Bio

Simon Fraser University senior linebacker Jordan Herdman, the two-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year, is the first Clan player to participate in the Reese's Senior Bowl. 

Simon Fraser University is Canada’s NCAA team and the only international university competing in NCAA Division II. SFU has competed in NCAA since 2010.

Following his senior season, Herdman was an AFCA Division II All-America Second Team and nominated for the Cliff Harris award as the best defensive player in NCAA Division II Football. The 6-2, 235-pound linebacker re-wrote the Great Northwest Athletic Conference record book during his career, claiming the all-time marks in tackles (428) and assisted tackles (223). Herdman also holds the GNAC single game records with 26 tackles and 17 solo stops.

In 2016, Herdman ranked ninth in Division II with an average of 11.3 tackles per game. Finishing with a conference-leading 113 total tackles (56 solo, 57 assisted), Herdman fell three solo tackles shy of equaling the GNAC career record of 208.

Herdman was First Team All-Conference and West Region three straight years and he was named to the GNAC All-Academic Team with a 3.90 GPA as a biomedical physiology major three straight years.

Following his spectacular 2015 junior season, Herdman was named to the 2015 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America Second Team. Herdman led the conference and ranked fifth in Division II with an average of 14.8 tackles per game. He also led the league and was third nationally with eight solo tackles per game. Herdman collected 15 or more tackles in four of the Clan's games.

Herdman was GNAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015.

Jordan has a twin brother, Justin, who is an outside linebacker at SFU. Justin is two minutes younger than Jordan. Both brothers are planning to attend medical school after trying professional football.

Jordan’s and Justin’s father, James Reed, is a former NFL and CFL player. Reed was originally signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as a free agent in 1977 and released during the 1978 season. From 1979 to 1983 James Reed played in the Canadian Football League for Winnipeg, Montreal and Toronto. The twins were born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Reed played in the USFL for the New Orleans Breakers and the Washington Federals in 1984 and 1985 before returning to the CFL in 1985 with Saskatchewan.