Player Dossier

2025-2025

Central Michigan

Elijah Gordon

DB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Midland, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elijah Gordon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Elijah Gordon built his college career in 2025 as a defensive back from Midland, MI wearing No. 29, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Elijah Gordon's career was his defensive production: 48...

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Elijah Gordon, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Central Michigan. Elijah Gordon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
48
TFL
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Elijah Gordon quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · DB
Career Tackles
48
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Central Michigan
Top game
Akron
Latest roster
No. 29 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
48 tackles · DB 155th (top 16%) · Mid-American 69th (top 12%) · National 664th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonCentral Michigan122-0--042.7
2025 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan12461013042.7

Related Context

Elijah Gordon played DB for Central Michigan. Across 1 tracked season, Elijah Gordon recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Central Michigan paired 6 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Akron

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

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2025 Postseason · Central Michigan

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

21.7

Usage

4.2

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 0. San José State: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Michigan: 0. Wagner: 1. Eastern Michigan: 0. Akron: 2. Bowling Green: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Buffalo: 1. Kent State: 0. Toledo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 2 by 8.3. Pittsburgh: 6 by 35. Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Wagner: 5 by 30.8. Eastern Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Akron: 4 by 36.7. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 4 by 26.7. Buffalo: 4 by 26.7. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Akron

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Akron

Result
Fri 12/26@ NorthwesternL 7-3421000
Sat 11/29vs ToledoL 3-2131000
Thu 11/20@ Kent StateW 28-1610000
Thu 11/13vs BuffaloW 38-19410010
Sat 10/25vs MassachusettsW 38-1340001
Sat 10/18@ Bowling GreenW 27-620000
Sat 10/4@ AkronSplash gameL 22-2841001
Sat 9/27vs Eastern MichiganW 24-1374000
Sat 9/20vs WagnerW 49-1052100
Sat 9/13@ MichiganL 3-6384000
Sat 9/6@ PittsburghL 17-4562001
Sat 8/30@ San José StateW 16-1422000

Player Story

Elijah Gordon story

Elijah Gordon built his college career in 2025 as a defensive back from Midland, MI wearing No. 29, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Elijah Gordon's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Gordon's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Central Michigan

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonCentral Michigan621.74.2
2025 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan621.74.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 117 Akron

Week 6 · L 22-28 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Wagner

Week 4 · W 49-10

1

Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 36 Pittsburgh

Week 2 · L 17-45

1

Havoc Plays

42.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 95 Buffalo

Week 12 · W 38-19 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 136 Massachusetts

Week 9 · W 38-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

34.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Central Michigan

6 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 4.2 usage

42.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Central Michigan

42.7

6 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games