Upcoming Event: Football versus New Hampshire on September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Football
vs New Hampshire
SENIOR (2016)
Saw action in seven contests, collecting nine tackles ... chipped in a pair of first-half tackles in the 35-10 win at Holy Cross, then two more versus Penn ... provided a season-best three solo stops the following week at Yale ... pressured the Brown quarterback into an incompletion on a third down, forcing a punt, in a tight 24-21 loss to the Bears ... also had a stop in the season finale at Princeton.
JUNIOR (2015)
Contributed four tackles to the Big Green’s Ivy League championship season, playing in five games ... produced first two tackles of career against Sacred Heart in the 49-7 victory ... after missing the five games in October with an injury, returned to provide to more stops in the 21-3 triumph over Cornell, the last one sending the Big Red rusher back two yards.
SOPHOMORE (2014)
Sidelined by injury, but served the team as a manager during the season.
FRESHMAN (2013)
One of the top defensive players for the junior varsity as a rookie ... led the jayvees in tackles against both Middlebury (10) and Williams (8) ... also forced a fumble in the 20-7 win over Middlebury ... added eight more stops in the 34-13 triumph over Bridgton Academy.
HIGH SCHOOL
Illinois Scout No. 4 linebacker and No. 77 overall player in the state as a senior ... given two stars by Rivals ... all-conference in Chicago Catholic Blue League ... special mention all-state and academic all-state ... Chicago Tribune Top 100 ... defensive MVP and team captain as a senior ... participated in Student Council throughout his high school days.
PERSONAL
Government major ... full name is Brian Smith Fordon ... born on June 23, 1994 ... son of Brian and Kristin Fordon has one sister ... father played at Cal State Fullerton and uncle Jack Wainright at Illinois ... sister Ellen is a junior middle blocker on the volleyball team at Indiana University of Pennsylvania ... enjoys beach volleyball and hockey.
TACKLES | g | ua | a | total | tfl | pd | ff | fr | blk |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
2016 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |