Kyler Gordon

Former defensive back at Washington. 2021: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

DB · Washington · So. · #2

6′0″ · 195 lb · Mukilteo, WA

CFB Index 79 · #39 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamChicago — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 7, #39 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 187 nationally · Signed with Washington

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Washington. 2021: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Washington in 2018.
Drafted round 2 by the Chicago in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington, 97 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #39 overall by Chicago.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2018

Signed with Washington4-star out of Archbishop Murphy

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Pac-12First Team

2022

Drafted by Chicagoround 2, pick 39

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#187 national

CFB

College

Washington

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #39

Chicago · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Chris Petersen

Washington

2020–2021

Jimmy Lake

Washington

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chris Petersen → Jimmy Lake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 5th NFL season

#39Rd 2 · Pick 7

ChicagoEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Washington10-4HC: Chris Petersen · Run-leaning

2019Washington8-5HC: Chris Petersen · Balanced

2020Washington3-1HC: Jimmy Lake · Run-leaning

2021Washington4-8HC: Jimmy Lake · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

79All-Conference level #39 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#95 / 2743 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#384 / 2743 · 86th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Tackles#737 / 2743 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#1411 / 2743 · 44th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.7	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road5g	2.4	0.2	0.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #39 of 321 corners

Former four-star. Now #39 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Washington	45	36	2.0	7	2	--
2020	Washington	18	12	1.0	1	--	--
2019	Washington	32	26	1.0	4	--	--
2018	Washington	2	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		97	75	4.0	12	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 31–24

vs California

9 SOLO · 10 TOT · 2 INT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With R. Porter — 55 AVG · 67 LONG · 4 NO · D. Morris — 234 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.5 · 7 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-13vs Montana	7	7	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-31@ Michigan	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 52-3vs Arkansas State	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 31-24vs California	10	9	0.0	2	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Oregon State	2	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	L 17-24vs UCLA	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 21-16@ Arizona	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 20-13@ Stanford	0	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	L 16-26vs Oregon	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 30-35vs Arizona State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Colorado	6	5	1.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 13-40vs Washington State	6	4	0.0	—	0
Total		45	36	2.0	2	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kyler Gordon

2018

202112 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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