NEW YORK -- In the span of 18 months, Browns receiver Josh Gordon has gone from a kid running out of chances to a Pro Bowl receiver being whisked around the Super Bowl like an A-list celebrity.

Fresh off a league-leading 1,646 yards and first appearance in the Pro Bowl, Gordon arrived here Friday to VIP treatment. He made his rounds on radio row at the Super Bowl, appeared on ESPN's FirstTake, and sat down with NFL Network for a seven-minute interview.

Kicking back on the network's pristine white couches with Cleveland native Chris Rose and the other co-hosts, Gordon looked as comfortable shooting the breeze as he does cradling a football into his hands.

Diamond earrings glistening in the lights and backwards ballcap on his head, Gordon flashed his personality and his pearly whites. Gone was the nervous kid that showed up on the Browns doorstep in the summer of 2012 after Tom Heckert took a chance on him with a second-round bid in the supplemental draft.

He looked like a star, and sounded like one too.

"It's really been easy to deal with,'' Gordon said after his interview of all the attention he's received since his record-shattering season. "It's pretty much been pitch and catch, asking questions and answering questions. It's cool. I like it actually.''

In fact, he's liked everything about his life since becoming a superstar receiver this season. During the televised Pro Bowl draft, Hall of Famer receiver Jerry Rice picked Gordon as his first receiver, then spent time schooling him on the field in Hawaii.

"It was really a dream come true,'' said Gordon. "You couldn't get coached up by anybody better than the best to ever play so I took every moment in and appreciated every minute of it. I loved my experience with him.''

Gordon admitted he was star-struck during the Pro Bowl, where he played on the same team with the likes of quarterback Drew Brees and receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

"I had to act like I've seen them before,'' said Gordon. "But it was a wonderful experience. I met some great guys.''

Gordon also received a personal invitation from Fitzgerald to attend his annual pre-camp all-star training session in Minnesota, in which former stars such as Michael Irvin, Rice and Deion Sanders help current top players perfect their skills. The camp runs for about six weeks in the summer, and Pro Bowl-caliber players come and go.

"I'm definitely going to make the trip,'' said Gordon. "I talked to Larry and he personally invited me out. Michael invited me, Jerry invited me, so I've got to go. It's going to be fun. It will be in the summer time and help get ready for training camp and hopefully tear it up this season.''

Gordon, who knows he has to stay clean to remain in the league, acknowledged that he'll be "bouncing around for business reasons (this offseason) but wherever there's a gym, I'll be trying to work out.''

He also admitted it was tough to say farewell to the coaches who helped him achieve star status this season: Rob Chudzinski, Norv Turner and Scott Turner. They believed in Gordon, and he put his faith and trust in them.

"It definitely is (hard),'' said Gordon. "When I first came in, I wasn't sure how long Pat (Shurmur) was going to stay. Three years, three coaches, it's difficult for anybody. You want to get close to them on a personal level and become friends, and we have, but the fact that they're taken away that quickly, you realize it’s strictly business - just about.”

Gordon talked to Turner after Chudzinski's firing and said he "was definitely upset. He had some words to say, he definitely did. He was upset because it wasn’t enough time for Chud. It really wasn’t a fair opportunity, I think. But business is business.

Gordon said he understood why Turner couldn't remain after Chudzinski was let go. Turner took over as Vikings offensive coordinator and his son Scott became Vikings quarterbacks coach.

“They wanted to be a unit, one team,'' he said. "(Turner) came there because of Chud and Chud’s relationship with his son. We had an all-star staff. We had Ray Horton at DC. It was a perfect situation.''

Like everyone else on the offense, Gordon is eager to discover who his new coordinator will be. The Browns have hired former Titans offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains as quarterbacks coach, and he could be elevated to coordinator depending on how the Browns felt about Kyle Shanahan and other candidates.

“We’re a little slow right now, offensively, that’s for sure,'' he said. "We’re definitely trying to get something going because we have no offensive coordinator. I’m not sure what direction they’re trying to go. I’m waiting to see.”

But Gordon knows whoever it is will have a tough act to follow.

"You cannot replace Norv Turner,'' said Gordon. "That’s a legendary Hall of Fame coach. If it’s the same offense, heck, we’d be lucky to have it. Anything else, West Coast, I’ve run it before with (Pat) Shurmur. Maybe more exotic, but I doubt it. We should be OK, I think.”

Still, after hula-dancing in Hawaii with five of his teammates, Gordon is optimistic

“We’ve got the core pieces to get it done,'' he said. "We’ve got some of the best guys in the NFL, six guys in the Pro Bowl after one season. I know we have a good nucleus of guys to get around and support and we have a coach for the community to get behind, and I think we can go far.''

Gordon certainly has.