Buffalo’s academic grinder with spring-game flashes at linebacker
In the 2026 season, Jordan Owens is a 6-foot, 230-pound senior linebacker for Buffalo who transferred from Army and earned Academic All-MAC honors while mostly contributing on special teams in 2025.[1] His best differentiators are toughness, versatility, and football discipline: Buffalo’s spring scrimmage notes showed five tackles and two tackles for loss, a hint he can create disruption when given a bigger role.[1][2] He looks like a smart, high-floor depth fit—more of a reliable, team-first tone-setter than a splashy stat-collector—and the kind of player coaches trust when they want clean assignments and relentless effort.[1][2][3]
