Usage Score
2.9
Player Dossier
2019-2024South Florida
LB • 6'1" • 222 lbs • Plant City, FL, USA
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
Snapshot
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
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.
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.
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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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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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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
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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
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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 | — | — |
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
Minnesota
2019-2021
Opening stop
South Florida
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
| 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 |
#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.
#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
3
Impact games
8
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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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