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The skinny: Gordon originally committed to Iowa in the weeks leading up to his senior season, but gradually re-opened his process. Finally, in early December of his senior year, he decided to stay close to home and committed to Wisconsin. Gordon produced a historic career with the Badgers, which was highlighted with his 2,587-yard, 29-touchdown season in 2014. Selected with the 15th overall pick by San Diego, Gordon was never able to hit his stride during his rookie season. However, this fall he looks more like the back who dominated college defenses in Wisconsin. Gordon has helped the Chargers’ offense become one of the more balanced units in the league this year to the tune of 838 yards and nine rushing touchdowns,
Farrell’s Take: Gordon was a big back who was famously advised in a scouting report to move positions to linebacker by a former analyst. That was the culture of the running back position back in 2011 before guys like Gordon, Gurley, Derrick Henry and others emerged as bigger, taller backs. Nowadays, it's commonplace for backs to be 6-foot-1 or taller, and we have learned much from players like Gordon. A big-time, powerful back with an upright and unrefined running style out of high school, Gordon was a four-star outside our Rivals250 in 2011 and made himself into a great back. He ran much higher than his listed 6-foot size and has been listed at 6-foot-1 and even 6-foot-2 since.
The skinny: Gordon originally committed to Iowa in the weeks leading up to his senior season, but gradually re-opened his process. Finally, in early December of his senior year, he decided to stay close to home and committed to Wisconsin. Gordon produced a historic career with the Badgers, which was highlighted with his 2,587-yard, 29-touchdown season in 2014. Selected with the 15th overall pick by San Diego, Gordon was never able to hit his stride during his rookie season. However, this fall he looks more like the back who dominated college defenses in Wisconsin. Gordon has helped the Chargers’ offense become one of the more balanced units in the league this year to the tune of 838 yards and nine rushing touchdowns,
Farrell’s Take: Gordon was a big back who was famously advised in a scouting report to move positions to linebacker by a former analyst. That was the culture of the running back position back in 2011 before guys like Gordon, Gurley, Derrick Henry and others emerged as bigger, taller backs. Nowadays, it's commonplace for backs to be 6-foot-1 or taller, and we have learned much from players like Gordon. A big-time, powerful back with an upright and unrefined running style out of high school, Gordon was a four-star outside our Rivals250 in 2011 and made himself into a great back. He ran much higher than his listed 6-foot size and has been listed at 6-foot-1 and even 6-foot-2 since.
