Jose Ortiz
Ortiz after making a play in coverage. | |||||||
No. 32 Arizona Cardinals | |||||||
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Free Safety | |||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Date of birth: October 29, 1997 (age 22) | |||||||
Place of birth: Batesville, AR | |||||||
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Career information | |||||||
High school: Batesville High School, Batesville, AR | |||||||
College: Tennessee | |||||||
NFL Draft: 2019 / Round: 5 / Pick: 159 | |||||||
Debuted in 2019 for the New York Jets | |||||||
Career history
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Roster status: Active | |||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Jose Ortiz (born October 29, 1997) is an American football free safety for the Arizona Cardinals. He was drafted with the 159th overall selection of the 2019 NFLHC Draft by the New York Jets.
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College Career
Recruitment
Ortiz was generally considered the top free safety available in his class.
College Statistics
Statistics
Professional career
Pre-draft
Ortiz declared early for the draft following his redshirt junior season, but was generally considered a mid-late round prospect.
Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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6 ft 1 in | 204 lb | 4.55 s | 4.10 s | 6.99 s | 35.0 in | 10 ft 0 in | 10 reps | N/A |
All values from NFL Combine |
Draft
Ortiz was drafted with the 159th overall pick of the 2019 NFLHC Draft by the New York Jets with the second to last pick of the 5th round.
New York Jets
2019 Season
Ortiz played mostly on special teams backing up starter Reshad Jenkins.
Arizona Cardinals
After a controversial bidding war during 2023 Free Agency, Ortiz agreed to a 6-year contract at minimum salary, 50% GTD with the Arizona Cardinals.
2023 Season
After signing his deal with Arizona, Ortiz was slated to backup 2022 Cardinals FA signee Oronde Jackson at free safety.
Career Stats
Year Team Games Starts Defensive Rating Tackles INT FF FR Sacks TD 2019 NYJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 2020 NYJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0