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DN Bio: Jordan Poyer

    by Joshua Cornfield
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JORDAN POYER

Pick: Seventh round, 218th overall

Born: April 25, 1991

Position: Cornerback

College: Oregon State

Height/weight: 6-0, 191

Twitter: @J_Poyer14

Major: Elementary education

High school: Astoria High (Oregon)

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At Oregon State: Played special teams as a freshman and had 11 tackles ...second-team All-Pac-12 as a junior...consensus All-American, semifinalist for both Bednarik and Jim Thorpe awards and first-team All-Pac-12 as a senior...career: 153 tackles, 13 interceptions (seven as a senior), returned three picks for TDs, three sacks, 36 passes defended.

What the scouts say: Skilled and intelligent…Solid hands for interceptions...fights for 50/50 balls...will attack in run game...brings pop to his tackles...can play man or zone corner ...lacks natural explosion .

Personal: Would have been drafted a lot higher if it weren't for an incident at a Corvallis, Ore., nightclub where he was trying to gain access despite being underage. A tussle followed and he was arrested. Charges were dropped after he apologized...Led Astoria High to state baseball championship as a freshman and was drafted by the Florida (now Miami) Marlins…dad, Faalaeo, played tight end at Eastern New Mexico; mom, Julie, played softball at Oregon State; and grandfather, Lynn Baxter, played basketball at Oregon State.