Buford Jordan
Paul Buford Jordan
Born: June 26, 1962
Lafayette, IN USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 223
College: McNeese St.
High School: Iota (LA)
Career: 1984-1992
Buford Jordan played from 1984 to 1992 during his career with the New Orleans Breakers, New Orleans Saints and Portland Breakers. Jordan ran for 2,780 yards in his career on 563 attempts, scoring 21 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 94 passes for 974 yards and 6 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | USFL New Orleans Breakers | 214 | 1276 | 6.0 | 61 | 8 |
| 1985 | USFL Portland Breakers | 165 | 817 | 5.0 | 41 | 5 |
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 68 | 207 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 19 | 115 | 6.1 | 44 | 0 |
| 1989 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 38 | 179 | 4.7 | 32 | 3 |
| 1991 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 47 | 150 | 3.2 | 25 | 2 |
| USFL | 379 | 2093 | 5.5 | 61 | 13 | |
| NFL | 184 | 687 | 3.7 | 44 | 8 | |
| Totals | 563 | 2780 | 4.9 | 61 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | USFL New Orleans Breakers | 45 | 427 | 9.5 | 78 | 4 |
| 1985 | USFL Portland Breakers | 12 | 192 | 16.0 | 80t | 1 |
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 37 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 15 | 92 | 6.1 | 19 | 1 |
| USFL | 57 | 619 | 10.9 | 80 | 5 | |
| NFL | 37 | 355 | 9.6 | 37 | 1 | |
| Totals | 94 | 974 | 10.4 | 80 | 6 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| NFL | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| NFL | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 18 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 18 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1992 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1984 | USFL New Orleans Breakers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| 1985 | USFL Portland Breakers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | ||
| 1986 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1987 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1988 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1989 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1991 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| USFL | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | |
| NFL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
| Totals | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 170 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | USFL | New Orleans Breakers | 18 | |
| 1985 | USFL | Portland Breakers | 15 | |
| 1986 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 9 |
| 1987 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 12 | 4 |
| 1988 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 3 |
| 1989 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 11 | 7 |
| 1990 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 6 |
| 1992 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 |
