Ferrod Gardner: LB · Louisiana · #7.
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Ferrod Gardner
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Louisiana since. The first career honor came in 2020: Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Troy, Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 18-38@ No. 21 Texas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-20@ Georgia Southern | 11 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 20-18@ South Alabama | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-13vs App State | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-27@ Arkansas State | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-0vs Texas State | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-17vs Georgia State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-21@ Troy | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 21-16vs UL Monroe | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-16vs App State | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 30 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%5 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups67 tackles · 5 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Billy Napier — 41-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 7.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Pass share
42.8%
405 pass / 541 run
Plays / game
72.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
433 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #96 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisiana, 237 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Gary Pinkel, Mark Hudspeth and Billy Napier.
