Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Miami (OH)
James Gardner
WR • 6'4" • 216 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
James Gardner reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Miami (OH)
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Player Story
James Gardner built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 81, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of James Gardner's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Miami (OH)
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
James Gardner, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH). James Gardner reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,906
- Receptions
- 107
- Touchdowns
- 17
Quick Answers
James Gardner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami (OH) · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,906
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
- Top game
- Ohio
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Fort Lauderdale · Miami (OH)
- High school pipeline
- Fort Lauderdale · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 81 · Senior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 157 receiving yards · WR 523rd (top 52%) · Mid-American 56th (top 30%) · National 712th (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 3 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2016 Postseason | Miami (OH) | 11 | 5 | 92 | 1 | 81.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 11 | 40 | 658 | 5 | 81.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 11 | 47 | 927 | 11 | 85.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 3 | 12 | 157 | 0 | 60.9 |
Related Context
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James Gardner played WR for Miami (OH). Across 4 tracked seasons, James Gardner recorded 1,906 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Miami (OH).
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Miami (OH) paired 927 primary output with 97.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 97.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Miami (OH)
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
68.2
Efficiency
97.3
Usage
23.9
Consistency
69.1
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 92. Iowa: 95. Eastern Illinois: 14. Western Kentucky: 136. Cincinnati: 79. Ohio: 63. Akron: 18. Kent State: 56. Bowling Green: 120. Buffalo: 15. Ball State: 62
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 5 by 100. Iowa: 6 by 100. Eastern Illinois: 1 by 93.3. Western Kentucky: 5 by 100. Cincinnati: 6 by 87.8. Ohio: 4 by 100. Akron: 1 by 100. Kent State: 3 by 100. Bowling Green: 9 by 88.9. Buffalo: 1 by 100. Ball State: 4 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins63.3 · Games = 4 · -7.8 vs Losses
Losses71 · Games = 7 · +7.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
100 vs Mississippi State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/26 | @ Mississippi State | L 16-17 | — | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 18.40 | 1 | 24 |
| Wed 11/23 | vs Ball State | W 21-20 | — | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Buffalo | W 35-24 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Bowling Green100 receiving yards · High volume | W 40-26 | — | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Kent State | W 18-14 | — | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 18.70 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Akron | L 13-35 | — | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Ohio | L 7-17 | — | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Cincinnati | L 20-27 | — | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 13.20 | 1 | 31 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Western Kentucky100 receiving yards | L 24-31 | — | 5 | 136 | 27.2 | 27.20 | 1 | 70 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Eastern Illinois | L 17-21 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Iowa2+ TD | L 21-45 | — | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 2 | 29 |
Player Story
James Gardner story
James Gardner built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 81, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of James Gardner's career was his receiving role: 107 catches, 1,906 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Miami (OH). Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami (OH).
The arc is straightforward: James Gardner moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Miami (OH)
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 72 | 100 | 10.1 | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Miami (OH) | 750 | 97.3 | 23.9 | 678 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 750 | 97.3 | 23.9 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 927 | 97.5 | 24.3 | 177 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 157 | 92.1 | 19 | -770 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio
Week 10 · L 28-45 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
100 takeover
166 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Western Kentucky
Week 3 · L 24-31
136
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
136 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Bowling Green
Week 8 · W 40-26 · Conference game
120
Receiving Yards
92.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
120 receiving yards with a 88.9 efficiency score.
#4
vs Cincinnati
Week 2 · L 0-21
80
Receiving Yards
92.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
80 receiving yards with a 76.2 efficiency score.
#5
vs Austin Peay
Week 2 · W 31-10
117
Receiving Yards
90.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
117 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
927 primary output · 97.5 efficiency · 24.3 usage
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#2
2016 Postseason · Miami (OH)
81.7
750 primary · 97.3 efficiency · 23.9 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
81.7
750 primary · 97.3 efficiency · 23.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
4
2+ TD games
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