I like to see good things happen to good people, so I hope that both players end up making an impact on Sundays. We all know about David Cobb and what a high quality individual he is, and I would say that Gordon is equally so. He is about as driven a player as can be. ESPN the Magazine in their 2014 college football preview had a great piece on the top RB's coming into this season, and it is really funny how Melvin Gordon, he's got an old-school weight-set out on the lawn outside his dorm where he works out at any and all hours, and his teammates were talking about how they're regularly getting texts from him like at 1 or 2 AM, asking "Hey, you want to come work out?" or "Want to come running with me?", and they'd be like "Whaaaat?" as they're lounging around playing video games or watching movies or partying or what have you, haha. And Gordon does this year round- it doesn't matter whether it's 10 degrees in February or 90 degrees in July, it's a common sight to see him out there either working out or running up and down the streets of Madison.
So very long story short- it ain't just natural talent, but rather he has worked his tail off to get where he's at, and he continues all that hard work and effort even with all his accomplishments and great success. He could easily be resting on his laurels right now, but that's not who he is. He is exceptionally motivated internally, and it's nice to see a person who works that hard be rewarded in life.
