That's not going to happen. I'm still a student-athlete. The one thing I'm definitely going to do this year is enjoy football and the Heisman thing. But I'm still going to go to class and go to school. It's just another year.
Public image is important to Jordan.
He has tape-recorded himself being interviewed so that he can see how he sounds and whether he projects his voice well enough. He is articulate and polite, and often has an impish grin, making one think about what is going through his mind. He enjoys the spotlight, but Maryland running backs coach Mike Locksley says Jordan is more likely to be found hanging out with some of the football team's lesser-known players than others in the limelight. No one can explain why Jordan, described universally as intelligent, has struggled in the classroom. Suitland Coach Nick Lynch, whose first season was Jordan's senior year, said he and other Suitland personnel might be to blame for not pushing Jordan enough.