#27 Jordan Lomax Season 2011-12

Hawk Item – – Moved fron cornerback to safety during 2013 spring practice . . . one of 13 seniors named to 2015 Leadership Group . . . one of three junior named to 2014 Leadership Group . . . one of four sophomores named to 2013 Leadership Group . . . one of 10 true freshmen to see action in 2011.

2015 Honors – – Permanent Team Captain, defense . . . Forest Evashevski Scholastic Achievement Award . . . Players Choice Award, defense . . . Coaches Appreciation Award, defense . . . second team Academic All-America . . . Academic All-Big Ten . . . third team All-Big Ten by league coaches and Phil Steele . . . honorable mention All-Big Ten by league media . . . named Lott IMPACT Trophy national Player of the week for his play in win over Purdue . . . named to CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 first team . . . 2015 Preseason Honors – – Named to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team . . . candidate for Wuerffel Trophy . . . named to Lott IMPACT Trophy Preseason Watch List . . . preseason fourth team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele . . . 2015 – – Started final 23 games of career and had 27 career starts . . . ranked third on the team with 96 tackles and tied for third with six pass break-ups, with one interception and one forced fumble . . . started at free safety in 31-14 win over Illinois State as defense allowed 35 net rushing yards and 231 yards total offense . . . recorded five tackles vs. Illinois State, including two solo tackles and three assists . . . started at free safety in 31-17 win at Iowa State as defense allowed no points and just 66 yards total offense in the second half . . . recorded four solo tackles and one pass break-up at ISU . . . started at free safety in 27-24 win over Pitt, as defense allowed just 55 net rushing yards and 282 yards total offense . . . matched career-best with 11 tackles vs. Pitt, including three solo tackles and eight assists . . . started at free safety in 62-16 win over North Texas . . . recorded six tackles vs. North Texas, including two solo stops and four assists, along with one pass break-up . . . started at free safety in 10-6 win at Wisconsin at defense allowed no touchdowns and just 320 yards total offense . . . recorded eight tackles at Wisconsin, including three solo tackles and five assists, along with one pass break-up . . . started at free safety in 29-20 win over Illinois as defense allowed just 46 net rushing yards . . . recorded six tackles vs. Illinois, including four solo tackles and two assists, including a shared tackle for loss . . . started at free safety in 40-10 win at Northwestern, recording two solo tackles and one assist as defense allowed just 51 net rushing yards and 198 yards total offense . . . started at free safety in 31-15 win over Maryland, recording three solo tackles and two assists . . . also recorded one interception, one forced fumble and a pass break-up . . . started at free safety in 35-27 win at Indiana, recording five solo tackles, two assists and one pass break-up . . . started at free safety in 40-35 win over Minnesota, recording four assisted tackles . . . started at free safety in 40-20 win over Purdue . . . recorded career-best 12 tackles vs. Purdue, including five solo stops and seven assists, while also collecting a shared tackle for loss and one pass break-up . . . started at free safety in 28-20 win at Nebraska . . . recorded 11 tackles at Nebraska, with four solo stops and seven assists . . . started at free safety in 16-13 loss to Michigan State . . . recorded 10 tackles vs. MSU, including career-best seven solo stops and three assists . . . started at free safety in 45-16 Rose Bowl loss to Stanford, recording two solo tackles and two assists.

