Jordan Zumwalt

Jordan Dean Zumwalt (born October 13, 1991) is an American former football player. He played college football at UCLA, and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL draft.

Early life Zumwalt attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California. He was named to the EA Sports All-American second-team while in high school. He was named as an honorable mention for the Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West. He was selected as the GoldenStatePreps.com SoCal Defensive Player of the Year. On December 22, 2009, he was selected as the Orange County Register Defensive Player of the Year and on February 3, 2010, CIF-SS Pac-5 Division Defensive Player of the Year following his senior year. He also lettered in basketball and wrestling. After originally committing to Stanford, he chose UCLA.

Zumwalt was ranked as the 4th best inside linebacker and the 205th national overall prospect by Rivals.com, as well as the 29th best player in California. He was also the Defensive tri-winner of UCLA's John Boncheff, Jr. Memorial Award for Rookie of the Year following the season. On January 13, 2012, he was selected to the ESPN All-Pac-12 Bowl Team.

On December 31, 2013, Zumwalt was named as co-MVP of the 2013 Hyundai Sun Bowl. He was an Honorable Mention pick for the Pac-12 all-conference team. He was placed on the injured reserve list before the 2014 and 2015 regular seasons.

On August 28, 2016, he was waived by the Steelers.