Juwan Gardner: DB · Western Kentucky · #14.
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Juwan Gardner
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The three seasons at Western Kentucky span two head coaches: Jeff Brohm and Mike Sanford Jr.. One game to point at: 6 tackles against UTEP — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 2 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Western Kentucky | 28 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 35 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2014 | Western Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 63 | 31 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-17vs Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-20@ Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 22-23vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 33-21vs Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 15-14@ UTEP | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 45-14vs Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-31@ Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-42vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-41@ Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFL28 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Sanford Jr.
Pass share
59.9%
577 pass / 387 run
Plays / game
74.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
635 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 63 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Bobby Petrino, Jeff Brohm, and Mike Sanford Jr.. Multi-era developmental context.
