Jackson State football coach TC Taylor hired former professional football player Chris Orr as the Tigers’ inside linebackers coach on Wednesday.
Orr played three games at linebacker in the 2020 NFL season for the Carolina Panthers. He also played in 2022 for the New Jersey Generals of the USFL, who selected him in the 21st round of the USFL Draft. He had 81 tackles and 2.5 sacks that season. Orr was on the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions roster this spring, but was placed on the team’s retired list in March.
Orr also served as director of player development at Wisconsin, his alma mater, in 2021.
Orr was an inside linebacker at Wisconsin from 2016 to 2019, starting 30 of the 51 games he played. He finished his college career with 188 total tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, three forced fumbles, eight pass deflections, four fumble recoveries and two interceptions. His 11.5 sacks during his senior season were the most in a season by an inside linebacker in school history.
Orr comes from a football family. His father, Terry Orr, played tight end and was a two-time Super Bowl champion (1988, 1992) for the Washington Redskins. His brother, Zach Orris the defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens.
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Orr has a bachelor’s degree in life sciences communication and a master’s degree in educational leadership and policy analysis.
TyQuan Hammock, who coached linebackers at Jackson State in 2023, announced on March 25 that he had been hired as the linebackers coach and defensive coordinator at Long Island University. Jackson State announced on March 4 that former Tigers two-time All-American Javancy Jones has been hired as outside linebackers coach.
This article originally appeared in the Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Jackson State football hires Chris Orr as inside linebackers coach