2014 Honors – – Honorable mention All-Big Ten by league coaches . . . Academic All-Big Ten for second straight year . . . Capital One Academic All-District 6 first team . . . Team Hustle Award, defense . . . Team Hustle Award, special teams . . . 2014 – – Saw action in all 13 games, with 12 starts . . . recorded 92 tackles, including 44 solo stops and 48 assists . . . led team with six pass break-ups, while also collecting one interception, one forced fumble and one tackle for loss . . . started at free safety in 31-23 win over Northern Iowa . . . recorded career-best nine tackles vs. UNI, including two solo stops and seven assists . . . started at free safety in 17-13 win over Ball State as defense allowded just two field goals and 219 yards total offense . . . matched career-best for second straight week with nine tackles vs. BSU, including five solo stops and four assists . . . started at free safety in 20-17 loss to Iowa State . . . recorded four solo tackles and two assists, along with a forced fumble and a pass break-up vs. ISU, before leaving game in second half due to targeting penalty . . . saw action in 24-20 win at Pittsburgh as defense allowed just three points in the second half . . . recorded two solo tackles and one assist, along with one pass break-up, while playing only the second half at Pitt . . . started at free safety in 24-10 win at Purdue as defense allowed just 156 yards total offense . . . recorded six tackles at Purdue, including four solo stops and two assists, along with one pass break-up . . . started at free safety in 45-29 win over Indiana . . . collected first career interception vs. Indiana, stopping final drive with theft in the Iowa endzone, while also collecting one assisted tackle . . . started at free safety in 38-31 loss at Maryland . . . recorded career-high 11 tackles at Maryland, including six solo stops and five assists, along with one pass break-up . . . started at free safety in 48-7 win over Northwestern as defense allowed just 180 yards total offense . . . seven tackles vs. Northwestern, including two solo stops and five assists, along with one pass break-up . . . started at free safety in loss at Minnesota . . . recorded eight tackles at Minnesota, including four solo tackles and four assists . . . started at free safety in 30-14 win at Illinois as defense allowed just 88 net rushing yards and 235 yards total offense . . . recorded two solo tackles and four assists at Illinois, including one tackle for loss . . . started at free safety in 26-24 loss to No. 14 Wisconsin . . . recorded 10 tackles vs. Wisconsin, matching career-high seven assists to go with three solo stops . . . started at free safety in 37-34 overtime loss to Nebraska . . . led team with eight tackles vs. Nebraska, matching career-best with six solo tackles, along with two assists . . . started at free safety in TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Tennessee . . . recorded eight tackles vs. Tennessee, including four solo tackles and four assists.

2013 Honors – – Academic All-Big Ten . . . 2013 – – Saw action in nine games, with one start . . . missed four games due to injury . . . recorded four solo tackles and one assist, with one tackle for loss and two pass break-ups . . . started at right cornerback for first career start in 30-27 opening loss to Northern Illinois, recording three solo tackles, including one tackle for loss, and two pass break-ups . . . did not see action in 28-14 win over Missouri State due to injury . . . did not see action in 27-21 win at Iowa State due to injury . . . did not see action in 59-3 win over Western Michigan due to injury . . . did not see action in 23-7 win at Minnesota due to injury . . . saw limted action on special teams in 26-14 loss to Michigan State in first action since opening game of the season . . . saw action in 34-24 loss at Ohio State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 17-10 OT win over Northwestern, recording one assisted tackle . . . saw action in 28-9 loss to Wisconsin, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 38-14 win at Purdue, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed just 53 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 24-21 win over Michigan, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 60 net rushing yards and 158 yards total offense . . . saw action in 38-17 win at Nebraska, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 89 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 21-14 Outback Bowl loss to LSU, but had no statistics.

2012 – – Suffered shoulder injury following spring practice andredshirted in 2012.

2011 – – Saw action in 11 games, recording four solo tackles and three assists . . . saw first action of career in 34-7 opening win over Tennessee Tech, recording two solo tackles and one assist . . . saw action in 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed just 59 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 13-3 loss at Penn State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 41-31 win over Northwestern, recording two assisted tackles . . . saw action in 45-24 win over Indiana, recording one solo tackle . . . saw action in 22-21 loss at Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 24-16 win over 13th-ranked Michigan, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 37-21 loss to Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 31-21 win at Purdue, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 20-7 loss at Nebraska, but had no statistics . . . saw action in Insight Bowl loss to Oklahoma, but had no statistics.

High school honors – – Selected for Chesapeake Senior Bowl as a senior . . . named honorable mention all-Metro, second team all-county and first team all-conference as a senior . . . third team all-conference as a junior . . . Career – – Played cornerback and contributed on special teams throughout career . . . recorded 52 tackles, six pass break-ups and two interceptions as a senior, with one touchdown . . . recorded 56 tackles, eight pass break-ups, one interception and two fumble recoveries as a junior . . . team captain as a senior . . . helped team advance to state playoffs in last three seasons . . . team won conference title his sophomore year and placed second as junior and senior . . . also lettered in track as sprinter . . . ran opening leg on 4 x 400-meter relay team that claimed national title at 2011 New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York City with a time of 3:15.23.

Personal – – Born 10/13/93 in Fairfax, Virginia . . . economics major . . . Principle’s List, 2010 and Academic Honors Student with 4.0 GPA . . . parents are Pamela and Earnest Lomax. . . high school coach was Bill McGregor.