Dallas Cowboys pass rush specialist Brandon “BT” Jordan walks between rows of Cowboys players stretching as the team held OTA practice sessions at The Star in Frisco on June 9, 2026.
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FRISCO — In the rebuilding of the Cowboys defense this offseason, the hiring of defensive coordinator Christan Parker has been touted as a major move, but the addition of Brandon “BT” Jordan is also being noted as a tremendous value.
Jordan, the Cowboys’ pass rush specialist, was hired in similar fashion as head coach Brian Schottenheimer and former Giants head coach Ben McAdoo several years ago: He’s a consultant for the team.
The Cowboys hired Jordan from Denver, where he helped the Broncos lead the NFL in sacks during his two seasons there.
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Jordan, as the CEO of Trench Performance, has helped more than 200 players improve their pass rush skills. Some of the names are a who’s who of pass rushers: Myles Garrett, Maxx Crosby, Danielle Hunter, Zach Allen, Chandler Jones, Von Miller, Mason Graham and Brian Burns.
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Cowboys Kenny Clark and Rashan Gary, who worked with Jordan while they played for the Green Bay Packers, can be added to that list.
“Man, just extreme details,” Clark said of what Jordan brings to the table. “I think throughout the season you work so much on your pass rush. I feel like a lot of guys come in early on and they’re hot in the pass rush, and as the season starts going on you kinda lose that. You’re doing more walkthroughs, stuff slows down because of our body. BT is going to do a great job of keeping us sharp the whole season and just having those great details with the pass rush for us to get home.”
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Jordan’s rise in the coaching ranks started with him posting social media videos of his work with high school players in his hometown of New Orleans.
After seeing some of his videos, Miller invited Jordan to Dallas to work together. Former NFL defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison also saw the videos and started to get Jordan’s tutelage.
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Jordan got his first coaching job in 2012 as an assistant offensive line coach at his alma mater, Missouri S&T. He also worked at McKendree University and Austin Peay. He moved into the NFL coaching world in 2021 when he worked for the Arizona Cardinals as part of the league’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program.
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Jordan has also worked as a pass rush specialist at Michigan State and for the Seattle Seahawks.
Watch some of Jordan’s videos, and you see players work on their footwork, hand placement and how to turn their hips.
“The most underrated part of our muscles that you use as a pass rusher is your big toes,” Jordan says in one video. Jordan says a pass rusher must bend his knees and get ready to push off his toes and keep his hands up as he attacks a blocker.
These are the little things the Cowboys hope Jordan, who wasn’t available for comment for this story, can add to the defense.
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“Here’s a guy that’s been around Denver the last couple of years. Loved the way those guys have played,” Schottenheimer said of Jordan earlier this offseason. “He’s a local guy, which is great, right there in Dallas, and so ton of experience in how he helps those guys in Denver in terms of rushing the passer.”
This upcoming season, Sam Williams and Donovan Ezeiruaku will move from defensive end to outside linebacker as part of the transformation to a 3-4 scheme. Inside linebacker Marist Liufau will also move to outside linebacker.
Jordan will lend his support in the process of the position changes. The Cowboys are hoping their sack totals — 35 in 2025 — will rise as Jordan works with the pass rushers.
He’s had success in the past.
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“The goal is always high,” Ezeiruaku said. “We’re not going to talk about [numbers] just yet. But, of course, we have our goals in our rooms, especially in our outside linebacker room. We brought in a guy like Coach BT Jordan, who’s done it in the past, helping rooms get off that hump. He did it the last two years in Denver, so with that help I think we have the room to do it, to produce a lot of pressure and get the quarterback on the ground.”