DJ Gordon IV

Photo by: Mary Holt / University of South Florida Athletics

South Florida Bulls during a football game against the Howard University Bison on September 10, 2022. (Mary Holt/South Florida Athletics)

Photo by: Mary Holt / University of South Florida Athletics

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
222
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Plant City, Fla.
Prev School:
Minnesota
High School:
Plant City HS

Came to USF after two seasons of action at Minnesota, seeing action in 18 games…with a redshirt year and a COVID season, had three years of eligibility upon arriving at USF.

2023 Athlon Preseason All-AAC Third Team

2024: Saw action in all 13 games…recorded 29 total tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks a fumble recovery, forced fumble and two quarterback pressures...had a season-high eight tackles vs. Tulsa (11/23) and added 0.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble...posted four tackles vs. Navy (11/09)…had an assisted sack, two tackles and a fumble recovery at Florida Atlantic (11/01)...posted three tackles vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/31), Miami (9/21) and Memphis (10/12).

2023: Saw action in 11 games with six starts...finished the season with 58 tackles (26 solo), nine TFL, and 3.5 sacks...recorded one sack and tallied three tackles at UAB (10/7)…posted a season-high 10 tackles vs. FAU (10/14)…finished with eight tackles (five solo) at UTSA (11/17) and registered his third sack of the season and had two TFL... posted three tackles vs. Syracuse at the Boca Raton Bowl (12/21).

2022: Saw action in 11 games and made nine starts…second on the team the team with 67 tackles (40 solo) and third with 6.5 tackles for loss…added two forced fumbles…led the team with seven tackles and one tackle for loss vs Howard (9/10)...led the team with nine tackles, three tackles for loss and a forced fumble at Louisville (9/24)... had season-best 11 tackles and one tackle for loss at ECU (10/1)… posted eight tackles and a forced fumble at Houston (10/29)…nine tackles at Temple (11/5)…seven tackles vs. UCF (11/26).

2021 (MINNESOTA): Saw action in 11 games…recorded one tackle at Colorado…made one tackle at Purdue…totaled two tackles and forced one fumble at Indiana…competed against Ohio State, Miami (OH), Bowling Green…saw action against Nebraska, Maryland, at Northwestern, Illinois, at Iowa and against Wisconsin.

2020 (MINNESOTA): Played in seven games and made 16 tackles, one tackle for loss and one interception…competed against Michigan and at Maryland…registered three tackles (all solo) at Illinois…totaled four tackles in a start against Iowa and made his first career interception…made one tackle against Purdue…registered four tackles at Nebraska…made four tackles, including one tackle for loss, at Wisconsin…earned academic All-Big Ten honors.

2019 (MINNESOTA): Redshirted…competed in four Big Ten games…made his collegiate debut against Illinois…saw action against Nebraska…recorded first collegiate tackle against Penn State…notched one tackle at Iowa.

PLANT CITY HS: Attends Plant City High School in Plant City, Fla….wore No. 8 for the Raiders…as a senior, recorded 126 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, eight sacks, five interceptions (returned three for touchdowns) and also rushed seven times for 31 yards… led team to 9-2 record…as a junior, record 23 tackles, one interception and one forced fumble…as a sophomore, recorded 74 tackles, three sacks and three forced fumbles… as a freshman, recorded 51 tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble…coached by James Booth…consensus three-star recruit…No. 57 ranked outside linebacker by 247Sports composite rankings.

PERSONAL: Son of Carmen Callins and James Gordon...graduated USF undergraduate studies Fall of 2023.

GORDON IV’S CAREER HIGHS:
Tackles 11, vs. ECU (10/1/22)
TFL 3.0, at Louisville (9/24/22)
Sacks 1.5, vs. Rice (9/23/23)
INT 1, vs. Iowa (11/14/20)
FF 1, (3x) last vs. Tulsa (11/23/24)
FR 1, (2x) vs. Tulsa (11/23/24)

GORDON IV'S GAME-BY-GAME
2024 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
B-CU (3-1-2); Alabama (0-0-0); Southern Miss (1-1-0) Miami (FL) (3-0-3); Tulane (2-2-0); Memphis (3-3-0); UAB (2-0-2); Florida Atlantic (2-1-1); Navy (4-1-3); Charlotte (1-1-0); (8-5-3); Rice (0-0-0)

2023 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
WKU (5-2-3); Florida A&M (7-4-3); Alabama (7-1-6); Rice (3-2-1); Navy (6-2-4); UAB (3-3-0); FAU (10-4-6); Temple (2-2-0); UTSA (8-5-3); Charlotte (7-2-5); Syracuse (3-1-2).

2022 (Total-Solo-Assists)
BYU (5-3-2); Howard (7-5-2); Louisville (9-4-5); ECU (11-5-6); Cincinnati (6-4-2); Houston (8-6-2); Temple (9-6-3); SMU (4-2-2); Tulsa (1-1-0); UCF (7-4-3)