Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs Colorado State | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-7vs UTSA | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 10 | Season-high 15 yds |
| Total | 8 | 26 | 3.2 | 0 | 10 |
Velton Gardner
Velton Gardner: RB · Texas · #24.
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Velton Gardner
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for four head coaches across six seasons and three programs. A game that shows it: 15 rushing yards against UTSA — Week 3, 2024.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Texas in the news
- Colin Simmons out for Mississippi State
Yahoo Sports Oct 31 - Texas player out for season
- Texas snaps losing streak
Saturday Down South Oct 25 - Meyer warns Sarkisian publiclyYahoo Sports Oct 20
Where to follow
Career stats
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Game log
Signature game
Week 3 · 2024
W 56-7
vs UTSA
15 rush yds (5 car)
Dominant 49-point win at home against UTSA.
With A. Manning — 223 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · 53 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · Q. Ewers — 185 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.8
Teams and coaches
2019Kansas3-9HC: Les Miles · Balanced
2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning
2021Kansas2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning
2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo
2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning
2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 13.0 YDS/g, 3.4 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
48.7%
541 pass / 570 run
Plays / game
69.4
16 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
584 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
8 carries in 2 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Six seasons, three schools
- 2024 Texas SarkisianYear 6 · 2 games
- 2023 SMU LashleeYear 5 · 5 games
- 2022 SMU LashleeYear 4 · 8 games
- Sep 2021 Entered the transfer portalKansas to Grambling
- 2021 Kansas LeipoldYear 3 · 3 games
- 2020 Kansas MilesYear 2 · 6 games
- 2019 Kansas MilesYear 1 · 10 games
Moves
- Transferred from Kansas to Grambling, Sep 20, 2021.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Kansas, SMU and Texas, 1,050 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 34 games over six seasons.
2022 8 games
- Transferred to Gramblingfrom Kansas
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coaches2019–2020
Kansas
Played for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Les Miles, Lance Leipold, Rhett Lashlee and Steve Sarkisian.