Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2001
- Draft
- 2001Rd 1, Pk 15
- College
- Clemson
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2001
- Draft
- 2001Rd 1, Pk 15
- College
- Clemson
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 91
- REC
- 242
- TGTS
- 9
- YDS
- 3,165
- AVG
- 13.1
- TD
- 23
- LNG
- 85
- FD
- 148
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (REC, TGTS, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 30+ TGTS; AVG: 4+ games, 30+ REC) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | WSH | 16 | 46 | 0 | 741 | 16.1 | 4 | 85 | 28 |
| 2002 | WSH | 16 | 71 | 0 | 1,006 | 14.2 | 8 | 43 | 51 |
| 2003 | WSH | 16 | 59 | 0 | 600 | 10.2 | 5 | 35 | 30 |
| 2004 | WSH | 16 | 51 | 0 | 650 | 12.7 | 5 | 51 | 30 |
| 2005 |  CAR/GB | 2 | 13 | 0 | 151 | 11.6 | 1 | 33 | 8 |
| 2006 | KC | 14 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 91
- REC
- 2.7
- TGTS
- 0.1
- YDS
- 34.8
- AVG
- 13.1
- TD
- 0.3
- LNG
- 85
- FD
- 1.6
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | WSH | 16 | 2.9 | 0 | 46.3 | 16.1 | 0.3 | 85 | 1.8 |
| 2002 | WSH | 16 | 4.4 | 0 | 62.9 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 43 | 3.2 |
| 2003 | WSH | 16 | 3.7 | 0 | 37.5 | 10.2 | 0.3 | 35 | 1.9 |
| 2004 | WSH | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 40.6 | 12.7 | 0.3 | 51 | 1.9 |
| 2005 | CAR/GB | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | 75.5 | 11.6 | 0.5 | 33 | 4 |
| 2006 | KC | 14 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 | 0.1 |
What were Rod Gardner's career stats?
ESPN's season-by-season log for Rod Gardner covers 6 seasons with the Commanders, the Packers, the Panthers and the Chiefs; its career totals count every season. He had 242 receptions for 3,165 yards and 23 receiving touchdowns. His best season was 2002: 71 receptions, 1,006 receiving yards and 8 receiving touchdowns.
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