[2] In addition to playing football at Morningside High School in Inglewood, California, he was a wrestler and a track star.
Jordan set a CIF Southern Section 2-A State track record in the 200-meters at 21:59 in 1987, the year he graduated.
Surgery put him on the injured reserve list, and with LBCC running an option offense[4] that didn't match Jordan's talents, he left the program in 1988 with fellow Morningside wide receiver Alex Williams.
[9] Jordan also worked as a cook at Little Rascals, his uncle's soul food restaurant in South Central Los Angeles, and assisted at his aunt's beauty salon.
In 1996, he was signed by the Miami Dolphins as a restricted free agent, receiving a three-year, $2.6 million contract.