Jager Gardner: RB · Temple · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jager Gardner
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. The five seasons at Temple span four head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley and Rod Carey. On tape: 133 rushing yards against South Florida, Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
30.8% of carries overall (138/448) → 29.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/74) — 86.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
17 of 26 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (65.4%). 8 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (40.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-12vs Bucknell | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-17vs No. 21 Maryland | 16 | 82 | 5.1 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-38@ Buffalo | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-2vs Georgia Tech | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-17@ East Carolina | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-28vs No. 23 Memphis | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-45@ No. 19 SMU | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-63vs UCF | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | W 17-7@ South Florida | 25 | 133 | 5.3 | 0 | 57 | Season-high 133 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 29-21vs Tulane | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-15@ No. 17 Cincinnati | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 141 | 585 | 4.1 | 5 | 57 |
Week 7 · 2019
W 30-28
vs Memphis
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
45%141 carriesFumble rate
2.1%3 of 141 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.1 yds/carry on 141 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 45% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 53.0 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 53.4 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 62.5 | 4.6 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 42.0 | 3.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
50.2%
466 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
71.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
141 carries and 8 catches in 11 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Five seasons at Temple, 1,170 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 41 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.
