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Position: | Safety | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Elmont, New York, U.S. | December 25, 1990||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 199 lb (90 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: |
Royal Palm Beach ( Royal Palm Beach, Florida) | ||||||
College: | Towson | ||||||
Undrafted: | 2013 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com |
Jordan Isaac Aldon Dangerfield (born December 25, 1990) is a former American football safety. He played college football at Towson and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Buffalo Bills in 2013. Dangerfield has also been a member of the Brooklyn Bolts of the FXFL.
Dangerfield was born in Elmont, New York, and is a member of the Ethiopian Jewish community. [1]
He attended Royal Palm Beach High School in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, where he played football as a receiver and defensive back, was named to Palm Beach Post and Sun-Sentinel first-team as a junior and senior, and received second-team All-Florida honors as a senior in 2008. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He then attended Hofstra University, for whom he played in eight games, and after it closed its football program he attended Towson University. [3] [5] [2] In 2010 for Towson he was named first-team All- CAA and first-team All- ECAC, as well as first-team All-American by College Sports Journal, and was named Towson University's Male Athlete of the Year. [2] In 2011 he was named first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association, and in 2012 he was named pre-season All-CAA and earned third-team pre-season All-America honors from The Sports Network. [2]
After entering professional football, he chipped away at remaining classes at Towson and in 2019 earned his degree. [7]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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5 ft 10+3⁄8 in (1.79 m) |
206 lb (93 kg) |
29+7⁄8 in (0.76 m) |
8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.58 s | 1.50 s | 2.52 s | 4.21 s | 6.74 s | 41.5 in (1.05 m) |
10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) |
15 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [8] |
Dangerfield was signed by the Bills as an undrafted rookie free agent following the 2013 NFL Draft. He was released by the team on August 30, 2013.
Dangerfield signed a reserve/future contract with the Steelers on January 10, 2014. He was released on August 26, and signed to the practice squad on November 5. He was released and re-signed to the practice squad throughout the 2014 and 2015 [9] seasons before making the final roster in 2016.
On January 27, 2017, Dangerfield re-signed with the Steelers on a one-year deal. [10] On September 4, Dangerfield was waived/injured by the Steelers and placed on injured reserve. [11] He was released on September 8. [12] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 16. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Steelers on January 15, 2018. [13]
On March 20, 2020, Dangerfield re-signed with the Steelers. [14]