When you are drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft like Jordan Love was, there is a lot of intrigue around you and who you are. When you become a starting quarterback for a historic franchise like the Green Bay Packers, a virtual spotlight gets put on your every move. Let’s take a closer look at who Love is and start by exploring his background.
Jordan Love’s Family and Ethnicity
Love was born in Bakersfield, California, on November 2, 1998. He is of mixed ethnicity. His father Orbin was African-American, while his mother Anna is Caucasian.
Love is a huge family man and often talks about how he leans on his family for the support he needed growing up to continue to strive and reach the goal of being an NFL quarterback.
Growing up certainly was not easy for Jordan and the Love family. His father Orbin was a former quarterback himself that would play at the junior college level before deciding to pursue a career in law enforcement. Orbin would grow to become a sergeant in the Bakersfield Police Department.
Sadly, Orbin would take his life when Jordan was just a teenager, which left Jordan’s mother Anna to take care of him and his three sisters.
Orbin was only 51 at the time of his death. Love has been quite open about the impact his father’s suicide had on his life and on his decision to pursue an NFL career. In an interview with the NFL, Love talked about how he had made the decision to step away from football after his father’s passing.
“My darkest moment was definitely the day it happened, just hearing about it right there in the car,” Jordan said. “I didn’t want to believe it.”
However, his mother pushed him to continue for at least one more year. Love then won the starting job on his JV team and never looked back. Even though he wasn’t a heavily recruited prospect, he still made it onto the Utah State Aggies’ roster, where he would go on to eventually become a first-round talent.
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“I end[ed] up winning the starting job on the JV team, started throwing a little better, started getting a little confidence,” Jordan said. “By the end of that season, I was thinking, ‘I can really do this.'”
Does Love Have Any Siblings?
Jordan is the only boy in a family of four total siblings. He has three sisters named Kami, Emily, and Alexis.
Jordan, being the only boy, was never short on sister love, and his family stuck by his side through all the trials and tribulations of life. When he pursued and achieved his goal of one day playing in the NFL, they were all by his side. Love’s family was proud of that and his other accomplishments.
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