Athlete All-American
Poyer, Jordan
Jordan Poyer
- Honors:
- Football (2012)
Jordan Poyer is arguably the best cornerback to ever play for Oregon State after being lightly recruited to play football out of Astoria High School. He was a consensus All-America selection as a senior, the first at OSU since John Didion in 1967, named to the All-America First Team from Walter Camp, AFCA, Sporting News and CBSSports.com among others. Named to the All-Pac-12 Conference First Team as a senior and Second Team as a junior, he was a semi-finalist for the Bednarik Award (top defensive player) and Jim Thorpe Award (top cornerback) in 2012. He earned the Jim Thorpe Defensive Back of the Week and Walter Camp Co-Player of the Week after a three interception performance against Washington State. He ranked tied for second in the nation with seven interceptions as a senior and finished his career with 13 to tie for fourth in OSU history. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
