{{Short description|Canadian Football League player}} {{Infobox CFL biography |name=Jedd Gardner |team= |image= |ImageWidth= |caption= |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1988|07|22}} |birth_place=Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |position1=Wide Receiver |position2=Kick Returner |CIS=Guelph |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 | playing_years1 =2011 | playing_team1 =Toronto Argonauts* | playing_years2 =2012 | playing_team2 = Toronto Argonauts* |career_highlights= *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 *Top Performer (40x Dash and Broad Jump) at Duane Ford National Invitation Combine (NIC) }} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Men's American football}} {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Austria|Team Competition}} {{MedalBottom}}
'''Jedd Gardner''' (born July 22, 1988) is a Canadian former football wide receiver for the Guelph Gryphons.<ref>{{cite web |title=CIS Football Player Profile: Jedd Gardner, Guelph Gryphons (3 of 26) |url=https://presto-en.usports.ca/sports/fball/championship/2011-12/files/player_profiles/gue_gardner |website=Canada West Universities Athletic Association |date=2011-08-08}}</ref> He was selected to compete in the East–West bowl<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cisblog.ca/2010/04/football-east-west-bowl-rosters-by.html|title=Football: East-West Bowl rosters by school}}</ref> and in the 2011 CFL combine.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cfl.ca/2011-combine-results-bench-press/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160413110212/http://www.cfl.ca/2011-combine-results-bench-press/| archive-date = 2016-04-13| title = 2011 COMBINE RESULTS: BENCH PRESS - CFL.ca}}</ref> He was drafted 28th overall by the Toronto Argonauts<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.argonauts.ca/article/argos-sign-four-draft-picks |title=Official Home of the Toronto Argonauts Football Club :: |access-date=2016-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011221930/http://argonauts.ca/article/argos-sign-four-draft-picks |archive-date=2011-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of the Canadian Football League in the 2011 CFL draft and signed with the team on May 31, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.uoguelph.ca/2011/05/u-of-g-football-player-drafted-by-cfl/|title = U of G Football Player Drafted by CFL}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2011/07/21/world-experience-on-football-resume |title=World experience on football resume {{!}} Niagara Falls Review |website=www.niagarafallsreview.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412141706/http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2011/07/21/world-experience-on-football-resume |archive-date=2016-04-12}}</ref> During his college career Gardner posted some impressive numbers 152 receptions for 2,515 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.<ref name=oua>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oua.ca/sports/fball/records|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117103712/http://www.oua.ca/sports/fball/records|title=Football: Records - OUA|archive-date=November 17, 2014|website=oua.org}}</ref> Gardner also holds the 3 of the longest plays in CIS history at 129 yards, 128 yards, and 125 yards.<ref name=oua/>
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