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9 Jordan Ambrose
Jordan Ambrose
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    228
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Tomball, Texas
  • High School:
    Klein
  • Position:
    QB
  • gp
    10
  • tk
    1.0
  • sac
    0.0
  • int
    0
  • ffum
    0

Bio

Senior (2023): Started every game at quarterback for the Yellow Jackets and was All-HCAC Honorable Mention for the second straight season...Recorded career-highs across the board in completion percentage (55 percent), completions (142), passing yards (1842), yards per attempt (7.1) and passing touchdowns (17) while also ranking second on the team with 589 rushing yards and seven rushing scores, also career-best totals...First quarterback in Defiance College history to pass for 1,500 yards and rush for 500 yards in the same season...Finished fifth in the HCAC in passing yards, fifth in touchdown passes, and seventh in rushing yards...Set the program's single-game completions record by connecting on 33 of 46 attempts on September 16, 2023 at Kalamazoo while passing for a career-best 369 yards and fourth touchdowns...Also ran for 120 yards in that game to earn HCAC Offensive Player of the Week and became the first DC quarterback since 2010 to compile consecutive 100-yard rushing games...Recorded his third 100-yard rushing game on November 4 vs. Rose-Hulman with a career-best four rushing scores in addition to three passing touchdowns...Finished career fourth in program history for career passing touchdowns (31), seventh in passing yards (3,521) and fifth in completions (311)

Senior (2022): Played in eight games...Recorded two tackles...Completed 114 passes for 1,282 yards and 11 touchdowns...Ran the ball 92 times for 405 yards and four touchdowns...Named to HCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention Team.

Junior (2021): Appeared in all ten games...Completed 55 passes for 403 yards and three touchdowns...Ran the ball 57 times for 84 yards and one touchdown.

Sophomore (Spring 21): Played in four games... Recorded four solo tackles.

Freshman (2019): Played in two games... Had a tackle and late fumble recovery, with 75 seconds left, to preserve the win over Bluffton.

Prep: Graduate of Klein (Texas) High School in 2019... Participated in football and track... Earned 15-6A Academic All-District honors as a senior football player. 

Personal: Son of Carolyn Williams and David Ambrose... Majoring in sport management with a minor in pre-law... Fan of Jimmy Butler and Morgan Freeman.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35
  Total Conference
Solo tackles 1 0
Assists 0 0
Tackles 1.0 0.0
Tackles per game .1 .0
Sacks 0.0 0.0
Sack yards 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Returned for touchdown - -
Fumble recoveries 0 0
Fumble return TDs - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 14 27 51.9% 145 5.4 1 2 7 36
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 14 24 58.3% 130 5.4 1 1 0 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 33 46 71.7% 369 8.0 4 0 0 0
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 12 25 48.0% 228 9.1 1 1 1 4
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 5 13 38.5% 16 1.2 0 2 0 0
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 3 14 21.4% 24 1.7 0 2 3 12
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 8 15 53.3% 136 9.1 1 0 1 4
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 20 29 69.0% 271 9.3 3 0 1 4
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 15 33 45.5% 280 8.5 3 0 4 30
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 18 32 56.3% 243 7.6 3 3 1 11

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 13 -28 -2.2 18 0 - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 17 144 8.5 38 1 - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 19 120 6.3 18 0 1 1
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 17 6 0.4 8 0 1 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 6 21 3.5 9 0 1 1
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 15 31 2.1 12 0 1 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 7 60 8.6 29 0 - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 14 73 5.2 25 1 - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 26 127 4.9 20 4 1 1
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 11 35 3.2 12 1 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - 1 1
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - 1 1
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - 0 0 0
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 1 -28 - - - -28
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 1 144 - - - 144
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 1 120 - - - 120
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 1 6 - - - 6
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 1 21 - - - 21
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 1 31 - - - 31
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 1 60 - - - 60
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 1 73 - - - 73
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 1 127 - - - 127
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 1 35 - - - 35

