Jordan Kent
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 14, 1984 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 219 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| College: | Oregon | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 6 / Pick: 210 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2009 | |||||||||
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| Receptions: | 1 |
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| Receiving yards: | 5 |
| Receiving TDs: | -- |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Jordan Russell Kent (born July 24, 1984 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Jordan began playing football when he was a junior in college at the University of Oregon. While at the University of Oregon, Jordan also played Basketball and ran Track for the Oregon Ducks. Today Jordan is a broadcaster for Comcast Sportsnet, and he covers the Portland Trailblazers and Pac-12 football and basketball. He also runs popular youth sport camps throughout the state of Oregon.
Kent attended Winston Churchill High School in Eugene, Oregon. An 11-time individual and team state champion in basketball and track, he contributed to state team titles in both sports as a junior before repeating track crown his final year. The First-team All-state pick averaged 18 points on the hardwood while leading Lancers to a 20-4 record his senior season. On the track, became the state’s first four-event individual champion in the same year by winning state 4A titles in the long jump, 100, 200 and 400 meters in 2002. The two-time state track athlete of the year completed his prep career winning three state 400 championships and two 200 and long jump gold medals, setting state records in each of the latter two events. As a junior, bettered 41-year-old state meet long jump record (25-1¼) previously held by Mel Renfro (24-1¼).
Kent was a member of the Oregon Ducks football team in college, and also played basketball and ran track. Jordan did not begin playing football until he tried out for the team during his junior year of college. He was also NCAA’s first three-sport athlete since 2001-02 and was the first three-sport letterman at Oregon since World War II and was the Pac-10’s first three-sport letterman. As a member of the Oregon Basketball team Kent won defensive player of the year. Then in 2005 he joined the Oregon Football team, this was his first time ever playing football on a team.
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