- Position
- RB
- Jersey
- #25
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 215 lbs
- Experience
- Junior
- Hometown
- Kenosha, WI
About Melvin Gordon III
American football player (born 1993)
Melvin Gordon III is a RB for Wisconsin Badgers, from Kenosha, WI. The reported career dataset covers 4 seasons, from 2011 to 2014. Season rows below preserve the source’s team assignments and stat categories.
Melvin Gordon III is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers, earning unanimous All-American honors and winning the Doak Walker Award as the top college running back in 2014. Gordon was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft with the 15th overall pick. He was also a member of the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, and Baltimore Ravens.
- Born (Wikidata)
- 1993-04-13
Compare the reported seasons.
The rushing dataset reports 2,587 yards in 2014, compared with 1,609 in 2013. That is a change of +978 yards (+60.8%) between these two reported seasons.
These are season totals rather than a forecast or a measure of ability. A current season may still be in progress, and changes in playing time, role, team or available games can affect the comparison. Inspect the career table before drawing a conclusion.
Career rushing
| 2011 | wisconsin badgers | 20 | 98 | 4.9 | 1 | 14 |
| 2012 | wisconsin badgers | 62 | 621 | 10.0 | 3 | 60 |
| 2013 | wisconsin badgers | 206 | 1,609 | 7.8 | 12 | 80 |
| 2014 | wisconsin badgers | 343 | 2,587 | 7.5 | 29 | 88 |
| Career | All teams | 631 | 4,915 | 7.8 | 45 | 88 |
Career receiving
| 2012 | wisconsin badgers | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 1 | 57 |
| 2013 | wisconsin badgers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | wisconsin badgers | 19 | 153 | 8.1 | 3 | 35 |
| Career | All teams | 22 | 228 | 10.4 | 4 | 57 |
Career returning
| 2011 | wisconsin badgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 2012 | wisconsin badgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 151 | 0 | 32 |
| Career | All teams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 174 | 0 | 32 |
Career passing
| 2012 | wisconsin badgers | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Career | All teams | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Career defense
| 2011 | wisconsin badgers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | wisconsin badgers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | wisconsin badgers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | wisconsin badgers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | All teams | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career scoring
| 2011 | wisconsin badgers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2012 | wisconsin badgers | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2013 | wisconsin badgers | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 2014 | wisconsin badgers | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 |
| Career | All teams | 0 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 |
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