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 2 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0 1
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 26 4 - - - - - 0 - 0 0 1
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2019-20 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 10 55 120 45.8% 403 40.3 3.4 3 5 29 74.0
2022-23 8 114 212 53.8% 1282 160.3 6.0 11 7 71 115.1
2023-24 10 142 258 55.0% 1842 184.2 7.1 17 11 62 128.2
Total 34 311 590 52.7% 3527 103.7 6.0 31 23 71 112.5

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2019-20 2 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 57 84 8.4 1.5 1 15 2 2
2022-23 8 92 405 50.6 4.4 4 32 1 1
2023-24 10 145 589 58.9 4.1 7 38 5 3
Total 34 294 1078 31.7 3.7 12 38 8 6

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2019-20 2 - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - -
Total 34 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2019-20 2 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 4 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 8 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Total 34 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2019-20 2 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 4 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 34 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2019-20 2 - - - - 0 .0
2020-21 4 - - - - 0 .0
2021-22 10 84 - - - 84 8.4
2022-23 8 405 - - - 405 50.6
2023-24 10 589 - - - 589 58.9
Total 34 1078 - - - 1078 31.7

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2019-20 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 0 0.0 - - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2021-22 6 0.6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0
2022-23 24 3.0 4 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2023-24 46 4.6 7 - - - - - 0 - 2 0
Total 76 2.2 12 - - - - - 0 - 2 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2019-20 2 1 0 1.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - 1 0 - - - -
2020-21 4 4 0 4.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2022-23 8 1 1 2.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 34 8 1 9.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 142 258 55.0% 1842 184.2 7.1 17 11 62 128.2
Conference 7 81 161 50.3% 1198 171.1 7.4 11 8 62 125.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 55 119 46.2% 708 141.6 5.9 7 9 62 100.5
Away 5 87 139 62.6% 1134 226.8 8.2 10 2 52 152.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 4 54 93 58.1% 765 191.3 8.2 6 2 49 144.2
Losses 6 88 165 53.3% 1077 179.5 6.5 11 9 62 119.3
Month                      
September 4 73 122 59.8% 872 218.0 7.1 7 4 54 132.3
October 4 36 71 50.7% 447 111.8 6.3 4 4 40 110.9
November 2 33 65 50.8% 523 261.5 8.0 6 3 62 139.6

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 145 589 58.9 4.1 7 38 5 3
Conference 7 96 353 50.4 3.7 6 29 4 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 71 186 37.2 2.6 5 20 3 2
Away 5 74 403 80.6 5.4 2 38 2 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 55 283 70.8 5.1 2 38 1 0
Losses 6 90 306 51.0 3.4 5 20 4 3
Month                  
September 4 66 242 60.5 3.7 1 38 2 1
October 4 42 185 46.3 4.4 1 29 2 1
November 2 37 162 81.0 4.4 5 20 1 1

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 4 - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - -
Month                
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Losses 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Month                  
September 4 - - - - 0 0 - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 589 - - - 589 58.9
Conference 7 353 - - - 353 50.4
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 186 - - - 186 37.2
Away 5 403 - - - 403 80.6
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 4 283 - - - 283 70.8
Losses 6 306 - - - 306 51.0
Month              
September 4 242 - - - 242 60.5
October 4 185 - - - 185 46.3
November 2 162 - - - 162 81.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 46 4.6 7 - - - - - 0 - 2 0
Conference 40 5.7 6 - - - - - 0 - 2 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 32 6.4 5 - - - - - 0 - 1 0
Away 14 2.8 2 - - - - - 0 - 1 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 14 3.5 2 - - - - - 0 - 1 0
Losses 32 5.3 5 - - - - - 0 - 1 0
Month                        
September 8 2.0 1 - - - - - 0 - 1 0
October 6 1.5 1 - - - - - - - 0 0
November 32 16.0 5 - - - - - 0 - 1 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 7 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 1 0 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 4 1 0 1.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month                                
September 4 1 0 1.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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