Somewhere in the deep recesses of the Temple football practice facility, new run game coordinator George DeLeone is pouring over 2015 game film and the one thing he should notice is a 6-foot-2, 205-pound back named Jager Gardner.
Gardner could be the key to unlocking a run game that had tailed off in the second half of the season because, even though starting tailback Jahad Thomas made first-team AAC, his 5-foot-10, 180-pound frame had him spending most of the second half of the season on a training table.