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: | |
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]