Brevin
Jordan.
Brevin
Jordan.
Miami (FL)· 6'2"· 247 lb· 4.64s 40
"A 6-3, 247-pound Miami move tight end with 105 career catches for 1,358 yards and 13 scores, a 4.64 pro-day forty and a 2020 foot injury — a Round-3 seam threat whose in-line blocking never caught up to his receiver toolkit."Pre-draft read
Jordan is a move tight end who aligns out of the slot and as a detached flex receiver. He wins with initial burst and urgency into his stems, along with above-average ball skills on angle routes, seams, and crossers. He snatches the ball cleanly outside his frame, demonstrating late hands at the catch point on curls and comebacks. As a route runner, he is decisive with his cuts but not particularly crafty against pattern-matching zone.
His in-line technique shows issues: pad level rises at contact, hand placement is inconsistent, and he lacks the base to sustain blocks against larger defensive ends. He is a competitive positional blocker from H-back or wing. His athletic profile gives him an advantage as a movement piece; however, his Y-blocking floor is a limiting factor.
This player's skillset is ideal for a modern spread RPO or Air Raid offense that prioritizes athletic pass-catching tight ends in detached alignments.
As a rookie, Jordan can contribute as a receiving specialist from the slot or H-back, with the ceiling to become a primary receiving tight end and a mismatch weapon against linebackers and safeties.
He would be significantly marginalized in a run-heavy, traditional power-gap blocking scheme that demands an in-line Y-tight end on most downs.
Jordan projects as an offensive weapon whose primary value is as a second-level receiving threat and YAC creator in a scheme that limits his exposed in-line blocking ability.
Miami TE Brevin Jordan Highlights 🌪️ ᴴᴰ
Game film cut-up of Brevin Jordan's Miami (FL) tape.
Miami TE Brevin Jordan Highlights
Game film cut-up of Brevin Jordan's Miami (FL) tape.
Miami TE Brevin Jordan 2020 Highlights
Game film cut-up of Brevin Jordan's Miami (FL) tape.
Jordan projects as an offense's primary pass-catching tight end, a movement piece best deployed from detached alignments where his athletic profile creates mismatches. He offers a legitimate second-level receiving threat, with a 4.64 forty-yard dash at 247 pounds highlighting his capability to strain coverage vertically.
He was a productive three-year starter, earning First-team All-ACC and Mackey finalist honors in 2019. Throughout his college career, he was consistently targeted as the primary tight end, including a 15.2 yards per catch average in an injury-shortened 2020 season. He transferred as a five-star recruit and produced 13 touchdowns across 31 games.
Evaluators were split on whether his receiving traits could overcome inconsistencies in Y-tight-end blocking, a lean lower half, and durability concerns from a 2020 foot injury that limited his pro day. Despite some boards having him as a late second/third-round pick, the Texans selected him at 147 as a fifth-round selection, valuing him as a move-TE flex for their rebuilding offense.
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Initial Burst
Wins with initial burst and urgency into his stems, generating separation as a detached flex receiver.
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Ball Skills
Snatches the ball cleanly outside his frame, showing late hands at the catch point on curls and comebacks.
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Yards After Catch
Runs with an aggressive style after the catch on crossers and shallow overs, often breaking arm tackles.
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Highly Productive
Consistently targeted as the primary tight end, he produced 13 touchdowns across 31 games.
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Second-Level Threat
His 4.64 forty-yard dash at 247 pounds highlights capability to strain coverage vertically.
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Inconsistent Blocking
His in-line technique shows issues: pad level rises at contact, hand placement is inconsistent.
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Lacks Sustained Block
Lacks the base to sustain blocks against larger defensive ends, limiting his Y-blocking floor.
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Medical Concerns
A 2020 foot injury limited his pro day; evaluators split on durability concerns.
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Unrefined Route Craft
He is decisive with his cuts but not particularly crafty against pattern-matching zone.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.64sp50
- Vertical
- 31inp50
- Broad jump
- 116inp50
- Three-cone
- —s
- Shuttle
- —s
- Bench
- 17repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Miami | 12 | 32 | 295 | 4 |
| 2019 | Miami | 11 | 35 | 495 | 2 |
| 2020 | Miami | 8 | 38 | 576 | 7 |
| Career | — | 31 | 105 | 1366 | 13 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Athletic Texans-era flex piece who caught his share of splash plays but never claimed a full-time starting role.
Undersized, movement-tight-end who feasted on seams and option routes but never became an every-down Y; the receiving-first archetype Jordan was chasing.
Miami TE who flashed as a rookie, was derailed by injuries and never reclaimed the receiving projection scouts had loved.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Solid role hit. TE2/3 rotation Years 1-3, 15-25 catches per year, red-zone / matchup piece. Cut in 2024, signed with the Falcons as depth in 2025.
Pre-draft context. Jordan entered Miami as the No. 1 tight end in the 2018 recruiting class and was a starter almost immediately, catching 32 balls for 287 yards and four scores as a true freshman. His sophomore year produced All-ACC first-team honors and a Mackey Award finalist nod on 35 catches for 495 yards, and his eight-game 2020 season — cut short by a foot injury — was the most efficient of his career at 38 receptions for 576 yards and seven touchdowns. He measured 6-3, 247 at his Miami pro day with a 4.64 forty, 31-inch vertical, 116-inch broad and 17 bench reps; the Combine was canceled and no three-cone or shuttle was recorded.
NFL fit — Houston Texans. Houston used the 147th pick on Jordan as a movement tight end for a rebuilding offense. He was buried on the depth chart for most of his rookie year, produced 20 catches for 178 yards and three touchdowns in a limited 2022 role, and was mostly a special-teamer through the C.J. Stroud rookie season. His signature moment came in the Wild Card round after the 2023 season, when he broke free for a 76-yard touchdown catch on the game's longest play in a Texans blowout of Cleveland — a flash of the vertical seam threat his college tape promised.
Retrospective. A torn ACL in the 2024 offseason wiped out that year and reset his development curve. He remained on Houston's roster into 2025 as a rotational move-TE and special-teams contributor, but never grew into a starter and never seriously threatened Dalton Schultz's snaps once the veteran arrived. The pick returned a functional Day-3 backup with one memorable playoff play, which grades as a fair outcome for a fifth-round tight end but well short of the pre-draft consensus that had him as a Round 2-3 receiving weapon.