Jordan Nix

Position:
Defensive Tackle
Height:
6-3
Weight:
295
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lawton, Okla.
High School:
MacArthur

Valuable contributor on the defensive line over the final two seasons of his career.

2011 - Senior Season
Played in all 13 games and saw action on more than 25 snaps per game as the first defensive tackle reserve • Finished the regular season with 19 tackles, three tackles for losses and assisted on a sack • Posted one tackle at NC State • Recorded a 3-yard tackle for loss in a 49-24 win over Wake Forest • Had four tackles, including 1.5 tackles for losses, in a 14-7 win over Louisville • Posted one tackle in a 35-20 victory at East Carolina • Recorded one tackle in a 28-17 victory vs. Virginia • Posted four tackles and a quarterback hurry in a 24-22 victory vs. Rutgers • Carolina limited the Scarlet Knights to just one yard rushing, the fewest by an opponent since 2000 • Had three tackles and assisted on a 3-yard tackle for loss in Carolina's 42-10 win over James Madison.

2010 - Junior Season
Played in 11 games and started two • Was typically the first player rotated in at defensive tackle • Started against Rutgers and William & Mary • Injured his elbow vs. Clemson and missed the Virginia and Miami games • Finished the regular season with 18 tackles, including eight primary stops and eight assists • Also recovered a fumble and had one quarterback pressure • Assisted on two tackles vs. Tennessee in the Music City Bowl • Had two stops vs. Virginia Tech • Posted one tackle in the win at Florida State • Had one tackle vs. William & Mary and East Carolina • Made three stops in the 17-13 win at Rutgers • Had a season-high seven tackles, including five primary stops, against Georgia Tech • Had one tackle and recovered a fumble against LSU in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta.

2009 - Sophomore Season
Played in four games and made one tackle vs. Georgia Southern.

Northeast Oklahoma A&M College/MacArthur High School
Defensive tackle who redshirted in 2008 after transferring from Northeast Oklahoma A&M College where he played one season in 2007 • Originally signed with the University of Oklahoma and attended OU from June-August 2007 • As a senior at MacArthur High School, he recorded 59 tackles (21 unassisted), 5.5 sacks and six QB hurries • Coached by Ernie Manning • Played in the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Football Game.

Personal
Communications major • Considered one of the funniest players on the team in a poll of teammates • Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys because he was raised in Oklahoma and they were the closest team.

Year	Pri	A	Total 	TFL	SACKS	INT	PBU 	FF	FR	QBH
2009	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	8	10	18	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1
2011	7	12	19	3.0-10	0.5-3	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	15	23	38	3.0-10	0.5-3	0	0	0	1	3