Melvin Gordon III (born April 13, 1993) is an American football running back for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin. He briefly held the NCAA Division I FBS single game rushing yardage record with 408 yards, set playing in three quarters against Nebraska on November 15, 2014, until it was broken the following week by Oklahoma Sooners running back Samaje Perine with 427 yards. Gordon became the second all-time single season rusher in FBS history with 2,587 yards. Gordon rushed for 251 yards in the 2015 Outback Bowl falling 41 yards shy of Barry Sanders' record of 2,628 yards set in 1988.