Gordon in 2014
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No. 12 Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Date of birth: | April 13, 1991 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Houston (TX) Lamar | ||||||||||
College: | Baylor | ||||||||||
Supplemental draft: | 2012 / Round: 2 | ||||||||||
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Roster status: | Suspended | ||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||||
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Receptions: | 161 |
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Receiving yards: | 2,754 |
Receiving average: | 17.1 |
Touchdowns: | 14 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Joshua Caleb Gordon (born April 13, 1991) is an American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Baylor, and was drafted by the Browns in the second round of the 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft.
Gordon attended Lamar High School in Houston, Texas, where he played football, basketball and ran track. He played basketball as a sophomore. In football, he caught 20 passes for 363 yards and four touchdowns as a junior. As a senior, he was named first-team All-District 20-5A after totaling 25 receptions for 531 yards (21.2 average) and nine touchdowns.
He also competed in track & field as a senior, where he ran a leg on the Lamar 4 × 100m and 4 × 200m relay squads, helping them capture the state title in both events with times of 42.69 seconds and 1:30.43 minutes, respectively.
Gordon is of Haitian descent.
During the college recruitment period Gordon was targeted by Baylor, Houston, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Texas Tech. According to Rivals.com Gordon was ranked as a 3-star wide receiver while Scout.com rated him as a 2-star at the position.