Melvin
Gordon.
Melvin
Gordon.
Wisconsin· 6'1"· 215 lb· 4.52s 40
A downhill, aggressive running back, Gordon is best suited for an inside zone or gap scheme, leveraging his vision and explosiveness.
Immediate starter with the potential to be a Pro Bowl caliber bell-cow back.
A pass-heavy, spread offense that primarily utilizes outside zone runs, as it doesn't maximize his downhill running style.
Gordon excels in schemes that allow him to hit the hole quickly and utilize his natural running instincts.
Selected #15 overall in Round 1 of the 2015 NFL Draft by San Diego Chargers out of Wisconsin.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.52sp50
- Vertical
- 35inp50
- Broad jump
- 126inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.04sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.07sp50
- Bench
- 19repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | RecYds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Wisconsin | — | 20 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Wisconsin | — | 62 | 621 | 3 | 2 | 65 |
| 2013 | Wisconsin | — | 206 | 1609 | 12 | 1 | 10 |
| 2014 | Wisconsin | — | 343 | 2587 | 29 | 19 | 153 |
| Career | — | — | 631 | 4915 | 45 | 22 | 228 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Melvin Gordon played running back for the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos. He was a productive dual-threat back, earning two Pro Bowl selections and multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons.