Jordan Jefferson Jordan Jamal Jefferson ( born August 25 , 1990 ) is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League ( AFL ) . He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2012 . Jefferson played collegiately for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) , where he was the starting quarterback for 2 games in 2008 , 12 games in 2009 , 13 games in 2010 , and 5 games in 2011 . High school career . Jefferson attended Destrehan High School in Destrehan , Louisiana , where he was one of the top prep quarterbacks in the country . 2006 season . As a junior in 2006 , Jefferson guided Destrehan to an undefeated 6 – 0 start before suffering a broken wrist after slamming it into the helmet of another player . Jefferson completed 81 of 143 ( 56 . 6 % ) passes for 1 , 666 yards , 20 touchdowns , and 4 interceptions . Jefferson had a passer rating of 195 . 1 . 2007 season . As a senior in 2007 , Jefferson helped Destrehan High School clinch the Class 5A state championship , finishing with a 15 – 0 record . He completed 188 of 290 ( 64 . 8 % ) passes for 2 , 846 yards , 24 touchdowns , and only 3 interceptions during Destrehan ' s championship season . Jefferson had a passer rating of 172 . 5 . Jefferson was the Class 5A Offensive Player of the Year , and he was named to the Class 5A All - State first team . Jefferson finished his high school career with a perfect record ( 21 – 0 ) as a starter . He was named a high school All - America by SuperPrep Magazine . Scout . com named him a Top 20 quarterback . Rivals . com gave him four stars , rated him as a Top 10 pro - style quarterback , and listed him in their Top 250 and Louisiana Top 40 . Jefferson was named a 2008 Baton Rouge Advocate Super Dozen selection . College career . 2008 season . As a true freshman in 2008 , Jefferson appeared in seven games , starting two of them including the 2008 Chick - fil - A Bowl of which he was the offensive MVP in a 38 – 3 win over Georgia Tech . 2009 season . As a sophomore in 2009 , Jefferson was the youngest starting quarterback in the SEC and the youngest to start a season - opener for LSU since Y . A . Tittle in 1945 . He started 12 of LSU ' s 13 games , missing the game against Louisiana Tech due to injury . He was 8 – 4 as a starter , throwing for 2 , 166 yards , 17 touchdowns , and 7 interceptions . Jefferson and the LSU Tigers lost the 2010 Capital One Bowl to the Penn State Nittany Lions 19 – 17 . 2010 season . In the 2010 regular season , Jefferson threw for 1 , 253 yards , 4 touchdowns , and 9 interceptions while sharing the quarterback duties with Jarrett Lee . He also rushed for 450 yards and 7 touchdowns ; both are LSU records for a quarterback . Jefferson led the Tigers to a 10 – 2 record in the regular season and beat the Texas A & M Aggies in the 2011 Cotton Bowl Classic with a final score of 41 – 24 . In that game , Jefferson threw for 158 yards and 3 touchdowns . He also rushed for 67 yards and 1 touchdown . Jefferson threw a key pass to running back Stevan Ridley in the LSU game with Alabama on November 6 . The Tigers hence prevailed , 24 - 21 . 2011 season . Jefferson was suspended for the first part of the of the 2011 season after being charged by the Baton Rouge Police with second - degree battery , but he was reinstated to the team after a Grand Jury reduced the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor . Jefferson entered a plea of innocent to the misdemeanor charge . Jefferson returned to play in the fifth game ( Kentucky ) . On his very first play ( fourth down ) , he scored LSU ' s first touchdown of the game and gave LSU a lead which it never relinquished . Over the course of his first four games back ( Kentucky , Auburn , Tennessee , and Auburn ) , Jefferson completed 6 of 10 ( 60 % ) passes for 123 yards , 2 touchdowns , and no interceptions for a passer rating of 229 . 3 . He also rushed for 111 yards and 2 touchdowns . November 5th game at Alabama . Jefferson was briefly substituted for Jarrett Lee to pick up a third and one on the fifth play of the game . Following a Lee interception which led to a blocked field goal attempt by Alabama , Jefferson came in for Lee again . Jefferson closed out the first half by driving LSU 74 yards to tie the game . Lee was given another chance on LSU ' s second possession of the second half , but he immediately threw his second interception of the game which led to an Alabama field goal and lead . In overtime , Jefferson executed a short - side option to Michael Ford to set up the game - winning field goal . Lee was pulled after the November game against Alabama for his performance . Lee finished the game 3 of 7 ( 43 % ) for 24 yards with two interceptions and a passer rating of 14 . 