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Louisville linebacker Jordan Campbell transferred from USC this past summer with hopes of playing immediately this season. Card fans expected Campbell to be a difference maker on the defensive side of the ball for Louisville. He was the #2 linebacker in the nation as a high schooler and with his time at USC alongside big names like Cushing, Matthews, and Maualuga, Jordan Campbell was to be a star right out of the gate. Well, here we are at the end of the 2010 college football season and Wittle Brother’s prized summer acquisition still hasn’t seen the field. But he has big promises for next season:
“FEELS GOOD 2 BE A CARD…….BUT IT WILL FEEL EVEN BETTER WHEN WE WIN THE BIG EAST NEXT YEAR !!!!!!!#7 JC”
“1 more game then our season starts just stick with us cards fans we got you next season ….follow the leader @campbell_jordan on twitter i’ll keep you updated on the road to the national championship ….JC #7″
The problem is, with Campbell’s off the field rock star lifestyle and recently discovered business partnerships, he might not suit up for Louisville next year either.
It turns out Campbell has a good friend named Teague Egan. You may recognize the name. Egan made national headlines last week for giving USC running back Dillon Baxter a ride through campus on his golf cart. A ride that resulted in Baxter’s suspension. Why the harsh penalty for accepting such a cordial deed, you ask? Teague Egan is the CEO of 1st Round Enterprises, a company offering sports management. But that’s not all he is. Thanks to a quick and easy registration on the NFLPA website (my log-in name is UofLFAIL) we see Teague Egan is an NFLPA-certified agent…
Now, before all the Louisville fans show up and argue that maybe Jordan Campbell and Teague Egan are childhood friends from Los Angeles, allow me to point out Egan’s biography from 1st Round’s website. It says Egan is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It also says Egan befriended many athletes of the USC football team.
About Teague Egan
…Teague attended the University of Southern California, where he started 1st Round Enterprises becoming the founder and chairman. Originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but now living in Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world, Teague befriended many athletes on the USC football team, as well as filmmakers around the city…
Hold up. Why the hell would an aspiring sports agent boast about befriending college athletes?
Better yet, why the hell would an aspiring sports agent list Jordan Campbell, a college athlete, as a partner of the company?!
About Jordan Campbell
Jordan Campbell is a partner of 1st Round Enterprises. He was rated # 2 linebacker in the nation coming out of high school, and was one of the founding fathers of the 1st Round family. He received a full scholarship to play football at the University of Southern California, where he studied business administration. Later he transferred to the University of Louisville to finish his collegiate career…
… Jordan is also a entrepreneur starting Circle of Success, a California-based clothing line, with his brother, and bringing that into the 1st Round family.
Jordan Campbell’s bio magically disappeared from 1st Round’s website over the weekend (weird, huh?) but, thanks to Google cache, nothing every completely disappears from the internet. Also, thanks to my experience in Facebook stalking, I found a few pictures of the Louisville linebacker and his NFL agent friend.
These pictures are from Jordan Campbell’s Facebook page, right there in the open for the public to see..
(Campbell and Egan, his “RIGHT HAND MAN,” living the good life on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts this summer.)
(Campbell and Egan sharing an unsmooth moment with “Keith Stone”)
There are plenty more photos of the two 1st Round partners all over Facebook. Jordan Campbell even shared photos of himself and other USC footballers at 1st Round parties on the company’s Facebook page. Not a smart move.
Agents, parties, boat trips, clothing lines, partnerships… If Campbell played basketball at Kentucky, he’d receive the death penalty.
It’ll be interesting to see if anything comes out of this. It could be the case that he’s done nothing wrong in the NCAA’s eyes. I don’t know the NCAA rulebook or the specifics of the Campbell/Egan/1st Round relationship. But if Dillon Baxter is suspended for riding on a golf cart with Teague Egan, it’s hard to believe Jordan Campbell and his boat rides and parties won’t be investigated.
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SportsByBrooks broke the USC Players/1st Round Enterprises story here. I just snooped around Jordan Campbell’s Facebook page because picking on Louisville gets me through the day.
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November 22nd, 2010 at 11:39 am
First….and OUCH!
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:40 am
Nothing will come of it….He doesnt play for UK
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
bazinga
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
First…This guy looks like Bruno Mars…
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
If its not in the New York Times it’s not credible news.
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:45 am
keystone light….whadda douche.
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:46 am
oh and jorts!
