Usage / Role
49%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2019Temple
Jager Gardner
RB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Black Mountain, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Jager Gardner leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
58
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Temple
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Temple
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Player Story
Jager Gardner built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a running back from Black Mountain, NC wearing No. 21, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of Jager Gardner's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Temple
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Jager Gardner, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Temple. Jager Gardner leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,310
- Rushing yards
- 1,170
- Receiving yards
- 140
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Jager Gardner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Temple · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,310
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Temple
- Top game
- South Florida
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Charles D Owen · Temple
- High school pipeline
- Charles D Owen · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2019 Scrimmage yards rank
- 633 scrimmage yards · RB 152nd (top 23%) · American Athletic 36th (top 15%) · National 337th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Temple | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Temple | 10 | 184 | 184 | 0 | 1 | 22.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Temple | 8 | 111 | 111 | 0 | 2 | 32.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Temple | 3 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 |
| 2018 Postseason | Temple | 9 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 48.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Temple | 9 | 308 | 219 | 89 | 1 | 48.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Temple | 11 | 633 | 585 | 48 | 5 | 69 |
Related Context
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Jager Gardner played RB for Temple. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jager Gardner recorded 1,170 rushing yards, 140 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Temple.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Temple paired 633 primary output with 41.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Temple
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
57.5
Efficiency
41.8
Usage
23
Consistency
68.5
Best Game by takeover score
South Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bucknell: 54. Maryland: 82. Buffalo: 65. Georgia Tech: 69. East Carolina: 60. Memphis: 82. SMU: 15. UCF: 19. South Florida: 133. Tulane: 30. Cincinnati: 24
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Bucknell: 10 by 56.3. Maryland: 16 by 53.4. Buffalo: 11 by 54.1. Georgia Tech: 18 by 39.9. East Carolina: 14 by 44.6. Memphis: 19 by 44.7. SMU: 8 by 23. UCF: 12 by 14. South Florida: 25 by 55.4. Tulane: 6 by 49.6. Cincinnati: 10 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins72.9 · Games = 7 · +42.1 vs Losses
Losses30.8 · Games = 4 · -42.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Florida
Best efficiency game
56.3 vs Bucknell
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/24 | @ Cincinnati | L 13-15 | 10 | 24 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Tulane | W 29-21 | 5 | 23 | 4.60 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Fri 11/8 | @ South Florida100 rush yards | W 17-7 | 25 | 133 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs UCF | L 21-63 | 11 | 13 | 1.20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1.6 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ SMU | L 21-45 | 7 | 17 | 2.40 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1.9 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Memphis | W 30-28 | 18 | 77 | 4.30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4.3 |
| Fri 10/4 | @ East Carolina | W 27-17 | 14 | 60 | 4.30 | 1 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Georgia Tech | W 24-2 | 18 | 69 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Buffalo | L 22-38 | 7 | 33 | 4.70 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 5.9 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Maryland | W 20-17 | 16 | 82 | 5.10 | 0 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Bucknell2+ TD | W 56-12 | 10 | 54 | 5.40 | 2 | — | — | 5.4 |
Player Story
Jager Gardner story
Jager Gardner built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a running back from Black Mountain, NC wearing No. 21, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of Jager Gardner's career was his backfield work: 1,170 rushing yards, 279 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 140 receiving yards across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 140 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 373 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jager Gardner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Temple
2015-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201520162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Temple | 184 | 34.9 | 5.6 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Temple | 184 | 34.9 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Temple | 111 | 45.4 | 5.9 | -73 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Temple | 37 | 26.6 | 8.1 | -74 |
| 2018 Postseason | Temple | 345 | 41.4 | 14.8 | 308 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Temple | 345 | 41.4 | 14.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Temple | 633 | 41.8 | 23 | 288 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ South Florida
Week 11 · W 17-7 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
133
Scrimmage Yards
85.1 takeover
133 scrimmage yards and 44.6 usage.
#2
@ SMU
Week 10 · W 60-40 · Conference game
110
Scrimmage Yards
77 takeover
Win with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
110 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.
#3
@ Navy
Week 7 · W 24-17 · Conference game
110
Scrimmage Yards
76.3 takeover
Win with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
110 scrimmage yards and 22.4 usage.
#4
vs Maryland
Week 3 · W 20-17
82
Scrimmage Yards
64.2 takeover
Win with 82 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
82 scrimmage yards and 27.1 usage.
#5
vs Cincinnati
Week 8 · W 24-17 · Conference game
57
Scrimmage Yards
62.1 takeover
Win with 57 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
57 scrimmage yards and 34 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Temple
633 primary output · 41.8 efficiency · 23 usage
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#2
2018 Postseason · Temple
48.6
345 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 14.8 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Temple
48.6
345 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 14.8 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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