Bio

CAREER: One of the best defenders to play at Kansas State... A four-year letterwinner who played in 48 games with starts over the final 39 games of his career... Finished third in school history in career sacks (26.0), a mark that also tied for seventh in Big 12 history and were the 10th most nationally among active players at the time of his departure... His 164 yards of loss due to sacks are the third most in school history... Also finished ninth in school history in career tackles for loss (40.5), the first Wildcat to crack the list since Ben Leber in 2001... Had the fourth-most yards due to TFLs in school history (202)... Had seven career forced fumbles, tied for the fifth most in school history and tied for 10th nationally among active players at the end of his career... Had a sack in 11 of his last 17 games, while he had at least a half TFL in 15 of the last 17... Helped 2016 Senior Class earn a 32-20 record and two bowl victories. 

SENIOR (2016): Started all 13 games, recording 52 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss and a school-record tying 11.5 sack en route to numerous All-America accolades and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors from the league’s coaches and Associated Press... Was the fifth Wildcat to be named the league’s defensive player of the year but the first lineman to do so... Picked up Second Team All-America citations from Sporting News and Pro Football Focus, while he was a third-team honoree from the Associated Press and Phil Steele... Also named the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year by the league’s coaches and was named a First Team All-Big 12 performer by the coaches, AP, ESPN.com, Phil Steele and Pro Football Focus... Was on the Midseason Watch List for the Hendricks Award. Tied the school’s single-season sack record with Ryan Mueller (2013), Ian Campbell (2006) and Nyle Wiren (1996)... His 11.5 sacks also led the Big 12 and tied for 12th nationally... Finished second in the Big 12 and tied for 21st nationally in TFLs... Forced over 100 yards in TFLs and 80 yards in sacks, the first player to do so since Andrew Shull in 2002... Had three forced fumbles to tie for third in the Big 12... Recorded a second-best 2.0 sacks on three occasions – at West Virginia, vs. Texas Tech and vs. Texas... Tallied a career-best nine tackles at Oklahoma... Had a season-high 3.0 TFLs against Texas... Only notched two tackles but batted down a career-best two passes at Baylor. 

JUNIOR (2015): Started all 13 games, recording 36 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, three pass breakups, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery... Also blocked a field goal at Oklahoma State... Ranked 13th nationally and tied for first in the Big 12 in forced fumbles, while he was 24th in the NCAA and second in the league in sacks... Also ranked fourth in the Big 12 in TFLs thanks to at least a half TFL in nine of the 13 games... Carded a season-high six tackles against Louisiana Tech, which featured 3.5 sacks... His sack total against the Bulldogs was the second-highest for a single game in school history, the highest by a Wildcat in Bill Snyder Family Stadium history and tied for the 10th highest nationally during the 2015 season… Also had 2.0 sacks against Iowa State, Kansas and in the 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Arkansas, the later tying him for third in K-State history for a bowl game… Forced two fumbles against Iowa State, which was tied for the highest mark in the nation during the season. 

SOPHOMORE (2014): Started all 13 games, coming away with 25 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, four sacks and one pass breakup... Carded a career-best two sacks against Oklahoma State and came back with two more TFLs with a career-high seven tackles at TCU... Carded five tackles at Oklahoma... Recorded one sack against both Stephen F. Austin and West Virginia. 

FRESHMAN (2013): Played in nine games, including the Iowa State contest when he made a sack. 

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner for Rockhurst under head coach Tony Severino, who lettered at K-State in 1968 and 1969... A 2012 Kansas City Star First Team All-Metro performer... Recorded 58 tackles and nine sacks during his senior season... Named to the MaxPreps 2012 Preseason All-Missouri team prior to his senior year... Amassed 60 total tackles and 13 sacks during his junior campaign... Helped the Hawklets finish with a 13-0 record and win a Missouri Class 6 State Championship as a sophomore in 2010.

PERSONAL: Jordan Johnathan Willis was born May 2, 1995, in San Diego, California... Son of Calvin and Demetrica Willis... Has four siblings... Majoring in sociology/criminology with the hopes of attending law school.