggett to practice squad . DenverBroncos.com.
  32. Web site: DiLalla, Aric . January 4, 2021 . Broncos sign 10 players to future contracts . DenverBroncos.com.
  33. Web site: DiLalla, Aric . February 2, 2021 . Broncos waive five players . DenverBroncos.com . February 2, 2021 . February 25, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225050944/https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/broncos-waive-five-players . dead .