Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Wisconsin paired 2,740 primary output with 69.6 efficiency.
Player Stats
Melvin Gordon College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 5,143
- Rushing yards
- 4,915
- Receiving yards
- 228
- Touchdowns
- 49
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 3 | 98 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| 2012 Postseason | Wisconsin | 13 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 13 | 635 | 570 | 65 | 4 | 36 |
| 2013 Postseason | Wisconsin | 13 | 148 | 143 | 5 | 0 | 72.2 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 13 | 1,471 | 1,466 | 5 | 12 | 72.2 |
| 2014 Postseason | Wisconsin | 14 | 253 | 251 | 2 | 3 | 84.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 14 | 2,487 | 2,336 | 151 | 29 | 84.3 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2014 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 69.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2014 Postseason · Wisconsin
Games
14
Scrimmage Yards / G
195.7
Efficiency
69.6
Usage
45.1
Consistency
67.6
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 253. LSU: 140. Western Illinois: 60. Bowling Green: 258. South Florida: 181. Northwestern: 259. Illinois: 175. Maryland: 134. Rutgers: 128. Purdue: 249. Nebraska: 408. Iowa: 264. Minnesota: 155. Ohio State: 76
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. Auburn: 36 by 75.4. LSU: 16 by 86.5. Western Illinois: 21 by 25.9. Bowling Green: 14 by 100. South Florida: 32 by 58.9. Northwestern: 27 by 90. Illinois: 28 by 66.6. Maryland: 24 by 57.9. Rutgers: 19 by 70.2. Purdue: 28 by 87.1. Nebraska: 25 by 100. Iowa: 35 by 71.8. Minnesota: 31 by 53.4. Ohio State: 26 by 30.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins205.9 · Games = 11 · +47.6 vs Losses
Losses158.3 · Games = 3 · -47.6 vs Wins
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