Player Dossier

2009-2010

Baylor

Josh Gordon

WR • 6'3" • Houston, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Josh Gordon reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

51

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Baylor
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Player Story

Josh Gordon built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a wide receiver from Houston, TX wearing No. 12, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Josh Gordon's career was his receiving role: 43 catches,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.935

East · Rochester, NY

Committed To
Oregon
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Josh Gordon, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Baylor. Josh Gordon reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
721
Receptions
43
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Josh Gordon quick answers

Latest team and position
Baylor · WR
Career Receiving Yards
721
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
Best season
2010 Postseason · Baylor
Top game
Kansas State
Recruit profile
4-star · East · Oregon
High school pipeline
East · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Class 2010
2010 Receiving yards rank
714 receiving yards · WR 88th (top 11%) · Big 12 13th (top 8%) · National 93rd (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonBaylor317017.7
2010 PostseasonBaylor12650068.2
2010 Regular SeasonBaylor1236664768.2

Related Context

Josh Gordon played WR for Baylor. Across 2 tracked seasons, Josh Gordon recorded 721 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Baylor.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason

Baylor paired 714 primary output with 77.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 77.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2010 Postseason · Baylor

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

59.5

Efficiency

77.9

Usage

14.2

Consistency

47.6

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 50. Sam Houston: 15. Buffalo: 30. TCU: 66. Rice: 55. Kansas: 161. Texas Tech: 96. Kansas State: 141. Texas: 23. Oklahoma State: 29. Texas A&M: 35. Oklahoma: 13

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 6 by 55.6. Sam Houston: 2 by 50. Buffalo: 3 by 66.7. TCU: 3 by 100. Rice: 2 by 100. Kansas: 4 by 100. Texas Tech: 5 by 100. Kansas State: 7 by 100. Texas: 2 by 76.7. Oklahoma State: 3 by 64.4. Texas A&M: 3 by 77.8. Oklahoma: 2 by 43.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins70.8 · Games = 6 · +22.7 vs Losses
Losses48.2 · Games = 6 · -22.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kansas State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Kansas State

Result
Wed 12/29vs IllinoisL 14-386508.38.30012
Sun 11/21vs OklahomaL 24-532136.56.5009
Sun 11/14vs Texas A&ML 30-4233511.711.70016
Sat 11/6@ Oklahoma StateL 28-553299.79.70015
Sat 10/30@ TexasW 30-2222311.511.50014
Sat 10/23vs Kansas State100 receiving yards · 2+ TDW 47-42714120.120.10247
Sat 10/9@ Texas TechL 38-4559619.219.20134
Sat 10/2vs Kansas100 receiving yards · 2+ TDW 55-7416140.340.30294
Sun 9/26@ RiceW 30-1325527.527.50146
Sat 9/18@ TCUL 10-453662222153
Sat 9/11vs BuffaloW 34-63301010022
Sat 9/4vs Sam HoustonW 34-32157.57.50011

Player Story

Josh Gordon story

Josh Gordon built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a wide receiver from Houston, TX wearing No. 12, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Josh Gordon's career was his receiving role: 43 catches, 721 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Baylor. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 139 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Baylor.

The arc is straightforward: Josh Gordon moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

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    Baylor

    2009-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonBaylor746.73.6
2010 PostseasonBaylor71477.914.2707
2010 Regular SeasonBaylor71477.914.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kansas State

Week 8 · W 47-42 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

141

Receiving Yards

92.4 takeover

141 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Kansas

Week 5 · W 55-7 · Conference game

161

Receiving Yards

82.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

161 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Texas Tech

Week 6 · L 38-45 · Conference game

96

Receiving Yards

70.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

96 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ TCU

Week 3 · L 10-45

66

Receiving Yards

67.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

66 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Rice

Week 4 · W 30-13

55

Receiving Yards

55.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Postseason · Baylor

714 primary output · 77.9 efficiency · 14.2 usage

68.2

#2

2010 Regular Season · Baylor

68.2

714 primary · 77.9 efficiency · 14.2 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Baylor

17.7

7 primary · 46.7 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games