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Player Dossier
2015-2021Louisiana
Ferrod Gardner
LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Dayton, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ferrod Gardner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Louisiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Missouri • Louisiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Player Story
Ferrod Gardner built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a linebacker from Dayton, OH wearing No. 7, spending time with Louisiana and Missouri. The clearest part of Ferrod Gardner's career was his defensive...
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Ferrod Gardner, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Louisiana. Ferrod Gardner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 237
- TFL
- 14
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Ferrod Gardner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana · LB
- Career Tackles
- 237
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 10 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Louisiana
- Top game
- Georgia Southern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chaminade-Madonna
- High school pipeline
- Chaminade-Madonna · 72 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 67 tackles · LB 194th (top 16%) · Sun Belt 21st (top 5%) · National 311th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Postseason | Louisiana | 13 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisiana | 13 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Louisiana | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisiana | 12 | 40 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 25.8 |
| 2020 Postseason | Louisiana | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 74.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisiana | 10 | 66 | 6 | 3.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 74.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana | 10 | 67 | 5 | 1.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 56.3 |
Related Context
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Ferrod Gardner played LB for Missouri and Louisiana. Across 7 tracked seasons, Ferrod Gardner recorded 237 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Louisiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Louisiana paired 14.5 primary output with 44.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 44.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Louisiana.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Louisiana
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
44.9
Usage
14.9
Consistency
53.3
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 2. Iowa State: 4. Georgia State: 2. Georgia Southern: 1. UAB: 0. Texas State: 2. Arkansas State: 1. South Alabama: 1. UL Monroe: 0. App State: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 8 by 53.3. Iowa State: 9 by 77.5. Georgia State: 10 by 61.7. Georgia Southern: 5 by 30.8. UAB: 9 by 37.5. Texas State: 6 by 45. Arkansas State: 13 by 60. South Alabama: 3 by 22.5. UL Monroe: 1 by 4.2. App State: 10 by 56.7
Split Comparison
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First Half1.8 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half1.1 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs First Half
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Iowa State
Best efficiency game
77.5 vs Iowa State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/26 | @ UTSASplash game | W 31-24 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | @ App State10+ tackles | W 24-21 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ UL Monroe | W 70-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | vs South Alabama | W 38-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Arkansas State10+ tackles | W 27-20 | 13 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/1 | @ Texas StateSplash game | W 44-34 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ UAB | W 24-20 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Georgia Southern | W 20-18 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Georgia State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 34-31 | 10 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/12 | @ Iowa StateSplash game | W 31-14 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ferrod Gardner story
Ferrod Gardner built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a linebacker from Dayton, OH wearing No. 7, spending time with Louisiana and Missouri. The clearest part of Ferrod Gardner's career was his defensive production: 237 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Louisiana. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ferrod Gardner's production has multiple signals. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisiana and Missouri.
The arc is straightforward: Ferrod 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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- 1
Missouri
2015
Opening stop
- 2
Louisiana
2016-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018201820192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Louisiana | 5 | 19.9 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisiana | 5 | 19.9 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Louisiana | 4.5 | 19.7 | 5 | -0.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Louisiana | 4.5 | 19.7 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Louisiana | 14.5 | 44.9 | 14.9 | 10 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisiana | 14.5 | 44.9 | 14.9 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana | 12.5 | 40.4 | 8.6 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia Southern
Week 4 · W 28-20 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
93.6 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Iowa State
Week 2 · W 31-14
4
Havoc Plays
92.5 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Troy
Week 11 · W 35-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Troy
Week 10 · L 16-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Arkansas State
Week 8 · W 28-27 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
81.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Louisiana
14.5 primary output · 44.9 efficiency · 14.9 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Louisiana
74.6
14.5 primary · 44.9 efficiency · 14.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Louisiana
56.3
12.5 primary · 40.4 efficiency · 8.6 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
9
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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