Jordan Travis, the former Florida State University quarterback who was selected to play for the Jets, is retiring. More than a year after suffering from a serious leg injury during college football, the QB announced the reason why he was leaving the NFL.
Below, find out everything we know about Jordan’s retirement and his contract with the Jets.
Jordan is 24 years old as of April 2025.
After being selected by the Jets in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, Jordan signed a four-year contract with the team. Per Spotrac, the contract equated $4.2 million with a $250,000 signing bonus and an average salary of around $1 million.
On April 30, 2025, Jordan announced that the reason why he was retiring was his leg injury. In an Instagram statement, he wrote, “On November 18, 2023, my life took an unexpected turn. I gave everything I had to the rehab process, but despite all my efforts, my leg never responded the way we hoped. After much prayer and consultation with the doctors, medical experts and my agent, I’ve been medically advised to retire from the game I love so deeply.”
Jordan added that this was “not the ending [he] had ever imagined” for his career.
