Jedd Gardner Explained

Jedd Gardner
Birth Date:22 July 1988
Position1:Wide Receiver
Position2:Kick Returner
High School:St. Micheal's High School
Status:Active
Number:89
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lbs:185
Cfldraftedyear:2011
Cfldraftedround:4
Cfldraftedpick:28
Cfldraftedteam:Toronto Argonauts
Playing Years1:2011
Playing Team1:Toronto Argonauts
Playing Years2:2012
Playing Team2:Toronto Argonauts
Career Footnotes:*Offseason and/or practice roster member only
Awards:4x OUA ALL-STAR WR, OUA ALL-STAR KR, CIS ALL-CANADIAN WR, 2x Guelph MVP, Ted Wildman Award Winner, 4x CIS ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIAN
Honors:Top Performer (40x Dash and Broad Jump) at Duane Ford National Invitation Combine (NIC)
Records:Receptions in a career 152 / Yards in a Career 2515

Jedd Gardner (born July 22, 1988, in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian football wide receiver for the Guelph Gryphons.[1] He was selected to compete in the East–West bowl[2] and in the 2011 CFL combine.[3] He was drafted 28th overall by the Toronto Argonauts[4] of the Canadian Football League in the 2011 CFL Draft and signed with the team on May 31, 2011.[5] After being released following the 2011 training camp, Gardner was sent to play for Team Canada in the IFAF World Cup Tournament and after returned to play out his final year at Guelph.[6] During his college career Gardner posted some impressive numbers 152 receptions for 2515 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also added 200 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. In the return game Gardner posted 989 punt returns yards on 17 attempts for an amazing 58.18 yards/return with 4 touchdowns. As a kick returner he tallied 570 yards and 1 touchdown.[7] Gardner also holds the 3 of the longest plays in CIS history at 129 yards, 128 yards, and 125 yards.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CIS Football Player Profile: Jedd Gardner, Guelph Gryphons (3 of 26) . Canada West Universities Athletic Association . 2011-08-08.
  2. Web site: Football: East-West Bowl rosters by school.
  3. Web site: 2011 COMBINE RESULTS: BENCH PRESS - CFL.ca. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413110212/http://www.cfl.ca/2011-combine-results-bench-press/. 2016-04-13.
  4. Web site: Official Home of the Toronto Argonauts Football Club :: . 2016-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111011221930/http://argonauts.ca/article/argos-sign-four-draft-picks . 2011-10-11 . dead .
  5. Web site: U of G Football Player Drafted by CFL.
  6. Web site: World experience on football resume Niagara Falls Review . www.niagarafallsreview.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160412141706/http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2011/07/21/world-experience-on-football-resume . 2016-04-12.
  7. Web site: Football: Records - OUA. https://web.archive.org/web/20141117103712/http://www.oua.ca/sports/fball/records. November 17, 2014. oua.org.