Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Texas Tech
Preston Gordon
DL • 6'1" • 280 lbs • McKinney, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Preston Gordon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice • Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Preston Gordon built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from McKinney, TX wearing No. 99, spending time with Rice and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Preston Gordon's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Preston Gordon, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rice. Preston Gordon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 86
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Preston Gordon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · DL
- Career Tackles
- 86
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Heritage · Rice
- High school pipeline
- East Noble · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DL 292nd (top 37%) · Big 12 136th (top 33%) · National 1,900th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 10 | 31 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 63.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 34 | 4.5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 58.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 10 | 21 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 19.7 |
Related Context
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Preston Gordon played DL for Rice and Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Preston Gordon recorded 86 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Rice paired 11 primary output with 23.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Rice, Texas Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
12.3
Usage
2.7
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 0. Lamar: 1. Houston: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 1.5. West Virginia: 0.5. Kansas: 0. Iowa State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Texas: 0. Baylor: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Lamar: 4 by 26.7. Houston: 5 by 25.8. Oklahoma State: 2 by 23.3. West Virginia: 2 by 13.3. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 3 by 12.5. Baylor: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Lamar
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | vs Baylor | L 24-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | vs Texas | L 34-41 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/4 | vs Oklahoma | L 46-51 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Iowa State | L 31-40 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Kansas | W 48-16 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs West Virginia | L 34-42 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Oklahoma State | W 41-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Houston | W 63-49 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Lamar | W 77-0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Ole Miss | L 27-47 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Preston Gordon story
Preston Gordon built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from McKinney, TX wearing No. 99, spending time with Rice and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Preston Gordon's career was his defensive production: 86 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Preston Gordon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Rice
2014-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Texas Tech
2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 11 | 23.9 | 9.1 | 11 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 11.5 | 21.4 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 3.5 | 12.3 | 2.7 | -8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Texas
Week 4 · L 35-42 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
vs Army
Week 6 · L 12-49
2
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Charlotte
Week 11 · W 22-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#4
vs North Texas
Week 13 · L 14-30 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 9 · L 28-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Rice
11 primary output · 23.9 efficiency · 9.1 usage
63.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · Rice
58.1
11.5 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 6.6 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
19.7
3.5 primary · 12.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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