5 . Jefferson started the final five games of the year . Final three regular season games . Jefferson ' s final three regular season games were LSU ' s most productive games in 2011 for total yards and yards per play . In all three games , LSU gained over 450 yards ; LSU had gained over 450 yards only once in the prior nine games . Jefferson had a perfect game passing against Ole Miss , and he passed for over 200 yards against Arkansas . LSU averaged nearly 10 points more per game and nearly doubled the rushing yards when Jefferson started as QB . Jefferson finished the regular season with a passer rating of 163 . 5 , highest among SEC starting QBs . Of LSU ' s final three regular season opponents , one - third of the opponents were ranked in the Top 25 at the end of the season . Arkansas was ranked 5th . Neither Ole Miss nor Western Kentucky received a Top 25 vote . Of LSU ' s first eight regular season opponents , only one - fourth of the opponents were ranked . Oregon was ranked 4th , and West Virginia was ranked 17th . Auburn was the only other team to receive a Top 25 vote . Northwestern State is an FCS school . Post - season games . Jefferson led LSU to a 42 – 10 win over Georgia in the SEC Championship Game . In the BCS National Championship Game , Jefferson struggled against an Alabama defense seeking redemption from a regular season loss against a Jefferson led LSU Tiger team at Alabama ' s home field . Although Jefferson completed nearly 65 % of his passes , he was ineffective in executing the option and moving the LSU offense . College career statistics . Jefferson threw for 4 , 733 yards and 34 touchdowns during his career . He ranks fifth for career wins by a starting quarterback at LSU with 24 . He is fifth in LSU history in passing touchdowns ( 34 ) and rushing touchdowns by a quarterback ( 12 ) . He is sixth in LSU history in career passing yards ( 4 , 733 ) , sixth in completion percentage ( 58 . 7 ) , sixth in career completions ( 398 ) , and sixth in attempts ( 678 ) . Jefferson holds the LSU record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 1 , 018 yards . Jefferson ’ s ability to run the ball forced opposing defenses to account for him which allowed LSU to defeat opponents through its rushing attack . LSU ’ s emphasis on its ground game coupled with Jefferson sharing time with Jarrett Lee reduced Jefferson ’ s passing yardage . Thus , Jefferson threw for less than 100 yards in 11 games , or 34 % of all games he started . However , of those 11 games , LSU only lost 3 games . Professional career . Pre - draft . Jefferson was one of eight LSU players invited to the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine . Although he had the lowest grade prior to the Combine , Jefferson was the only quarterback to finish among the top five in each test during the event . Among the quarterbacks , Jefferson finished first in the 20 - yard shuttle , tied for first in the bench press , and finished third in the 40 - yard dash and the vertical jump . Tampa Bay Buccaneers . Jefferson went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft , but was invited to try - out at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ' rookie minicamp . The team signed Jefferson to a contract on May 7 , 2012 , but was waived four days later so that Tampa Bay could have a replacement for Da ' Quan Bowers , a projected starter who suffered a probable season ending injury . Montreal Alouettes . On August 10 , 2012 , Jefferson signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League and is currently assigned to the practice squad . On October 25 , 2012 , ESPN reported , citing WAFB in Baton Rouge , LA , that Jefferson was arrested and charged with simple possession of marijuana , along with 3 other former LSU football players , including former Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu . The Montreal Alouettes have not yet commented on the situation . On October 30 , 2012 , Louisiana State Judge Chip Moore revoked Jefferson ' s bond in his 2011 simple battery case and ordered him to report to parish prison by 2 p . m . ( that day ) due to his arrest on a marijuana charge . The Judge also ordered Jefferson to undergo a substance abuse evaluation , the results of which will largely determine when Jefferson is released from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison . As of 1 / 30 / 2013 Jordan Jefferson is not included on the official team roster of the Montreal Alouettes References . http : / / en . montrealalouettes . com / roster / index / team / 9 / sort / last