Jordan Mabin

Thank you @Mr_Mabin for stopping by to talk and present to our guys about the NFL College Outreach program! #GoMocsFB | #PlayerDevelopment

For those players going through @NFL Cuts.. My Advice: If you know you can play, keep working. My Journey from being cut by a UFL & CFL team to being a Captain for the @HoustonTexans 2012 • No Calls on Draft Day = Undrafted & No UDFA Contract Offers • Rookie Minicamp Try Out with @Buccaneers = No Contract • Rookie Minicamp Try Out with @ChicagoBears = No Contract • 11 Man Try Out for 2-3 Spots for @iabarnstormers (Arena Football) for the last 4 games of their season = Contract $625 per game • Drove 7 hours to last minute UFL Tryout for @OmahaNighthawks = Invite to training camp * CUT by Nighthawks during training camp, cried in my car • Slept on a mattress behind college friend’s couch while working multiple jobs I wasn’t proud of, training & running at 9pm at night. Trained with bodybuilders and hockey players, ran by myself. No opportunities from my agent. • Personally emailed all 32 NFL & 8 CFL contacts I got from my agent * 1 team responded, the @sskroughriders of the @CFL • Workout for Roughriders = 2 week practice squad contract totaling 1,400 CAD for the remainder of 2012 + signed 2 year deal for 2013 & 2014 • Day I returned to the US after 2 weeks on Riders P squad, I went out for my birthday & to celebrate 2 year contract to play football professionally, got too drunk, and was jumped behind a bar by 3 bouncers, broken jaw & uprooted teeth, wired shut for 7 weeks, initially told I might not be able to play football again because of damage to my mandibles, you learn definitively how bad you want things when they get taken away, found a new gear and level of commitment after that, played my first CFL season with a flipper retainer of 6 fake teeth. 2013: • Changed positions from Safety to Linebacker • CUT by the Riders after 2013 Training Camp, Placed on Practice Squad • Signed to Active Roster Week 5 or 6 • Grey Cup Champion 2013 • 2014 Made the Active Roster after training camp for Riders, Played Both Starting WLB and ST, led team in Def & ST Tackles • Got 2 calls for workouts after the season from NFL, @Eagles & @saints 2015: • Workout for Eagles = No Contract & found I had a rare blood condition during my physical (ITP) • Workout for Saints = No Contract until hematologist could approve me to play football again, no decision for weeks • Fired agent during the wait because he couldn’t get Saints decision maker on the phone & in mean time committed me to play for the BlueBombers of @CFL without my approval, even got a call from their HC welcoming me to team. • New agent, Ferrel Elliot, got Saints on the phone immediately and was on a plane to New Orleans the next day to meet with their hematologist. • While in New Orleans waiting for them to draw up an injury waiver for my blood condition my agent got me a workout with the @Vikings , I flew directly there, worked out while sick/fever = Contract 3 Year Rookie Min @ 26 Years Old • 2 INTs in Preseason for @Vikings , CUT after Training Camp & placed on Practice Squad • Texans offered to sign me off Vikings P squad to their active roster (only guarantees you 3 games active) Vikings offered me full active salary to stay on P squad with a promise to get me up on active roster ASAP, I bet on myself, with the great advice from @dan_persa7 while I was thinking about playing it safe and taking the guaranteed 400k to practice, “you’ve played 3 years in 3 different leagues to play in the @NFL, not practice in the NFL.” - DP • Signed off Vikings practice squad week 3 by @HoustonTexans = Contract 3 year Rookie Minimum • Led the NFL in ST Tackles playing only 12 games that year 2016-2017 with Texans as Special Teamer & Back Up LB • 2018 Signed to 1 year Deal with Texans • 2018 Voted Team Captain, my HC Bill O’Brien told me after the announcement that I received the most votes on the team. Proudest moment of my career. To those fighting the good fight, keep working, keeping improving, keep knocking. 👊🏽🤘🏽

Awesome morning presentation by @NFL Jordan Mabin to @FORDHAMFOOTBALL Team! i’m very proud to be member and FCS representative on the NFL College Football Administrator Committee! @R_Oben @FordhamRams #BronxBuilt @NFLLegends @nflnetwork @PSchrags @PatriotLeagueFB @PatriotLeague