Norwood was also a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos.

[2] Norwood was lightly recruited out of State College Area High School.

[3] His leadership and jumping skills on the basketball court was what led coach Joe Paterno to offer him a football scholarship.

[5] Norwood's sophomore season concluded with him making the Dean's List and being named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.

[citation needed] Norwood was signed to the Browns' practice squad on September 6, 2010.

The Broncos placed Norwood on injured reserve on August 25, 2014, after he tore his ACL.

[26] In the 2015 regular season, he finished with 22 receptions for 207 receiving yards in 11 games and five starts.

[28] In the game, Norwood set a Super Bowl record at the time for the longest punt return at 61 yards, which has since been broken by Kadarius Toney who had a 65 yard punt return seven years later in Super Bowl LVII.

[28] On March 23, 2016, Norwood signed a one-year contract with the Denver Broncos after drawing interest from the New York Jets and Detroit Lions.

[34] Jordan has two younger brothers, Zaccariah and Levi, a younger sister Brianna, and an older brother, Gabe, who is a former member of the George Mason University basketball team that advanced to the 2006 NCAA Final Four and is currently playing for the Philippine National basketball team, Gilas Pilipinas, and the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association.