Antuan Gardner

Position:
Tailback
Height:
6-0
Weight:
210
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Niles, Ohio
High School:
Niles McKinley
Major:
Pyschology

NIL Opportunities

2025 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 12 games as a reserve running back and member of special teams...had nine carries for 39 yards and a touchdown...had three rushes for 23 yards against Murray State...had a season-long 10-yard run against the Racers...had two carries for 10 yards at North Dakota...scored first career touchdown against Robert Morris...had three carries against the Colonials...added a three-yard rush against Towson.

2024 (Freshman): Redshirted...saw action on special teams in three of the final four games of the season.

High School: First-team All-Ohio Division IV selection as a senior…named the NE-8 Conference Player of the Year…named the Trumbull County Coaches Association Player of the Year…rushed for 2,479 yards on 297 carries and scored 31 touchdowns in 2023…averaged 8.3 yards per rush…caught 10 passes for 209 yards and two scores…named the Big 22 Player of the Year by WYTV…in the playoffs, rushed for 471 yards and scored six touchdowns on 29 carries against Ashtabula Edgewood…the win over Edgewood was the Red Dragons' first playoff win in 23 years…rushed for 4,746 yards and scored 61 touchdowns during career.

Personal: Is the 2025-26 recipient of the Dr. Ray Bernat Athletic Scholarship and the James and Velma Coates Memorial Scholarship.