CAREER
All-Ivy League honorable mention honoree as a free safety in 2021 … Has seen action in 20 games with 12 starts as a free safety … Made 68 total tackles (39 solo) with two interceptions, six pass breakups, 1.0 tackle for loss for two yards, and recovered a fumble in his career … Earned two varsity letters.
2021
All-Ivy League honorable mention selection as a senior free safety … Earned Third Team All-Ivy League honors by Phil Steele Magazine … Named the Lou Little Coaches’ Most Improved Player award winner at team banquet … Saw action in all 10 games with five starts at free safety … Started each of the season’s last five games at safety … A hard hitter and playmaker, ranked No. 4 on the Lions in total tackles with 49 (25 solo), registered two interceptions, broke up five passes, and recovered a fumble on the year … Ranked No. 24 in the Ivy League in tackles with 49 … Finished with 21 return yards on two interceptions … Came on strong at the end of the season with 24 tackles in the last three contests at free safety … Intercepted pass and returned it 21 yards, made four tackles (two solo) in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Led the Lions with seven tackles (four solo) and recovered a fumble vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Led the Lions with a career-high 13 tackles (five solo), finished with one tackle for loss for two yards and intercepted a pass vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Made four tackles (two solo) and broke up two passes at Yale (Oct. 30) … Finished with two tackles (two solo) and a pass breakup at Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Totaled six tackles (four solo) with a pass breakup vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Made four tackles (three solo) at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Finished with three tackles (one solo) at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Made five tackles (two solo) vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) … Finished with one tackle in season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
2020
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019
Played in all 10 games and started seven contests as a defensive back (safety) … Started the first seven games as Columbia’s free safety … Also saw extensive action on special teams … Earned varsity letter … Finished the year with 19 tackles (14 solo) with one pass breakup … Led the Lions and finished with a career-high seven tackles (four solo) at Dartmouth (Oct. 25) … Registered three solo tackles vs. Penn (Oct. 19) … Finished with two tackles at Princeton (Oct. 5) … Made two tackles vs. Georgetown (Sept. 28) … Made first career start with two tackles and a pass breakup in season opener at Saint Francis, Pa.
2018
Did not see any game action as a first-year defensive back … Contributed primarily on the scout team.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Gonzaga Prep in Washington D.C., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Randy Trivers … Named First Team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference selection as a senior … Named a Scholar-Athlete award recipient from the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame … Made 31 tackles, intercepted two passes and broke up five passes in 2017 … Earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after making seven tackles, two interceptions and registering two pass breakups … Helped lead Gonzaga Prep to back-to-back District of Columbia championships in both 2015 and 2016 … Selected to compete in the inaugural District of Columbia Capitol Bowl after the 2017 season … Earned the Under Armour Semper Fidelis Top Performer Award in 2015 … Recipient of the Youth Pastor Jeff Leadership Award for Spirit of Faith Christian Center … Volunteer at Father McKeena Center, a day shelter for homeless men in Washington, D.C. … Member of the Gonzaga Poets and Writers Club and four-year member of the Onyx Club.
PERSONAL
Born Jordan Michael Colbert on March 18, 2000 in Rockford, Ill. … Son of Steven and Danielle Colbert … Uncle Reginald King is a graduate of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs … Uncle Shelton Colbert played at James Madison (1987-92) and coaches at Robert Morris … Uncle Michael Warfield is a member of the Catawba College Hall of Fame … Hobbies and interests include music, poetry, video games and photography … Also loves to swim … Chose Columbia because he wants to receive one of the best educations in the world in the best city … Selected Columbia over offers from Yale, Penn, Dartmouth, Cornell, U.S. Air Force, Butler, Fordham, Holy Cross, Georgetown, Air Force, Duquesne, Morehead State and Butler … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Psychology.
