2011 (SOPHOMORE)
Special teams ace contributed 10 tackles while seeing action in all 13 games … served as game captain for the special teams against Texas Tech and Kansas … posted a season-high two stops in three games.
2010 (FRESHMAN)
Saw action in 10 games on special teams ... collected three tackles including two against Texas Tech and Kansas.
2009
Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Ronnie Thompson at Memorial High School in Port Arthur ... earned first-team All-District (21-5A) honors as both a junior (2007) and senior (2008) … as a junior tallied 60 tackles, intercepted four passes and broke up 16 more opponent aerials … as a senior recorded 60 tackles and broke up 14 passes … voted team MVP as a senior … track standout led his 4x200 meter relay team to the regional track meet as a junior.
PERSONAL
Desmond Gardiner is the son John Gardiner and Charlene Davison ... born September 19, 1991 ... chose Texas A&M over Missouri, Nebraska, Arizona State and TCU ... agricultural leadership and development major.
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