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My Take
Josh Gordon is the great what-if of his NFL generation, and that is exactly why I cannot look away. At 191 centimeters with the nickname Flash, he had a combination of size and acceleration that wide receivers are simply not supposed to have. From Houston's Lamar High School to Baylor to the Cleveland Browns via the 2012 supplemental draft, his path was never conventional, and neither was his eight-season career: brilliance interrupted, then stubbornly resumed. I find myself rooting for the comeback story even more than the highlight reel. Talent like his is rare; the persistence to keep returning is rarer still.
Overview
Joshua Caleb Gordon (born April 13, 1991), nicknamed "Flash", is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for the Baylor Bears and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2012 NFL Supplemental draft.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Josh Gordon
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョシュ・ゴードン
- Reading
- じょしゅ・ごーどん
- Born
- April 13, 1991 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Goat
- Origin
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 191 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player / professional athlete
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lamar High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.