FaZe Vegas Release Drazah

FaZe Vegas has officially parted ways with Zack "Drazah" Jordan. The two-time CDL champion and one of the league's most reliable flex players is no longer part of the organization, ending a season in which he helped carry FaZe to a Major title and a Champs victory on home turf.

A Championship Season in Vegas

Drazah's year with FaZe began amid upheaval. The organization had moved on from longtime pieces McArthur "Cellium" Jovel and Tyler "aBeZy" Pharris, brought in the ex-Vancouver Surge pairing of Jordan "Abuzah" François and Jovan "O4" Rodriguez, and relocated from Atlanta to Las Vegas just before the season kicked off. Plenty of fans still viewed the new-look squad as a step behind OpTic Texas and LA Thieves, and a rocky Kickoff Invitational did little to change that.

Drazah was one of the players who turned the narrative around. At Major I in Texas, FaZe survived an opening 0-3 loss to G2 Minnesota with four straight Lower Bracket wins before falling to Paris Gentle Mates in the Lower Final. Drazah led the team with a 1.14 overall K/D, a 91.8 Slayer Rating, and a 1.16 respawn K/D along the way. At Major II, FaZe knocked off LA Thieves, swept Gentle Mates, and then beat OpTic 4-1 in the Grand Final to take the title, the first big trophy of the Vegas era.

The rest of the year was more of a grind. FaZe finished 4th at both Major III in Atlanta and Major IV in Paris, with Drazah posting a 1.13 K/D, a 100.2 Slayer Rating, and a 1.18 SND K/D at the latter. Then came Champs. Playing at home in Vegas, FaZe beat Minnesota and Riyadh Falcons before edging OpTic 3-2 in a five-map Winners Final thriller. They met OpTic again in the Grand Final and closed out a commanding 5-2 series win. Drazah finished the tournament with a 1.06 K/D and claimed his second CDL ring, adding to the one he won in Vanguard with LA Thieves.

Across the full season, Drazah was the picture of steady, do-it-all production: a 1.01 K/D in both Hardpoint and Overload (where he scored 54 goals), and 25.0 kills per 10 minutes in Hardpoint. His numbers rose on LAN in every mode, including a 1.04 SND K/D and 3 clutches. The one slight dip was SND, long considered his best mode, where he finished at 0.95 K/D for the season before returning to form on stage.

What's Next for Drazah

Drazah now joins the free agent market, and early reports suggest he may not be on it for long. Sources indicate that Paris Gentle Mates are pursuing a package that would bring in Drazah alongside former FaZe teammates O4 and Abuzah, reuniting the trio with SMG Joseph "JoeDeceives" Romero. It would give Paris one of the most experienced and decorated rosters in the league heading into Modern Warfare IV, with three recent Champs winners joining a core that already knows what it takes to win a Major.

A move like that would also carry a real storyline. Gentle Mates eliminated FaZe at Major I and again in the Lower Bracket at Major IV, and Drazah would be trading the home-crowd champions for the team that stood in their way more than once this year.