Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-13vs Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#40
Gus Cordova
Freshman defensive end on Mississippi State's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 270 lb · Austin, TX · Lake Travis HS (USC)
Transferred USC → Mississippi State for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2025
1 tackles
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs Missouri State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive end on Mississippi State's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to USC in 2025.
- Transferred from USC to Mississippi State in 2026.
Gus Cordova
He got to Mississippi State by way of USC. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Missouri State, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with USC3-star out of Lake Travis
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
USC
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Mississippi State
2025USC
2026Mississippi State
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
Career Notes Has played in two career games with zero starts. Before Mississippi State (2025) Attended USC in 2025 … Made two appearances in 2025 against Missouri State and Georgia Southern … Made one tackle in 2025 which came against Missouri State ... Earned a redshirt following the 2025 season...
The defensive line · Mississippi State
- #9Jaray Bledsoe5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #43Will Whitson4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #35Kalvin Dinkins3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #42DJ Reed2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #40Gus Cordova0 tackles for loss · 2025
14 more on the roster · Mississippi State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology