Melvin Gordon

Gordon with the Wisconsin Badgers in 2014

No. 28 Los Angeles Chargers

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Personal information

Date of birth:

April 13, 1993 (age 23)

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Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

215 lb (98 kg)

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NFL Draft:

2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15

Career history

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Active

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Career NFL statistics as of 2016

Melvin Gordon III (born November 6 1993) is an American football running back for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin, and was drafted by the Chargers in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft.

Gordon briefly held the NCAA Division I FBS single game rushing yardage record with 408 yards, set playing in three quarters against Nebraska in November 2014, until it was broken the following week by Oklahoma Sooners running back Samaje Perine with 427 yards. He became the second all-time single season rusher in FBS history with 2,587 yards, falling 41 yards shy of Barry Sanders's record of 2,628 yards set in 1988.

Gordon attended Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he was a two-sport star in both football and track. In football, he tallied 1,098 yards and 11 scores on 99 carries, and had five receiving touchdowns, and was an honorable mention All-state and All-region by the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) as a junior. He was a first-team All-state selection by the Associated Press and the WFCA as a senior, after he rushed for 2,009 yards with 38 touchdowns. He was the Wisconsin Gatorade Football Player of the Year.