kent was a member of the oregon ducks football team in college, and also played basketball and ran track. jordan did not begin playing football until he tried out for the team during his junior year of college. he was also ncaa's first three-sport athlete since 2001-02 and was the first three-sport letterman at oregon since world war ii and was the pac-10’s first three-sport letterman. as a member of the oregon basketball team kent won defensive player of the year. then in 2005 he joined the oregon football team, this was his first time ever playing football on a team.