Granted a scholarship by the 2010 team for his second year, he was the second-leading tackler in the Big Ten Conference and was selected as a 2010 All-Conference honorable mention.

[3] His father placed a call to Michigan Director of Football Operations Brad Labadie after Jordan was wait listed and got him to agree to review a homemade highlight reel.

[3] As his graduation neared, Kovacs shook hands with Andy Boyd, a Toledo coach, on a preferred walk-on spot.

[3] That same afternoon in June 2008, Labadie called to confirm that Kovacs had been admitted from the wait list.

[2] The following week, he registered 31 plays against Notre Dame after starting safety Michael Williams suffered leg cramps.

[2] On October 3 of that season, he had 17 tackles against Michigan State in the annual Paul Bunyan Trophy.

[2] Kovacs earned a scholarship at the beginning of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

[13] On November 18, he was nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy, which was a newly created award for the most outstanding player to have begun his career as a walk on.

[14] On November 20, he posted his first career quarterback sack during a season-high twelve tackle performance against Wisconsin.

[15] In the final game of the regular season on November 27 against Ohio State in the annual Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry game, Kovacs recorded his second interception of the season and third of his career as part of a 17-tackle effort.

[20][21][22] When Brady Hoke took over as Michigan head coach for the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Kovacs impressed him quickly.

[25] Although the game was ended by mutual agreement in the third quarter due to inclement weather,[26] Kovacs recorded 10 tackles, including two sacks.

[32] On September 10, against Notre Dame, during the first night game ever played at Michigan Stadium, he tallied an interception,[33] and eight tackles.

[41] In the January 3, 2012 Sugar Bowl 23–20 overtime victory against Virginia Tech, he led the team with 11 tackles.

[45] At a ceremony on November 10, Kovacs' jersey number was changed from 32 to the previously retired number 11 which was recirculated as a "Michigan Football Legend" jersey in honor of Francis ("Whitey), Albert and Alvin Wistert.

[46] He was interviewed as part of a 13-minute segment that appeared on the edition of November 18 of 60 Minutes about the business of college football.

[55] Kovacs signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Miami Dolphins following the 2013 NFL draft.

[61][62] On November 4, he was signed off the Eagles practice squad by the Dolphins, and was placed on the active 53 man roster.

[72] On February 28, 2019, he joined the Cincinnati Bengals staff as the defensive quality control assistant.

[74] In week 11 of the 2020 season against the Washington Football Team, he assumed safeties coach duties after Robert Livingston missed the game for COVID-19 protocols.

The family regularly sat in Section 27 of Michigan Stadium, on the north side of the press box.