Player Dossier

2019-2024

South Florida

DJ Gordon IV

LB • 6'1" • 222 lbs • Plant City, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJ Gordon IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.9

Efficiency

15.6

Consistency

10

Season Value

11.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Minnesota • South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Scouting Read

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DJ Gordon IV, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Florida. DJ Gordon IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.6 disruption score.

DJ Gordon IV played LB for Minnesota and South Florida. Across 6 tracked seasons, DJ Gordon IV recorded 175 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with South Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

South Florida paired 18.5 primary output with 41.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 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 Minnesota, South Florida.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Regular Season · South Florida

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

15.6

Usage

2.9

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Charlotte

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bethune-Cookman: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Miami: 0. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 0. UAB: 0. Florida Atlantic: 1. Navy: 0. Charlotte: 2. Tulsa: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bethune-Cookman: 3 by 12.5. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. Memphis: 3 by 12.5. UAB: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 18.3. Navy: 4 by 16.7. Charlotte: 1 by 24.2. Tulsa: 8 by 38.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.6 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

Charlotte

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 11/23vs TulsaW 63-30850.5000
Sat 11/16@ CharlotteSplash gameW 59-2411000
Sat 11/9vs NavyL 7-2841000
Fri 11/1@ Florida AtlanticW 44-21210.500.500
Sat 10/19vs UABW 35-2520000
Sat 10/12vs MemphisL 3-2133000
Sat 9/28@ TulaneL 10-4522000
Sat 9/21vs MiamiL 15-5030000
Sat 9/14@ Southern MissW 49-2411000
Sat 8/31vs Bethune-CookmanW 48-331000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Minnesota

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Florida

    2022-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota04.20.8
2020 Regular SeasonMinnesota217.414.42
2021 Regular SeasonMinnesota05.61.5-2
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Florida8.536.49.88.5
2023 PostseasonSouth Florida18.541.79.610
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Florida18.541.79.60
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Florida3.515.62.9-15

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

UTSA

Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6

Primary metric

6 disruption/tackle impact with 68.8 takeover score.

#2

Louisville

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 64 takeover score.

#3

Iowa

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#4

Florida A&M

4.5

Primary metric

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 54.8 takeover score.

#5

East Carolina

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · South Florida

18.5 primary output · 41.7 efficiency · 9.6 usage

44.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · South Florida

44.5

18.5 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 9.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Minnesota

35.7

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

8

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

175

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 39 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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