Jordan Todman

Jordan Todman (born February 24, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).

In his senior season in 2007, Todman led Dartmouth to a 11–2 record, their only losses coming to a gritty Foxboro High School squad (a game in which he had 2 fumbles and was out-rushed by Foxboro running back Tim Mogan) and in the Division 1 State Championship game, where they lost 34–28 in double overtime to perennial power Everett.

Including Todman, the 2007 Dartmouth football team had 4 players who received Division 1 scholarships; Jordan Todman (Connecticut), Arthur Lynch (Georgia), Sean Sylvia (Boston College), and Justin Mello (New Hampshire) Todman earned All-State honors twice, and was named the Boston Globe Player of the Year during his senior season.

In track & field, Todman was a state qualifier in the 100-meters.

At the 2007 Eastern MA Div 2 Champs, he took gold in the 100-meter dash event, recording a personal-best time of 10.92 seconds.

He also competed in jumps.

Though Todman finished his high school career as the second-leading rusher in Massachusetts state history (behind only Cedric Washington of Holyoke), many recruiting sites and college coaches thought he would be best suited to play defense.

Despite late interest from Penn State and Boston College, only Connecticut, Purdue and Northeastern offered scholarships.

On December 16, 2007, after finishing an official visit to Boston College, Todman committed to play running back for Connecticut.

Todman missed the first two games of his freshman season with a shoulder injury, and made his debut with 81 yards rushing and a touchdown in a UConn victory over Virginia.

He would spend the rest of the year as the backup to All-American running back, Donald Brown, and would finish the year with 296 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

After Brown left for the NFL, Todman was promoted to starting running back for his sophomore season.

Before the season began, he was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list.

Despite splitting carries with Andre Dixon, Todman lead the Huskies with 1,188 rushing yards.

He gained over 100 yards in a game five times, including running for 162 yards with 4 touchdowns in a 47–45 loss to Cincinnati.

In addition to his running back duties, Todman was also the primary kick returner.

In the Huskies victory over Notre Dame, he returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.

After the season, he was named second-team All-Big East.

He graduated in 2008.

With Dixon's graduation at the end of the 2009 season, Todman entered his junior season as the team's primary running back.

Just as the previous year, he was once again named to the Doak Walker Award watch list.

During the regular season, Todman ran for over 100 yards in 9 of the 11 games he played (he missed the Huskies game against Buffalo with an elbow injury).

He set a career-high when he ran for 222 yards during a nationally televised game on ESPN against Pittsburgh, on the same day it was announced that he was not named a semi-finalist for the Doak Walker Award.

At the end of the regular season, he had 1,574 rushing yards on 302 carriers and 14 rushing touchdowns.

He played college football for the Connecticut Huskies, earning first-team All-American honors in 2010.

Todman was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

He has also played in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, and Houston Texans.

Todman attended Dartmouth High School in Massachusetts, where he played football and ran track.

Connecticut finished in a three-way tie for the Big East Conference with West Virginia and Pittsburgh, but Connecticut won the tie-breakers and played the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl.

After the season, Todman was the unanimous selection as Big East Conference's Offensive Player of the Year.

After the Fiesta Bowl, Todman announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft

Todman was selected in the sixth round with the 183rd pick in the 2011 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers.

He was waived on October 22 and re-signed to the practice squad.

Todman was signed off the Chargers practice squad by the Minnesota Vikings on December 28, 2011.

During the 2012 preseason, Todman had a 76-yard touchdown run against the Houston Texans, but on August 31, 2012, Todman was released by the Vikings and subsequently added to the practice squad the next day.

Todman was signed off the Vikings practice squad by the Jacksonville Jaguars on November 27, 2012.

Todman would spend the rest of the season, as well as the 2013 and 2014 seasons with the Jaguars.

He scored his first career touchdown on September 22, 2013 against the Seattle Seahawks.

Perhaps the most memorable play for Todman in 2013 was a 21-yard touchdown pass from wide receiver Ace Sanders against the Houston Texans, the first career receiving touchdown for Todman.

In 2014, Todman again scored a receiving touchdown on a trick play from a wide receiver; once again the opponent was the Texans.