CHATTANOOGA: Played in 41 games with 30 starts ... nine career INTs T6th all-time at UTC with head coach Russ Huesman ... voted team captain for the 2011 season.
2011 • SENIOR SEASON: Career-high five PBUs, including one in three of the last four games ... season-high eight tackles against Wofford ... six tackles at Elon ... five tackles, one for a loss, at Appalachian State ... three tackles and an INT at Eastern Kentucky ... made six stops, one TFL, at Nebraska.
2010 • JUNIOR SEASON: No.1 on the depth chart at safety ... 1,190-pound three-lift total set a new school record for WR/DBs ... has eight career INTs, tying for No. 8 all-time at UTC ... finished with 29 tackles and three INTs in 2010 ... second on the team with eight tackles vs. Appalachian State ... DNP vs. WCU and EKU after suffering a high-ankle sprain at Jacksonville State (Sept. 11) ... had an INT against the Gamecocks but did not play in the second half ... made six tackles in his return at The Citadel ... sealed the Georgia Southern win with a late INT ... returned an INT 66 yards for a TD against Samford ... first Mocs with a pick-six since 2008 and the fourth longest INT return for a TD in school history ... made the Athletics Director's Honor Roll in the fall.
2009 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: Named First Team All-Southern Conference by the league's media ... second in the SoCon with five INTs ... tied for 19th in the nation in that same category ... five INTs also tied for fifth most in a season at UTC ... recovered two fumbles, giving him six of the Mocs' 19 takeaways on the year ... seven tackles and a sack against GSC ... four stops at Presbyterian ... six tackles at Samford ... tied a career high with 12 tackles at Georgia Southern ... also recovered a fumble against the Eagles ... seven tackles and an INT at Appalachian State ... made the Athletics Director's Honor Roll for the fall semester.
2008 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Saw action in 10 games off the bench as a true freshman ... recorded 27 tackles ... 23 solo hits ... logged three tackles-for-loss, two against Appalachian State ... forced a fumble at Furman ... made 12 tackles, 10 solo, in the season finale against Samford.
HIGH SCHOOL: Defensive back with 10 career interceptions at Buckhorn High School ... credited with 38 tackles in 2007 ... also made four interceptions and three tackles for loss ... registered 44 hits, six pickoffs and four tackles for negative yardage during junior season ... selected by teammates as captain his senior year ... averaged 37.25 yards per kick return, returning two for touchdowns ... returned a kickoff 89 yards with 21 seconds left to lift Buckhorn over Bob Jones ... scored Bucks' only touchdown in first-round playoff loss to Spain Park ... named to the 2007 Huntsville Times Class 5A/6A All-Metro Team ... as a junior, named 5A/6A All-Metro and 6A All-Region 8 Team . . named team's Most Outstanding Junior ... earned Big Play and Hardest Hit awards ... coached at Buckhorn by Michael Jackson ... also participated in basketball and track.
PERSONAL: Born Dec. 20, 1989 ... son of Eric Tippit and Jenetta Johnson ... father played football at Kentucky State ... mother played basketball at UAB ... majoring in Sport Administration.
JORDAN TIPPIT'S CAREER STATS
|
Year
|
G/GS
|
UT
|
AT
|
Total
|
Sacks
|
TFL
|
FF
|
FR
|
QBH
|
PBU
|
Int-Yds
|
|
2008
|
10/0
|
23
|
4
|
27
|
0.0
|
3.0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0-0
|
|
2009
|
11/11
|
35
|
25
|
60
|
2.0
|
3.5
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
5-59
|
|
2010
|
9/9
|
22
|
7
|
29
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3-87
|
| 2011 |
11/11 |
34 |
10 |
44 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1-0 |
|
Totals
|
41/31
|
114
|
46
|
160
|
2.0
|
10.5
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
9-146
|
