Athlete of The Week - Badger wrestler isaac Jordan

MADISON. THE BADGERS ISAAC JORDAN IS RANKED 3RD IN THE NATION WITHIN THE 165 POUND WEIGHT CLASS...LUCAS MAYER GOES IN DEPTH ON WHAT MAKES JORDAN OUR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK "STRAIGHT UP JUST DOMIANTING YOUR OPPONENTN. IT LIND OF SOUND SICK AND TWISTED, BUT IT'S KIND OF FUN TO JUST GO OUT THERE AND EMBARASS SOMEBODY" THAT'S THE ATTITUDE THAT MANY GREAT WRESTLERS HAVE...WISCONSIN'S ISAAC JORDAN IS JUST NOT AFARAID TO SAY IT "BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT THERE BY YOURSELF, YOU KNOW?N IN MMA YOU'RE OUT THERE BY YOURSELF AND IN BOXING YOU'RE OUT THERE BY YOURSELF AND IF YOU LOSE IT'S ALL ON YOU, BUT IF YOU WIN YOU GET ALL THE GLORY I GUESS. THE WISCONSIN WRESTLING TEAM COUNTS ON A WIN EVERY TIME OUT DURING THE 165 POUND MATCH AND THE 2015 BIG TEN CHAMPION AND CURRENTLY UNDEFEATED JORDAN DOES NOT DISSAPOINT "I THINK HE'S EVEN MORE DISCIPLINED THIS YEAR AND I THINK THAT'S MAKING A BIG DIFFERENC EIN ADVANCES IN HIS DAY TO DAY WRESTLING" "I THINK THERE'S EXPECTATION FOR ME TO BE AT A HIGH LEVEL, BUT I THINK THOSE EXPECTATIONS, IN A WAY, HELP ME TO PERFORM AT A HIGHER LEVEL." AND ONE AREA IN PARTICULAR WHERE ISAAC THRIVES IS THE MENTAL SIDE OF WRESTLING "I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT MATCHES MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE. I KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN TO THE FINE POINTS. "HE'S A THINKER. HE DEFINTELY LIKE....A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WRESLTIGN WORLD, HE THINKS A LOT MORE THAN OTHER DO." BUT UNDERSTANDING ANGLES AND THE IDIOSYNRACIES OF HIS BODY POSITONING ALSO MAKES JORDAN STAND OUT "HE KNOWS HWO TO USE HIS BODY MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE DO. INSTEAD OF JUST GOING OUT THERE AND WRESTLIGN ALL CRAZY." "HE IS COMPETITIVE, BUT HE'S NOT COMPETITIVE TO POINT WHERE HE CAN;T IN PRACTICE LEARN NEW SKILLS AND NEW TEXCHNIQUES. SOME GUYS ARE SO COMPETITIVE THAT THEY CAN'T LEARN, BUT HE'S NOT SO COMPTETIVE THAT HE WON;T LEARN AND TRY NEW THINGS. THAT THINK ABOUT HIM MAKES HIM UNIQUE THAT WAY" TRYING TO DISCOVER WHO ISAAC JORDAN IS OFF THE MAT IS OFTEN A DIFFICULT TASK "THIS IS HIS FOURTH YEQAR HERE AND IM GETTING TO KNOW HIM BETTER EACH EYAR. WHEN HE FIRST GOT HERE HE DIDN;T SAY A WHOLE LOT. HE WAS REALLY QUIET, EVEN WHEN I RECRUITED HIM HE WAS REALLY QUIET." "MORE LAID BACK TO. IF YOU NEVER MET HIM YOU WOULD SAY OH THIS GUY IS KIND OF DIFFERENT HE JUST DOESN;T TALK, BUT ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW HIM HE OPENS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE" BUT DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND JORDAN IS A WRESTLING ROBOT "HE'S GOT A DRY SENSE OF HUMOR WHICH IS GOOD" "SO I CAME UP HERE THIS SUMMER AND LIVED WITH HIM. IT WAS DEFINTELY A TAKE ME UNDER HIS WING TYPE THING. HE JUST TAUGHT ME LITTLE INS AND OUTS OF HOW TO LIVE ON YOUR OWN " ISAAC IS THE FOURTH JORDAN TO WRESTLE ON THE U-W MAT, BUT HE WANTS TO LEAVE A PERSONAL LEGACY THAT'S ABOUT MORE THAN HIS LAST NAME "IT MEANS A LOT. FOR JIM BEING HERE AND WINNING TWO STATE TITLES AND BEN BEING AN ALL AMERICAN. IT'S A TRADITION AND I THINK IT MEANS A LOT AND SHOWS THEY ARE LOYAL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN." "IT'S NOT REALLY A PRESSURE THING FOR HIM, BUT HE DEFINTELY WANTS TO LIKE TO LIVE UP TO HIS FAMILY NAME, FOR SURE." "I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OF ISAAC JORDAN AS ISAAC JORDAN, YOU KNOW? AND OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HOW I CARRY MYSELF AND WENT ABOUT MY TRAINING AND PRACTICING AND HOW I CARRIED MYSELF AT TOURNAMENTS AND HOW I COMPETED, RATHER THAN: OH HE'S JIM JORDAN;S SON OR JEFF JORDAN;S NEPHEW OR PART OF THE JORDAN FAMILY. I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF STAND OUT" TO ACCOMPLISH THAT FEAT, THE BADGER STANDOUT WILL LIKELY HAVE TO GET PAST AN OKLAHOMA STATE FOE "ALEX DARRINGER AND HE IS AGAIN RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY, SO I'VE BEEN KIND OF CHASING HIM MY ENITRE CAREER. I HAVEN;T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO WRESTLE HIM YET AND I THINK I'M THE ONE GUY WHO COULD BEAT HIM. " THE FUTURE IS SEEMINGLY LIMITLESS FOR THE DETERMINED, TALENETED, AND WELL TRAINED WISCONSIN WRESTLER "TWO TIME NATIONAL CHAMP BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO NOW. TWO TIME NATIONAL CHAMP, FOUR TIME ALL AMERICAN WOULD BE A GREAT GOAL TO SET FOR COLEGIATE WRESTLING. I ALSO WANT TO COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY IN FREESTYLE AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE" LUCAS MAYER NBC 15 SPORTS