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Jersey Number 18
Jameel Gardner Jr.
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 193
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Detroit, Mich.
- High School:
- Jackson State
Fifth-year redshirt senior has one season of eligibility remaining . . . joined the team over the summer . . . has played in 34 collegiate games with 16 starts . . . has 72 career receptions for 926 yards and four touchdowns . . . played two seasons (2024-25) at Jackson State and hauled in 44 passes for 628 yards and three TDs in 22 games for the Tigers . . . spent two seasons at Kent State (2022-23) . . . was teammates with current Spartan wide receiver Chrishon McCray at Kent State.
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT JACKSON STATE): Ranked second on the team with 32 receptions and third with 483 receiving yards . . . averaged 40.3 receiving yards per game . . . played in all 12 games with eight starts . . . also had two TDs . . . had three catches for 98 yards, including a career-long 83-yard touchdown reception, against Bethune-Cookman (11/15) . . . had a career-high eight receptions for 84 yards vs. Alabama A&M (10/4) . . . posted seven catches for a season-high 96 yards vs. Southern (9/27) . . . had four catches for 85 yards, including a 21-yard TD grab, vs. Tuskegee (9/13).
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT JACKSON STATE): Played in 10 games . . . had 12 catches for 145 yards (12.1 avg.; 16.1 ypg) . . . also had three kick returns for 46 yards . . . had two catches for 23 yards in the win over South Carolina State in the Cricket Celebration Bowl (12/14) . . . posted a season highs in receptions (4) and receiving yards (71) vs. Southern in the SWAC Championship Game (Dec. 7).
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT KENT STATE): Played in all 12 games, including eight starts . . . had 24 catches for 298 yards and one touchdown . . . had three receptions for 111 yards, including a season-long 50-yard TD catch, against Northern Illinois (11/25) in the regular-season finale . . . hauled in five passes for 58 yards vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/30) . . . had two catches for 49 yards, including a 40-yard reception, at Fresno State (9/23).
2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT KENT STATE): Redshirted . . . did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Graduated in 2022 from Cass Technical High School in Detroit . . . rated the No. 25 player in the state of Michigan in the Class of 2022 by 247Sports . . . named second-team all-state as a senior by The Detroit News . . . also earned honorable mention all-state honors by The Associated Press and the Detroit Free Press . . . honorable mention choice to the MLive Metro Detroit Dream Team . . . also named to the All-Detroit Team by the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News . . . helped Cass Tech to a 12-2 record and a berth in the MHSAA Division I playoffs in 2021 . . . had 31 catches for 645 yards and seven TDs in just seven games his senior campaign . . . had 32 receptions for 584 yards and 10 touchdowns his junior season as Cass Tech went 9-1 and advanced to the regionals . . . played for Coach Marvin Rushing . . . also ran track . . . prior to starting football his sophomore season at Cass Tech, ran cross country . . . son of Jameel and Danielle Gardner.
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT JACKSON STATE): Ranked second on the team with 32 receptions and third with 483 receiving yards . . . averaged 40.3 receiving yards per game . . . played in all 12 games with eight starts . . . also had two TDs . . . had three catches for 98 yards, including a career-long 83-yard touchdown reception, against Bethune-Cookman (11/15) . . . had a career-high eight receptions for 84 yards vs. Alabama A&M (10/4) . . . posted seven catches for a season-high 96 yards vs. Southern (9/27) . . . had four catches for 85 yards, including a 21-yard TD grab, vs. Tuskegee (9/13).
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT JACKSON STATE): Played in 10 games . . . had 12 catches for 145 yards (12.1 avg.; 16.1 ypg) . . . also had three kick returns for 46 yards . . . had two catches for 23 yards in the win over South Carolina State in the Cricket Celebration Bowl (12/14) . . . posted a season highs in receptions (4) and receiving yards (71) vs. Southern in the SWAC Championship Game (Dec. 7).
2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT KENT STATE): Played in all 12 games, including eight starts . . . had 24 catches for 298 yards and one touchdown . . . had three receptions for 111 yards, including a season-long 50-yard TD catch, against Northern Illinois (11/25) in the regular-season finale . . . hauled in five passes for 58 yards vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/30) . . . had two catches for 49 yards, including a 40-yard reception, at Fresno State (9/23).
2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT KENT STATE): Redshirted . . . did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Graduated in 2022 from Cass Technical High School in Detroit . . . rated the No. 25 player in the state of Michigan in the Class of 2022 by 247Sports . . . named second-team all-state as a senior by The Detroit News . . . also earned honorable mention all-state honors by The Associated Press and the Detroit Free Press . . . honorable mention choice to the MLive Metro Detroit Dream Team . . . also named to the All-Detroit Team by the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News . . . helped Cass Tech to a 12-2 record and a berth in the MHSAA Division I playoffs in 2021 . . . had 31 catches for 645 yards and seven TDs in just seven games his senior campaign . . . had 32 receptions for 584 yards and 10 touchdowns his junior season as Cass Tech went 9-1 and advanced to the regionals . . . played for Coach Marvin Rushing . . . also ran track . . . prior to starting football his sophomore season at Cass Tech, ran cross country . . . son of Jameel and Danielle Gardner.
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