University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: A preseason third-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection by Phil Steele Publications ... Should contribute on the defensive line from the nose tackle position ... Credited with a pair of stops, including a solo tackle behind the line, in the annual spring game ... Both tackles in second spring scrimmage were for a loss ... Also recovered a fumble and posted an assist in the opening scrimmage of the spring.

As A Junior (2018): Named honorable mention all-Sun Belt Conference following his first season with the program ... Started all 12 contests at nose tackle, recording 30 total tackles including six behind the line of scrimmage with a pair of sacks ... Also credited with two forced fumbles — he was the only member of the Jaguar defense to post more than one on the year — and a fumble recovery ... Finished with a career-best six stops with 1½ tackles for loss in league victory over Texas State ... Also had 1½ tackles behind the line, highlighted by a sack for a loss of 18 yards, the previous week at Oklahoma State ... Had four assisted stops at eventual conference champion Appalachian State ... Made three stops in his NCAA Division I debut against Louisiana Tech as well as in the next contest at OSU ... Also posted three tackles — including a sack that resulted in a forced fumble in the first quarter — in the Jags’ win over Alabama State ... Credited with multiple stops in each of the last five games of the season, recording tackles for loss against Arkansas State and in a victory over Coastal Carolina in the finale ... Forced and recovered a fumble to end the Chanticleers’ opening possession, with South scoring a touchdown on its first play of the ensuing drive to extend its lead to 10-0 in an eventual three-point decision.

Junior College Highlights (2016-17): A two-star junior-college recruit according to 247Sports.com ... Recorded 28 total tackles, with seven for loss including five sacks, to be named second-team all-Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) his sophomore year ... Part of a JCJC team that was ninth in the final National Junior College Athletic Association rankings with an 8-2 mark after going 6-0 to claim the MACJC South Division championship ... Helped the Bobcat defense rank among the top 25 nationally in both points and passing yards allowed per game ... Had career-high six solo stops and a sack with a forced fumble in defeat of Mississippi Gulf Coast CC in the regular-season finale ... Credited with five tackles in a pair of match-ups with eventual national champion East Mississippi CC, with two sacks in the opening contest of the year and a tackle for loss in the semifinals of the MACJC playoffs ... Both tackles in win over Hinds (Miss.) CC were behind the line, and also finished with multiple stops in defeat of Pearl River (Miss.) CC the previous week ... Made 18 tackles as a freshman, including five for loss with five other sacks ... Finished with a season-best four stops in victories over Southwest Mississippi CC and MGCCC ... Collected a pair of sacks against PRCC ... Had a sack and a tackle for loss in defeat of Mississippi Delta CC.

High School Highlights: Lettered in football, powerlifting, basketball and track at Harrison Central High ... Was an all-South Mississippi selection by the Biloxi Sun Herald after his senior season ... Set state 6A records in the 275-pound weight class with 670-pound deadlift, a squat lift of 820 pounds and a total of 1,840 pounds also ... Helped lead the Red Rebels to the state 6A playoffs as a senior.

Personal: Full name is Jordon Keith Beaton ... Born Dec. 26, 1997, in Queens, N.Y. ... Son of Leonard Ingram and Ingrid Battle ... Is the youngest of three children, and the lone boy in the family ... Favorite teams are the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Lakers ... Favorite athletes are Kobe Bryant and Marshawn Lynch ... Favorite musical artists are Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert ... Likes Chinese food ... Offered scholarships out of junior college by Kentucky, Memphis, SMU, Colorado State and Middle Tennessee while also being recruited by Minnesota, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana and Ohio ... Originally committed to Southern Mississippi coming out of high school, holding scholarship offers from Troy, Louisiana and ULM too ... Was recruited in high school by Texas Tech, Indiana, Memphis and Texas-San Antonio as well ... Major is leisure studies.