Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2015Louisville
Will Gardner
QB • 6'5" • Douglas, GA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Will Gardner is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
Will Gardner built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a quarterback from Douglas, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Will Gardner's career was his passing role: 1,781...
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- Committed To
- Louisville
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Will Gardner, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Louisville. Will Gardner is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,668
- Passing yards
- 1,781
- Touchdowns
- 14
Quick Answers
Will Gardner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,668
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Florida International
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Coffee · Louisville
- High school pipeline
- Coffee · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisville | 5 | 105 | 112 | -7 | 2 | 24.9 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 8 | 1,563 | 1,669 | -106 | 12 | 64.9 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Will Gardner played QB for Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Will Gardner recorded 1,781 passing yards, -113 rushing yards, and 14 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Louisville paired 1,563 primary output with 60.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 60.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Loss with 150 yards of offense and 80.2 efficiency. It landed in the 25th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
8
Primary Metric / G
195.4
Efficiency
60.8
Usage
10.8
Consistency
74.6
Best Game by takeover score
Clemson
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 179. Murray State: 133. Virginia: 155. Florida International: 259. Clemson: 150. NC State: 177. Florida State: 318. Boston College: 192
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. Miami: 34 by 58.2. Murray State: 22 by 69.8. Virginia: 38 by 39.5. Florida International: 34 by 61.2. Clemson: 16 by 80.2. NC State: 40 by 51.3. Florida State: 39 by 53.6. Boston College: 20 by 72.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins188 · Games = 5 · -19.7 vs Losses
Losses207.7 · Games = 3 · +19.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Clemson
Best efficiency game
80.2 vs Clemson
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/9 | @ Boston College | W 38-19 | 13 | 19 | 188 | 68.4 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Thu 10/30 | vs Florida State300-yard game | L 31-42 | 20 | 38 | 330 | 52.6 | 1 | 1 | 53.6 | 1 | -12 | -12 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs NC State | W 30-18 | 21 | 36 | 203 | 58.3 | 2 | 0 | 51.3 | 4 | -26 | -6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Clemson | L 17-23 | 10 | 16 | 150 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 80.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Florida International | W 34-3 | 16 | 28 | 295 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 61.2 | 6 | -36 | -6 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Virginia | L 21-23 | 14 | 34 | 164 | 41.2 | 2 | 2 | 39.5 | 4 | -9 | -2.30 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Murray State | W 66-21 | 13 | 22 | 133 | 59.1 | 2 | 0 | 69.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tue 9/2 | vs Miami | W 31-13 | 20 | 28 | 206 | 71.4 | 2 | 0 | 58.2 | 6 | -27 | -4.50 | 0 | 5 |
Player Story
Will Gardner story
Will Gardner built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a quarterback from Douglas, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Will Gardner's career was his passing role: 1,781 passing yards, 14 touchdown passes, and 233 attempts across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Will Gardner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Louisville
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisville | 105 | 59.1 | 3.6 | 105 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 1,563 | 60.8 | 10.8 | 1,458 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | -1,563 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida International
Week 4 · W 72-0
Win with 42 yards of offense and 90 efficiency.
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Total Offense
80 takeover
42 total offense with 90 efficiency.
#2
@ Clemson
Week 7 · L 17-23 · Conference game
150
Total Offense
63.7 takeover
Loss with 150 yards of offense and 80.2 efficiency.
150 total offense with 80.2 efficiency.
#3
@ Florida International
Week 4 · W 34-3
259
Total Offense
61 takeover
Win with 259 yards of offense and 61.2 efficiency.
259 total offense with 61.2 efficiency.
#4
vs Ohio
Week 1 · W 49-7
60
Total Offense
57.4 takeover
Win with 60 yards of offense and 66.7 efficiency.
60 total offense with 66.7 efficiency.
#5
vs Murray State
Week 2 · W 66-21
133
Total Offense
55.8 takeover
Win with 133 yards of offense and 69.8 efficiency.
133 total offense with 69.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Louisville
1,563 primary output · 60.8 efficiency · 10.8 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · Louisville
24.9
105 primary · 59.1 efficiency · 3.6 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Louisville
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
250+ passing yards
1
300+ total offense
0
3+ TD games
7
Above avg efficiency
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