2017 Football Roster
Roster
Jordan Iosefa
- Position:
- Inside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Waipahu, HI
- High School:
- St. Louis HS
CAREER: He has 78 tackles, including 7 for losses (with 3 sacks), 6 deflections, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble in his career. He has appeared in 36 games, with 16 starts.
2021: Iosefa, a 2018 starter and 2019 team captain, hopes to return healthy as a senior in 2021 and compete for playing time at inside linebacker. He missed 2021 spring practice while recuperating from a knee injury and could be limited in 2021.
2020: Iosefa was hoping to return from a 2019 knee injury and win back a starting role as a senior in 2020 but he needed additional arthroscopic surgery on scar tissue in the knee and sat out the 2020 season.
2019: The versatile Iosefa was set to return as a starting linebacker as a senior in 2019, playing on the inside after being on the outside in 2018. But he dislocated his left kneecap in 2019 fall camp and had surgery, sidelining him for the 2019 season. Because of the injury, he was able to redshirt. He was a USC team captain.
2018: Iosefa started at outside linebacker as a junior in 2018. Overall in 2018 while appearing in all 12 games (and starting 9, all but Stanford, Texas, Washington State), he had 38 tackles, including 4 for losses of 21 yards (with 2 sacks for minus 15 yards), 4 deflections and a fumble recovery. He was also available to play inside linebacker. He had surgery for torn cartilage in his right knee midway through spring practice and was sidelined.
He had 2 tackles and a deflection against UNLV, then a tackle at both Stanford and Texas. He had 2 tackles at Arizona, 4 tackles with a sack against Colorado, 3 tackles at Utah, 6 tackles (0.5 for loss) against Arizona State and 4 tackles and a deflection at Oregon State. Hehad 3 tackles (0.5 for loss), 2 deflections and a fumble recovery against California, 6 tackles (with a sack) at UCLA and 6 tackles (1 for a loss) against Notre Dame.
2017: Iosefa proved to be a valuable and versatile linebacker as a sophomore in 2017. He started twice at inside linebacker (Western Michigan, Texas) and 5 times at outside linebacker (Arizona State, Arizona, Colorado, UCLA, Ohio State), and played on special teams, while appearing in 12 games (all but Washington State and Oregon State) in 2017. He suffered a concussion at Washington State during warmups and missed that game and the Oregon State game. Overall in 2017, he made 31 tackles, including 3 for losses of 11 yards (with a 3-yard sack), plus 2 deflections and a forced fumble.
He had 4 tackles while starting for Cameron Smith at inside linebacker against Western Michigan, 5 tackles while starting for John Houston Jr. at inside linebacker against Texas, a tackle at Notre Dame, 4 tackles at Arizona State while starting at outside linebacker, 8 tackles (with a sack) against Arizona, 4 tackles at Colorado, 2 tackles for loss against UCLA, a tackle and deflection against Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game and 2 tackles against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.
2016: Iosefa served as a backup inside linebacker and played on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2016. Overall in 2016 while appearing in all 12 games, he had 9 tackles. He had 2 tackles each against Utah State, Stanford and Arizona State, then 1 stop at Arizona and 2 tackles versus California.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2015 Prep Star All-West Region and USA Today All-Hawaii second team as a senior linebacker at Saint Louis High in Honolulu (Hi.). He had 34 tackles in 2015. Current Trojan Gino Quinones also prepped at Saint Louis.
He sat out the 2014 season after transferring from Waipahu (Hi.) High.
PERSONAL: He earned his bachelor’s degree in non-governmental organizations and social change at USC in the spring of 2021 and is now working on a master’s in sociology. His real first name is Loveni.
