2-time Pro Bowl running back says he would change positions if he could start his career over

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It's no secret that the market for running backs has diminished rapidly, and plenty are finding out the hard way.

Veteran running backs have come together in group chats and Zoom calls to try to combat it, and Melvin Gordon is quite familiar with it.

Gordon was the 15th overall pick in 2015 to the then-San Diego Chargers, racking up two Pro Bowl nods with them. But in 2019, in his fifth season and his contract set to expire, he, too, threatened to hold out in hopes to make money compared to the likes of Todd Gurley, Le'Veon Bell, and David Johnson. His holdout went into the regular season, and he missed the first four games of that season.

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Melvin Gordon III #25 of the Denver Broncos walks off the field after fumbling the football in the second quarter of a game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Empower Field At Mile High on November 20, 2022 in Denver, Colorado.  (Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

His strategy did not work. The following March, despite wanting to remain with Los Angeles, he signed a two-year, $16 million pact with the Denver Broncos in 2020, far from what he desired. He got the bulk of the work ahead of Phillip Lindsay that year, but the following season, he was in a true timeshare with rookie Javonte Williams — they each had 203 carries that season. 

Gordon re-signed a one-year deal ahead with Denver, but he was released midseason after his fumbling problems, even after Williams tore his ACL. Meanwhile, the Chargers hit a home run in Austin Ekeler, who ironically enough asked to be traded this offseason because of contract issues.

Gordon, now a member of the Baltimore