Michigan sophomore safety Jordan Glasgow was following in his brothers’ footsteps when he joined the Michigan football team.

However, if you saw the Glasgow brothers together you might be surprised that Jordan is also a football player, or if you are some of his teammates, that he is even their brother.

“I know a lot of people on the team say that, you know, we don’t seem like brothers at all, and we don’t look like brothers at all,” Jordan said. “I mean, they’ve made jokes about me being adopted, and I could believe it, but for some reason I don’t.”

Jordan is the little brother in the Glasgow family in more than one way. Compared to an average person he is a big man at 6-1, 210 pounds. Next to his older brothers Graham and Ryan — who are 6-6, 303 pounds and 6-4, 299 pounds, respectively — he doesn’t look like someone you would expect to see on the field at the Big House.

Graham, the oldest, played offensive line for the Wolverines prior to being drafted by the Detroit Lions in the third round of this year’s NFL draft. Ryan is a fifth year senior defensive lineman with this year’s team who will likely be headed to the draft as well.

Unlike most of his teammates, Jordan was not recruited as a scholarship player for the Wolverines, but the tenacity and effort he has shown on the field explain how, as a walk-on, he has been able to make an impact on the team. In fact, his intensity on the field is so different from his demeanor outside of football that guard Kyle Kalis jokingly likened Glasgow to a serial killer.

“I wouldn’t use those choice of words to describe me, primarily,” Glasgow said. “But I guess other people describe (you) better than you describe yourself. I don’t know if Kyle’s words are the best, maybe you could ask someone else, hopefully you’ll ask someone else.”

Glasgow says that he and his brothers share a hardworking mentality and that his brothers have supported him as he has worked to make the team and see more playing time. Ryan also began his career at Michigan as a walk-on, so Jordan has been able to learn from his experience.

“I thought maybe some Big Ten coaches would take notice of the third Glasgow child,” Ryan said. “They didn’t, it’s their loss. He’s here, I’m sure in good time he’ll do his thing.”

Even though Ryan is now a star on an extremely strong defensive line, his experience of being overlooked by scouts and recruiting specialists still drives him to be better, just as it drives Jordan.

“When I was a freshman or a sophomore it motivated me a little more,” Ryan said. “Now my motivations are a little different, but for a few years there it did bother me, it did bug me. I kind of like to prove people wrong.”

Jordan continues to prove the naysayers wrong, just as his brothers did before him. Against Rutgers this season Jordan earned Michigan special teams player of the week honors and on the season he has appeared in all six games, making six tackles and recovering a fumble. Like his brothers before him, Jordan continues to prove that he belongs.