Scouting Report: Strengths

• Great athlete with elite speed, quickness, leaping ability, and natural tight coverage instincts
• Has great cover skills, athleticism, and big-play ability to be a lead cornerback
• Spart player with a high football IQ and is a smart organizer in zone coverage
• Easily enough foot speed and length to stay with slot receivers in four-wide sets on short patterns
• Is able to give the receiver a large cushion and has the speed to close it down in a flash
• Has good football awareness to read and react quickly and stay balanced and patient in space.
• Plays the ball as if it was thrown for him, showing burst back to the ball as well as good timing for the jump ball.
• Equally adept playing the slot and outside corner position
• Good strength to tackle and willing patrolling sideline to sideline. Plays with high energy and is a tough-minded overachiever.
• Physical, sheds defenders and works off blocks. Good toughness with recognition skills to fight through traffic and blow up screens.
• Has legitimate NFL-caliber cover skills. Has a quick, low backpedal with a fluid hip turn to cover receivers down the field.
• Ranked on Bruce Feldman's annual 'Freaks List' -- "The 6-foot, 200-pound junior, who has a background in dance, Kung Fu, and ballet, has added five more pounds of bulk this offseason but still retained his unreal flexibility and jumping ability. Gordon has vertical jumped 42.5 and clocked a mercurial pro agility time of 3.87 seconds."
• Has an NFL frame with strong hands, the ability to close quickly on underneath routes and the size to tackle with a thump.