Melvin Gordon III, a running back for the National Football League’s Denver Broncos, was born on April 13, 1993.
In the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft, the San Diego Chargers selected him from Wisconsin, where he played college football.
Where did Melvin Gordon go to high school?
He attended Bradford High School.
Gordon was a two-sport star for the Red Devils in both football and track at Mary D. Bradford High School, where he was born and reared in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
He accumulated 1,098 yards and 11 touchdowns on 99 carries in football, in addition to five receiving scores.
Before Oklahoma Sooners running back Samaje Perine of the Kansas Jayhawks broke it the following week with 427 yards against Nebraska, Gordon temporarily held the NCAA Division I FBS single-game rushing yards record with 408 yards, established while playing in three quarters against Nebraska in November 2014. With 2,587 yards, he became the second-leading runner in FBS history, falling 41 yards short of Barry Sanders’ mark of 2,628 yards set in 1988.
