Jordan Russell Kent was born on July 24,1984 and is a former American football wide receiver and former television play-by-play announcer for the Portland Trail Blazers on NBC Sports Northwest.
14 Facts About Jordan Kent
Jordan Kent is the executive producer for Talkin' Ducks, on networks throughout Oregon.
Jordan Kent was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL draft after he began playing football when he was a junior in college at the University of Oregon.
Jordan Kent was a member of the Oregon Ducks football team in college, and played basketball and ran track.
Jordan Kent did not begin playing football until he tried out for the team during his junior year of college.
Jordan Kent earned All-American honors in track, All-Pac-10 Conference academic accolades in basketball.
Jordan Kent anchored the 4 x 100 relay to its first Pac-10 title ever in the event in 2006.
An injury kept Jordan Kent from working out at the NFL Combine.
Jordan Kent had been on the Seattle Seahawks practice squad since he was drafted in 2007.
Jordan Kent was signed on to the active roster on October 7,2008.
Jordan Kent has since played on special teams and lined up as a receiver against Miami in week 10.
Jordan Kent signed with the St Louis Rams on November 17,2009, and made his first and only professional reception, a five-yard gain, on January 3,2010, against the San Francisco 49ers.
On Valentine's Day 2015, Jordan Kent asked longtime girlfriend Tiffany Danielle to marry him.
Jordan Kent serves on the Board for Doernbecher Foundation at OHSU in Portland.