Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Missouri State
Tristian Gardner
WR • 6'2" • 180 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Tristian Gardner reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Missouri State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
Tristian Gardner built his college career in 2025 as a wide receiver from Dallas, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with Missouri State. The clearest part of Tristian Gardner's career was his receiving role: 30...
Read the storyTristian Gardner, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Missouri State. Tristian Gardner reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 465
- Receptions
- 30
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Tristian Gardner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 465
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
- Top game
- Liberty
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Freshman
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 465 receiving yards · WR 247th (top 23%) · Conference USA 21st (top 11%) · National 269th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Missouri State | 12 | 30 | 465 | 6 | 71.7 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Missouri State to Coastal Carolina | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 79.8 | Jan 10, 2026 |
Tristian Gardner played WR for Missouri State. Across 1 tracked season, Tristian Gardner recorded 465 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Missouri State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Missouri State paired 465 primary output with 79.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 79.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
38.8
Efficiency
79.7
Usage
11.9
Consistency
67.3
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. USC: 39. Marshall: 26. SMU: 39. UT Martin: 44. Western Kentucky: 23. Middle Tennessee: 70. New Mexico State: 28. Florida International: 0. Liberty: 80. UTEP: 36. Kennesaw State: 53. Louisiana Tech: 27
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. USC: 2 by 100. Marshall: 3 by 57.8. SMU: 2 by 100. UT Martin: 2 by 100. Western Kentucky: 2 by 76.7. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 100. New Mexico State: 3 by 62.2. Florida International: 1 by 0. Liberty: 5 by 100. UTEP: 4 by 60. Kennesaw State: 2 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins40.6 · Games = 7 · +4.4 vs Losses
Losses36.2 · Games = 5 · -4.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
100 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 30-42 | — | 1 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Kennesaw State2+ TD | L 34-41 | — | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 26.50 | 2 | 34 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs UTEP | W 38-24 | — | 4 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Liberty | W 21-17 | — | 5 | 80 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 31 |
| Thu 10/30 | vs Florida International | W 28-21 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu 10/23 | @ New Mexico State | W 24-17 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Wed 10/8 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 22-20 | — | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 0 | 42 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Western Kentucky | L 22-27 | — | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs UT Martin | W 42-10 | — | 2 | 44 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 35 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs SMU | L 10-28 | — | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 0 | 32 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Marshall | W 21-20 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ USC | L 13-73 | — | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 1 | 33 |
Player Story
Tristian Gardner story
Tristian Gardner built his college career in 2025 as a wide receiver from Dallas, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with Missouri State. The clearest part of Tristian Gardner's career was his receiving role: 30 catches, 465 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Missouri State. 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. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Missouri State.
The arc is straightforward: Tristian 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Missouri State
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Missouri State | 465 | 79.7 | 11.9 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 102 Liberty
Week 11 · W 21-17 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
80
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 7 · W 22-20 · Conference game
70
Receiving Yards
83.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
70 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 13 · L 34-41 · Conference game
53
Receiving Yards
65.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs UT Martin
Week 4 · W 42-10
44
Receiving Yards
61.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
44 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 16 USC
Week 1 · L 13-73 · Ranked opponent
39
Receiving Yards
60.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
39 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
465 primary output · 79.7 efficiency · 11.9 usage
71.7
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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