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:49 am
Damn come on man! This snitching reporting is crap. Cam Newton ,Bledsoe, Davis all of this stuff needs to stop. Let the NCAA do there job and quit trying to make it easier for them. I Bleed Blue, I despise the Cards but this is crap reporting. i cringe when i read these articles trying to suggest things players are doing wrong w/o saying it. the ncaa is div 1 athletes pimp. they make billons of dollars off these kids and they dont get any cash. What the hell would you do if you had the opp. presented in your life they have. Keep this type of writing up and you may have yourself a future at NY TImes!
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:54 am
Call TMZ
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:57 am
8. Nice try troll. Take your whining to the UofLOL site.
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:59 am
Jordan’s thinkin “well damn, that was fun while it lasted”.
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:59 am
8. I completely disagree. This is very good investigative reporting. Unlike, the Bledsoe and Kanter stories, where Thamel made up his own proof. This was reported from public information.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 pm
10. whatever dude im a UK fan, im tired of the snitching shit. i guess it all depends on how you were raised you know.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:04 pm
A more important question is why that guy is wearing denim capri pants. Japris? Not that there’s anythign wrogn with that..but..umm…a football player? In capri pants?
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Unsmooth moment #7
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:12 pm
he has some serious man boobs
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:15 pm
14– How dare you call the cutoff jorts he is wearing capris. if he actually pulled those up to cover his asscrack then this is not even a discussion. capris 101
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:18 pm
That tight jersey shows off his little titties.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:19 pm
10. Get a new name. Don’t sully mine.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:23 pm
So THAT’S who the black guy was on Nantucket this summer…
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 pm
10: It is not “Snitching” to investigate someone that is BREAKING THE RULES AND/OR LAWS.
You SHOULD be caught if you are doing something ILLEGAL!
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:28 pm
only a matter of time before Clint Hurtt, former recruiting coordinator at Miami gets lil brother in hot water too. and jordan, leave the jorts look to us. JAPRIS!?!?
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:32 pm
RT @Campbell_Jordan at the game in the stands with the recruits holla if you see me
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:32 pm
21..Thats exactly what snitching is, telling on someone for doing wrong. Let the NCAA do there job, lets quit trying to do it for them.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Hey bro, pass me another Keystone Light.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:40 pm
8 – “Snitching”? Really?!? He’s possibly breaking major NCAA rules in the same way that half the UNC football team did this past offseason.
And as far as your point about the NCAA being these kids’ pimp, I offer you to points of rebuttal:
(1) Scholarship players receive a lot more than “nothing” as you claim. Not only do they receive full tuition, they receive full housing stipends (even if they want to live off campus up to a certain amount, which is usually more than the cost of dorms), they also receiving money for food (at UK when I was there it was double the standard meal plan), AND they are treated like Gods on campus by students and (some) professors. To claim that players don’t get anything is disingenuous.
(2) Your beef about the amount of money received versus what the NCAA/schools get is well taken, but that is the system and there are rules in that system. If you want to be a part of it, you have to play by them. Don’t like the rules? Get them changed. Don’t violate them and complain about “snitching” and how unfair it is when you get caught.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Remember when all the UK fans were killing Tubby for turning in Pastner for violating rules? Now they don’t have a problem with it. Redneck nation!
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Don’t stoop to their level.. Worry about our laundry not theirs…
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:44 pm
27… Show me a fan base that does not have rednecks…
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Great find Drew. I’m sure the CJ will get right on this. Look for a 1″ by 1″ article buried in the clssifieds section.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Drew obviously has no life. Maybe this is why he NEVER played for UofL this season. Not one snap.
What a tattle tale
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
No way he should ever play for UL. I think UL should lose 15 scholarships for this.
November 22nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
I once new a girl from Nantucket…
November 22nd, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Good post Drew. Thx…. “where there’s smoke there’s fire.” …. Isnt that right Tsrds?
November 22nd, 2010 at 1:13 pm
19. By now you should know that this place has prison rules which means the name is mine now and you also better sit down when you pee.
November 22nd, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Dude is gay. Obviouisly. Take a second look at the photos. You don’t get kick a guy off a team as talented as that for no reason. Obviously shower time got a little too awkward. They’re not hanging out because he’s an agent. They’re hanging out because he IS his right hand man…and for a guy that size I’d say he’s probably his left hand man too. Rolled up sleeves, flip flops, chains, sail boats…come on man. I’m not hateing on gay guys, just saying dude is obviously gay. It has nothing to do with him being an agent.
