Jordan Mabin Class: Sophomore Hometown: Northfield Center, Ohio High School: Nordonia Height / Weight: 5-11 / 180 Position: CB

The 2009 Scouting Report: Returning starter at one cornerback position ... Savvy football player with top-end speed ... Had a productive spring, getting better fundamentally in the areas he needed to work on ... Also will be involved in the kicking game ... Part of a secondary that could be one of NU's most talented in recent years.

2008: Sporting News, Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Phil Steele's Freshman All-American ... Also tabbed a second-team Freshman All-American by Rivals.com and a member of the ESPN.com first-team All-Big Ten Freshman team ... Named team's NGN Defensive Newcomer of the Year ... Started last 11 games at cornerback ... Finished with 52 total tackles and three interceptions for the year ... Named team's defensive big playmaker vs. Duke and Michigan ... Notched three tackles in 2008 Alamo Bowl vs. Missouri ... Four tackles, including 1.0 TFL's, and one pass breakup vs. Illinois ... At Michigan, tallied four tackles and his team-leading third interception ... Recorded four tackles and one pass breakup against Ohio State ... One stop at Minnesota ... Totaled five stops and one pass breakup at Indiana ... Against Purdue, registered his second career INT, which he returned 38 yards down to the 1-yard line ... Also collected six tackles vs. the Boilermakers ... Delivered a career-most eight tackles (four solos) vs. Michigan State ... Totaled three hits vs. Iowa ... Against Ohio, recorded his first career interception and TFL in addition to totaling seven tackles, including five solo stops ... Returned one kickoff for 11 yards and had one pass breakup against SIU ... At Duke, rang up five tackles, a forced and recovered fumble and a pass breakup ... Returned his first career kickoff for 20 yards at Duke ... Registered one tackle in his collegiate debut vs. Syracuse.

2007: Did not see action.

High School: Velocity/PrepStar All-American and All-Region honoree ... Rivals.com All-Region and SuperPrep All-Midwest honoree ... Ranked 10th among all players in SuperPrep Ohio player ranking and 17th among all players (sixth among defensive backs) in Rivals.com Ohio player ranking ... Ranked 20th-best cornerback nationally by SuperPrep, 27th-best defensive back nationally by Rivals.com and 87th-best safety nationally by ESPN/Scouts, Inc. ... Ohio's Division II Offensive Player of the Year ... All-Ohio (all-state) selection ... Named 2006 Offensive Player of the Year by Northeast Ohio Inland District, the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Summit/Portage County), the Akron Beacon-Journal and Sun Newspapers ... Four-time first-team All-Western Reserve Conference selection ... Named conference's Offensive MVP in 2006 ... Also tabbed the Fox 8 and Cable 9 Player of the Year ... Ohio News Network (ONN) first-team tailback in 2006 ... Recipient of the Plain Dealer's "Best of the Best" award ... Knights' three-time team MVP (2004-06) and their 2006 Offensive MVP ... Offensively, rushed for 6,700 career yards, including 2,354 yards his senior year, on 869 attempts (7.7 ypc) ... His career rushing figure is the sixth-best mark in Ohio prep history ... Averaged 8.1 ypc his senior season ... Totaled 81 career rushing TD's (28 in 2006) ... Also added 61 career receptions for 649 yards (10.6 ypr) and 5 TD's ... Scored a total of 92 career TD's -- ninth most in Ohio history -- (81 rushing, 5 receiving, 3 kickoff returns, 3 punt returns) and 12 two-point PAT's for 564 career points ... Defensively, totaled 143 career tackles (123 solos) and 11 interceptions ... 8,866 career all-purpose yards (2,805 his senior season) ... Rushed for a school-record 317 yards against Twinsburg ... Invited to play in MSL All-American Bowl in Orlando and the Big 33 All-Star game, pitting stars from Ohio vs. Pennsylvania ... Helped the Knights go 38-10 during his four-year career ... Team made the playoffs three of his four years, which included a state semifinal appearance in 2006 ... Conference champs in 2006 ... Played in every game ... Also lettered in track (sprints/relays) ... High Honor Roll and Leadership Award ... Played against fellow NU signee David Arnold ... Coached by Keith Boedicker.

Personal: Born Jordan C. Mabin ... Son of Howard and Debbie Mabin ... Father played football at Louisville, while cousins Dorin Dickerson (U. of Pittsburgh) and Ron Dickerson (Miami Dolphins, Temple coach), also are involved in football ... Uncle, Wes Mabin, played at Nebraska ... Attended same high school as former NU player, Rashad Morton ... Major is undeclared.

Mabin's Career Stats

KICK RETURNS           G   No.    Yds  TD  Lg Avg/R Avg/G
2008................  13     3     55   0  24  18.3   4.2
TOTAL...............  13     3     55   0  24  18.3   4.2
INTERCEPTIONS          G    No    Yds  TD  Lg Avg/R Avg/G
2008................  13     3     38   0  38  12.7   2.9
TOTAL...............  13     3     38   0  38  12.7   2.9
ALL PURPOSE            G  Rush   Rec    PR    KR    IR  Total Avg/G
2008................  13     0     0     0    55    38     93   7.2
TOTAL...............  13     0     0     0    55    38     93   7.2
TACKLES                G    UA     A Total    TFL-Yds    PD   FF   FR Blkd
2008................  13    32    20    52    2.0-4       8    2    1    0
TOTAL...............  13    32    20    52    2.0-4       8    2    1    0