University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

2011 Football Roster

Earnest Gardner
Jersey Number 27

Earnest Gardner

  • Position:
    Strong Safety
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-1 / 192
  • Class:
    Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Baton Rouge, La.
  • High School:
    Tara

2010 (Freshman): Redshirted, did not play.

Tara: Four-time all-district selection...Earned All-Metro Class 5A/4A honors as a senior at free safety...Registered 57 tackles (38 solo) and posted five interceptions and five pass breakups in 2009...Posted an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown in the U.S. Army Red Stick All-Star Bowl.

Personal: Born Nov. 12, 1990...Son of Thelma Jackson and Earnest Jackson.

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