Randy Jordan (born June 6, 1970) is an
American football
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coach and former player who is the
running backs coach
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Common ...
for the
Washington Commanders
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of the
National Football League
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(NFL). He played college football for the
University of North Carolina
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. He was not selected in the
1993 NFL Draft
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, and subsequently played nine seasons for the
Los Angeles Raiders
The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural 1960 season to the 1981 season and then agai ...
,
Jacksonville Jaguars
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, and
Oakland Raiders
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.
Jordan attended the
University of North Carolina
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, where he was a running back for
Mack Brown
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's
North Carolina Tarheels football team, playing alongside fellow running back and future Jacksonville teammate
Natrone Means. As a junior in 1991, he had 124 carries for 618 yards with seven rushing touchdowns, and 11 catches for 160 yards with two touchdown receptions. During his 1992 senior season, Jordan had 59 carries for 225 yards with one touchdown, and seven receptions for 101 yards and a touchdown. He scored the first touchdown of the expansion
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team pla ...
in 1995.
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References
External links
Washington Commanders bio
1970 births
Living people
American football running backs
North Carolina Tar Heels football players
Los Angeles Raiders players
Jacksonville Jaguars players
Oakland Raiders players
Washington Commanders coaches
Washington Football Team coaches
Washington Redskins coaches
Nebraska Cornhuskers football coaches
People from Warren County, North Carolina
Oakland Raiders coaches
Texas A&M Aggies football coaches
North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches
Coaches of American football from North Carolina
Players of American football from North Carolina
Ed Block Courage Award recipients
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