Jordan Heading was born on January 30, 1996[2] in Adelaide to an Australian father and a Filipino mother.
[3] Heading played for the California Baptist University (CBU) Lancers in college as a starting point guard.
[3] Heading started his professional career with San Miguel Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League joining the team in October 2019.
[4] This raised some concern with Heading's contract with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the Philippine basketball federation, which was supposed to be active until March 2023 arising from his involvement in the special PBA draft.
[3] He has played in the Philippine national youth system, having taken part in the 2011 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship in Vietnam.
The issue would be resolved and Heading would return to play for the Philippines in the February 2023 window of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asia qualifier.