#21

Jager Gardner

Senior running back for Temple. 2019: 585 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · Temple · Sr. · #21

6′2″ · 220 lb · Black Mountain, NC

Temple 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1749 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Temple. 2019: 585 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 8 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Temple, 1,170 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201510 games

Signed with Temple3-star out of Charles D Owen

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1749 national

CFB

College

Temple

2015–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2019

4 coaches

2015–2016

Matt Rhule

Temple

2017

Geoff Collins

Temple

era →

2018

Ed Foley

Temple

era →

2019

Rod Carey

Temple

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (14th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#102 / 326 · 69th pct

141

Long run#111 / 326 · 65th pct

Rush yards#141 / 326 · 57th pct

585

Rush TDs#143 / 326 · 51st pct

Fumbles lost#53 / 218 · 50th pct

Receptions#176 / 314 · 42nd pct

Rec yards#200 / 314 · 36th pct

Yards / carry#276 / 326 · 14th pct

4.1

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Temple	141	585	4.1	5	--
2018	Temple	65	253	3.9	1	--
2017	Temple	12	37	3.1	0	--
2016	Temple	29	111	3.8	2	--
2015	Temple	32	184	5.8	1	--
Career		279	1,170	4.2	9	--

Season	Team
2019	Temple	8	48	6.0	0	--
2018	Temple	9	92	10.2	0	--
2017	Temple	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Temple	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Temple	--	--	--	--	--
Career		17	140	8.2	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 30–28

vs Memphis

77 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With A. Russo — 224 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.0 · B. Mack — 7 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 Memphis	18	77	4.3	1	24
Wk 8	L 21-45@ 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@ Cincinnati	10	24	2.4	0	9
Total		141	585	4.0	5	57

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology