Corey Gordon
Kansas Jayhawks
83
Good

Corey Gordon

Kansas JayhawksAverage
SSDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Louisville
Projected Starter

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Corey Gordon is the projected starter at SS for Kansas Jayhawks.

Redshirt senior · #3 · 6'2", 205 lbs

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Depth at SS · Kansas Jayhawks

  1. 1383Corey GordonStarter
  2. 22365Mason Ellis
  3. 32055Christian Pritchett

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Putnam City West, ranked #735 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 53 tackles, 0 INT, 2 PBU. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 80th-percentile production nationally — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #735 NatlTeam Share6%Percentile80th
Oklahoma City, OK
Jersey
#3
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
205 lbs
Transfer
Louisville

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—5302

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8719
National Rank
#735
High School
Putnam City West
Hometown
Oklahoma City, OK

Why this rating?

On a 77-rated defense; 80th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.94 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
77
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 80% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 19% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 11LUTAHTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-24

Oct 3WMTSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-0

Sep 19LASUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-17

Sep 12LMIZTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 38-21

Sep 5WLIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-6

Corey Gordon's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

53 tkl · 2 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement86%
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