Jordan Isaac Aldon Dangerfield (born December 25, 1990) is a former

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. He played

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and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the

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in 2013. Dangerfield has also been a member of the

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of the FXFL.

Early and personal life

Dangerfield was born in

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, and is a member of the Ethiopian Jewish community. He attended

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, where he played football as a receiver and defensive back, was named to ''Palm Beach Post'' and ''Sun-Sentinel'' first-team as a junior and senior, and received second-team All-Florida honors as a senior in 2008.Towson Athletics
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, for whom he played in eight games, and after it closed its football program he attended

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. In 2010 for Towson he was named first-team All- CAA and first-team All- ECAC, as well as first-team

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by ''College Sports Journal'', and was named Towson University's Male Athlete of the Year. In 2011 he was named first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association, and in 2012 he was named pre-season All-CAA and earned third-team pre-season All-America honors from The Sports Network. After entering professional football, he chipped away at remaining classes at Towson and in 2019 earned his degree.

Professional career

Buffalo Bills

Dangerfield was signed by the Bills as an undrafted rookie free agent following the

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. He was released by the team on August 30, 2013.

Pittsburgh Steelers (first stint)

Dangerfield signed a reserve/future contract with the Steelers on January 10, 2014. He was released on August 26, 2014.

Brooklyn Bolts

Dangerfield played for the

of the

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in 2014.

Pittsburgh Steelers (second stint)

Dangerfield was signed to the Steelers' practice squad on November 5, 2014. He was released and re-signed to the practice squad throughout the

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and

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seasons before making the final roster in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. On January 27, 2017, Dangerfield re-signed with the Steelers on a one-year deal. On September 4, Dangerfield was waived/injured by the Steelers and placed on injured reserve. He was released on September 8. He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 16. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Steelers on January 15, 2018. On March 20, 2020, Dangerfield re-signed with the Steelers.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dangerfield, Jordan 1990 births Living people African-American Jews American football safeties American people of Ethiopian-Jewish descent Brooklyn Bolts players Buffalo Bills players Hofstra Pride football players Jewish American players of American football Sportspeople from Elmont, New York Pittsburgh Steelers players Players of American football from Nassau County, New York Towson Tigers football players 21st-century American Jews Jews from New York (state)