Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024South 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.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
27
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Minnesota • South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
DJ Gordon IV built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Plant City, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Minnesota and South Florida. The clearest part of DJ Gordon IV's career was his...
Read the storyDJ 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 175
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
DJ Gordon IV quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · LB
- Career Tackles
- 175
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · South Florida
- Top game
- UTSA
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · LB 459th (top 38%) · American Athletic 144th (top 22%) · National 1,451st (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Florida | 10 | 67 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | South Florida | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 62.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Florida | 10 | 55 | 9 | 3.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 62.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Florida | 10 | 29 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 17.1 |
Related Context
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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.
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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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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 11/23 | vs Tulsa | W 63-30 | 8 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ CharlotteSplash game | W 59-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Navy | L 7-28 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/1 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 44-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs UAB | W 35-25 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Memphis | L 3-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Tulane | L 10-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Miami | L 15-50 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Southern Miss | W 49-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Bethune-Cookman | W 48-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DJ Gordon IV story
DJ Gordon IV built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Plant City, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Minnesota and South Florida. The clearest part of DJ Gordon IV's career was his defensive production: 175 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 39 career games in the available record. That gives DJ Gordon IV'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
Minnesota
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
South Florida
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 2 | 17.4 | 14.4 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 5.6 | 1.5 | -2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Florida | 8.5 | 36.4 | 9.8 | 8.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | South Florida | 18.5 | 41.7 | 9.6 | 10 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Florida | 18.5 | 41.7 | 9.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Florida | 3.5 | 15.6 | 2.9 | -15 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 12 · L 21-49 · Conference game
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Louisville
Week 4 · L 3-41
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Florida A&M
Week 2 · W 38-24
4.5
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#4
vs East Carolina
Week 5 · L 28-48 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 11 · L 7-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · South Florida
18.5 primary output · 41.7 efficiency · 9.6 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · South Florida
62.2
18.5 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 9.6 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · South Florida
44.2
8.5 primary · 36.4 efficiency · 9.8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
8
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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