The returning starter at left guard, Gordon enters his fifth year in the program and the second as a starter ... Played in seven games in 2012, all starts, sandwiched between a nagging foot injury that kept him out for six straight games during the middle portion of the season ... Has played in 10 career games to date ... An SDSU scholar-athlete.
2012: Started the first five games of the season at left guard, and again at Wyoming in the regular season finale and against Brigham Young in the Poinsettia Bowl ... Missed the the six games in between, mainly because of a foot injury ... Earned his first career start at Washington in the opening game at left guard ... It was his first game action since the opening contest of the 2011 campaign ... Also started the next game against Army and the following contests vs. North Dakota, San Jose State and at Fresno State ... Missed the Hawai[apos]i game with a foot injury ... Dressed vs. Colorado State, at Nevada, against UNLV, at Boise State and vs. Air Force, but did not play in the game ... Returned to action at Wyoming with a start.
2011: Saw playing time in a reserve role in the opener against Cal Poly.
2010: Came off the bench in two outings ... First career contest was the openeragainst Nicholls ... Also played vs. UNLV.
2009: Did not see action in his first year on campus.
High School: Attended Canyon High School in Canyon Country, Calif. ...First-team all-Foothill League on the defensive line as a senior and second-teampick as a junior.
Personal: Born Dec. 27, 1990, in Hawaii ... Son of Amy Jackson and Steve Johnson... Social science major with a minor in geography.