Three-time all-Southern Conference selection returns for final season to close out what could go down as the most prolific career by a tight end in ASU history ... looking to join ASU athletics Hall-of-Famer Avery Hall as the only four-time first-team all-SoCon performers in school history ... former high-school wide receiver is perhaps the nation’s top pass-catching threat as a tight end ... possesses hands and route-running ability that rivals many of college football’s top wideouts ... ranks seventh in ASU history with 13 touchdown receptions in his career ... is just 38 catches and 445 yards shy of becoming the first tight end in school history to rank among the top 10 in either category ... has made great strides as a blocker and plays a pivotal role in the Mountaineers’ pass protection and running schemes up front.
2010: Named first-team all-Southern Conference for the third-straight year by the league’s media ... voted second-team all-conference by the SoCon’s coaches ... ranked second on team with six touchdown catches, third with 27 receptions and fourth with 306 receiving yards ... played in all 13 games, starting nine (only non-starts came when ASU opened without a tight end in its formation) ... a model of consistency, had at least one reception in 10-of-13 games and multiple catches in 9-of-13 ... 20 of his 27 receptions (74 percent) resulted in first downs while 22 percent (6-of-27) went for touchdowns ... opened the campaign by catching exactly three passes for between 40-45 yards in four-straight games ... hauled in touchdown receptions in three of the year’s first four games — a 14-yarder at Chattanooga, a six-yarder versus Jacksonville and a 15-yarder at Samford ... caught fourth TD of the year in season’s sixth game, a five-yarder against The Citadel ... two weeks later, hauled in a five-yard reception for fifth score of the year versus Furman ... recorded a season-high five catches for 48 yards in SoCon title-clinching rout over No. 4 Wofford ... caught a pair of passes for 21 yards in regular-season finale at Florida ... had two receptions for 27 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown, in season-ending loss to Villanova.
2009: Earned first-team all-Southern Conference accolades from the league’s coaches for the second-straight year ... was a second-team all-conference honoree by the SoCon media ... caught 16 passes for 226 yards, both tops among ASU tight ends and good for sixth overall on the squad ... got off to a slow start, not catching a pass in the first two games of the year and sitting out the third (vs. Samford) with an ankle injury ... bounced back from the slow start and the injury to haul in at least one reception in 10 of the last 11 games of the year ... really got on track in Week 5 versus North Carolina Central with a pair of catches for 47 yards, including a season-long 30-yard gain ... turned in his finest performance of the year with three receptions for 40 yards at Furman ... kick-started the 52-27 rout at FU by scoring his only touchdown of the year on a 16-yard reception to cap ASU’s opening drive ... caught five passes for 35 yards in three postseason games, including two apiece versus South Carolina State and Richmond.
2008: Enjoyed the finest season by a freshman tight end in school history ... ranked second on the team in receptions (29), receiving yards (506) and touchdown receptions (6) en route to a plethora of postseason accolades — first-team all-SoCon (coaches and media), SoCon all-freshman team, honorable-mention all-America (The Sports Network) ... caught passes in 12-of-14 games ... his coming out party came against Presbyterian with three receptions for a season-high 97 yards ... he did not catch a pass the following week versus The Citadel but did snag at least one reception in each of the final nine games of the season ... didn’t score his first career touchdown until the eighth game of the season against Furman, but that jump-started a stretch in which he scored all six of his touchdowns over the next six games ... hauled in three passes for 76 yards, including the Mountaineers’ first two touchdowns of the game from 23 and 48 yards out, to help lead the Apps to a 70-24 rout over No. 3 Wofford ... was limited to one 38-yard catch the following week at Chattanooga, but responded with touchdowns in each of the next three games: the SoCon title-clincher versus Elon (13 yds.), at archrival Western Carolina (17 yds.) and in the first round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship against South Carolina State (6 yds.) ... also grabbed a season-high six catches in his postseason debut versus S.C. State ... the six touchdown receptions are the second-most by a freshman in ASU history, behind only the seven TDs hauled in by teammate Brian Quick in 2008.
2007: Redshirted.
High School: Led Charlotte Latin to NCISAA state championship as a senior ... caught 46 passes for 760 yards and 12 touchdowns during run to 2006 state title ... didn’t play football until sophomore year and missed entire junior season due to injury ... coached by Larry McNulty.
Personal: Full name is Benjamin James Jorden... born March 15, 1988 (22 years old)... son of Jim and Kim Jorden... father, Jim, was a three time All-America wide receiver for Wheaton College from 1982-85 .... grandfather, J.T. Martin, played professional baseball in the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets organizations from 1959-74 and was a member of the 1969 “Miracle Mets” World Series championship club.