November 22nd, 2010 at 1:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7u7nj-Djk
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Loserville
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
36 – he might be gay, but $100 says he has better grammar and can spell better than you. I’m not “hateing” on you, but unless you’re Eric Bledsoe, learn to put together a coherent thought before bashing kids. And you wonder why people make fun of the fanbase.
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:09 pm
this kid is deep in drews head for some reason. he might need an epo on drew for such intensive stalking. vols suck but, not as much as wildcats!
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:32 pm
39 – I’m not taking up for 36 bc I thought his post was dumb, but I think it’s funny how you seem to be against ‘bashing kids’ but yet had to get a jab in at Bledsoe…who is a kid. While I’m at it, I’m going to go ahead and disagree that this guy has better grammar and spelling than 36…he doesn’t sound like a real genius if you read his tweets.
40 – the Wildcats don’t suck as bad as your grammar. Nice comma after ‘but’.
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
ooops) I once KNEW a girl a from Nantucket…
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:38 pm
complete bullshit..Who gives a $#%# if the kid is riding on a boat. WTF does it matter? NCAA rules are bullshit
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:52 pm
8 i completely agree. i’m a fan of sports because of the games and that’s it. i’m sick of all this petty drama shit that has engulfed sports lately. it’s lame as shit. the whole industry takes itself way too seriously. its just f*cking sports. i like watching these athletes play ball, i don’t give a damn about their day to day. espn has turned the sports industry into a bunch of f*cking pansies. it’s like little girls obsessing over celebrities and shit. how much more lame can this get?
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
41 ah yes the dreaded grammer come back. dude you are on fire. too bad the cats suck as much as you do. lol,,,,,,,,
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Louisville is ruining college athletics.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I’m on a BOAT!
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:21 pm
For Cambell Louisville is a No Fly Zone
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:21 pm
I used to like to come to this site for the news about my fav team’s biggest rival, and because I thought you guys were funny and entertaining, but hear over the last 4 months or so, I can’t come here without reading a negative story about UofL. Really? You all like to say that UofL is the little brother and can’t stop talking about UK, well if you look at Card Chronicle.com and compare its UK stories to KSR’s, KSR has at least 3x as many stories. Stick to UK, Why do you care so much about each and everything UofL does that you have to comment on everything.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Chronicle’s UK stories compared to KSR’s UofL stories, sorry….still, point is the same
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:23 pm
The University has been good for me. It got me to give up spine cracking.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Guess the Courier Journal is just “snitching” now, huh?
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101122/SPORTS02/311220071/1002/sports/Eligibility+questions+surround+Louisville+linebacker+Jordan+Campbell
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:41 pm
” thanks to Google cache, nothing every completely disappears from the internet.”
I’m sure no one knows the above quote more than your beloved founder Matt Jones and his hate fest with John Calipari just two yeas ago. Matt talked more crap about Calipari than U of L fans but now he’s so far up Calipari’s ass he can’t even see straight. It’s funny how quick things change.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Hey Drew, why don’t you go talk to Mr. Campbell personally and see what he tells you.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:01 pm
snitching is the honest thing to do, if you don’t want to be caught cheating, don’t cheat.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:01 pm
It matters because its the dirtiest city in the world, Louisville or as I like to call it, “the first 48 capital”. They deserve nothing but sorrow for living in such a s*** hole and I’m from there. Do them a favor, give them the death penalty…. Go CATS
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:03 pm
#8, I agree. We’re above this.
#36, funny (and probably true).
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:33 pm
I’m an idiot. Me and Jordan Campbell gonna beat you up!! Yeah! Talk to “Mr. Campbell” personally, he’ll beat you up for it!
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:20 pm
#8, #26 & #45
Now don’t quote me as this being absolutely true (as I don’t know the inner-workings of the NCAA) but the NCAA and its’ conferences are non-profit organizations. So to say they are not paying the kids and making “billions” off their talents is ridiculous. The real institutions making all the money are the school’s athletic departments. Their figures are self reported but, on average, a school like UK will make around $15 million in profits a year from athletics. Although, I have to say I find it hard to believe it can be classified as non-profit when they are reporting a operations budget of $672 million a year. Just a little FYI, not trying to call you guys out.
November 23rd, 2010 at 5:32 am
U of L = NF