2023 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Preseason: Named to the Reese's Senior Bowl watch list.
Season: Played in 11 games...Posted 11 tackles (6 solo), a half-tackle for loss, a fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry.
West Virginia (9/2): Made two solo stops. at Illinois (9/16): Assisted on a tackle. Iowa (9/23): Assisted on a tackle and added a quarterback hurry. Indiana (10/28): Made a solo tackle. at Maryland (11/4): Recoverd a fumble in the fourth quarter. Rutgers (11/18): Tallied three tackles and a half-tackle for loss. at Michigan State (11/24): Made a solo stop. vs. Ole Miss (12/30): Posted two tackles.
2022 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Appeared in all 13 games...Made nine tackles (4 solo) to go along with 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a pair of quarterback hurries.
Ohio (9/10): Assisted on two tackles. at Auburn (9/17): Recorded a solo sack in the fourth quarter. Central Michigan (9/24): Assisted on a tackle. Northwestern (10/1): Made one stop. at Michigan (10/15): Picked up a solo tackle. Minnesota (10/22): Recorded a quarterback hurry. Maryland (11/12): Forced a fumble that led to a takeaway late in the game. Michigan State (11/26): Posted a solo tackle. vs. Utah (1/2): Assisted on a sack.
2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Earned the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Year award along with Dominic DeLuca and Jaden Seider.
Season: Redshirt season...Appeared in four games...Posted six tackles (4 solo), two tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble...Selected the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week twice (Wisconsin, 9/4; Indiana, 10/2).
at Maryland (11/6): Forced a fumble on a sack in the fourth quarter, the firsts of his career. vs. Arkansas (1/1): Tallied five tackles (3 solo) to go along with a tackle for loss.
2020 • IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Was named a junior college first-team All-American following the completion of the season...Was also a first-team all-region selection...Appeared in eight games for the Reivers during the spring of 2021...Helped lead the team to an 8-1 overall record...Made 13 tackles on the season, including one sack and four tackles for loss...Opened the season with three tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss against Snow College...Tallied seven tackles and a half tackle for loss vs. Iowa Central Community College...Recorded 1.5 tackles for loss in the win over Ellsworth Community College.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman for head coach Parker Conley at Providence Christian Academy...Two-time team captain...Two-time team MVP...Was an all-state first team linebacker during the 2019 season...Was a first-team all-conference selection during junior season and a second-team All-Gwinnett County...Left Providence Christian Academy as the career leader in tackles, while also setting marks in most single-game tackles and the most tackles for loss in a single season...Made 157 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and four sacks during senior season, helping the Storm to its most wins in school history...Also earned three letters in baseball and two letters in basketball.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jordan van den Berg...Son of Michael van den Berg and Lisa Hendry...Has four brothers, Michael, Timothy, Matthew and George...Grandfather, Francois van den Berg, competed and placed in the Universe Competition, the Mr. South Africa for bodybuilding...Grandmother, Joan Rocchi, swam in The Commonwealth Games 1958 and held multiple South African swimming records...Enjoys fishing..Also has spent time volunteer coaching for Pee-Wee football...Earned his degree in telecommunications in December 2023...Would like to be a defensive coordinator for a Power Five program.