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Jersey Number 8
Ardon Bransford
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 185
- Hometown:
- Harrisburg, Pa.
- High School:
- Central Dauphin
Bio
At JMU: Returning WR starter who also can play a key role as a kick returner... runs excellent pass routes and may be the team's top performer after the catch... in team history enters 2006 second in kickoff return average (24.3, minimum 20 returns), sixth in kickoff return yards (777), ninth in kickoff returns (32), tied for 10th in TD catches (8), tied for 16th in receptions (59) and tied for 17th in receiving yards (873).
2005: Started 10 times... led JMU in receptions (28) and receiving yards (485) and tied for the lead in TD catches (4)... averaged a team-best 17.3 yards per reception... averaged 21.9 yards on nine kickoff returns... had career highs of six catches, 123 receiving yards and two TD catches (28, 32 yards) vs. Delaware State... caught five passes (56 yards) vs. Richmond, three (40 yards) at Delaware and two five other times... had a 22-yard TD catch vs. Lock Haven and scored on a season-long 64-yard catch at Hofstra... returned five kickoffs for 114 yards, including a 48-yard return, at Delaware.
2004: Played in each game and was used at DB, WR and kick returner... began the year on defense and had seven tackles (six solo) before assuming a key spot in the team’s WR rotation... led JMU in KO returns (15), yards (363) and average (24.2)... started at WR in the playoffs at Furman and William & Mary... had TD catches in three straight games -- a career-long 65-yarder at Richmond, 45-yarder vs. Virginia Military, 18-yarder vs. Delaware... had four catches for 81 yards vs. Virginia Military... had three catches at Towson and at Lehigh in the playoffs... had a catch in each playoff game and seven for 64 yards overall in post-season... had a career-long 74-yard return on the opening kickoff at Towson to set up a TD... returned five kicks for 104 yards in the playoffs at William & Mary and three for 69 yards, including a 32-yarder, at West Virginia... had four tackles (three solo) vs. Hofstra.
2003: As a true freshman played in each game and started vs. Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire... fifth on the team in catches and sixth in rushing yards... averaged 27.1 yards on eight KO returns... had season highs of four receptions and 57 receiving yards and a 34-yard TD catch vs. Northeastern... returned two kickoffs for 60 yards vs. Northeastern... vs. Richmond ran five times of 44 yards, including a season-long 22-yarder, and caught two passes ... had two catches at New Hampshire.
High School: Three-year starter as a RB and WR at Central Dauphin, a program USA Today ranked in the top 10 nationally... player of the year on a league title team in 2002 when he ran for 1,888 yards and 25 TDs... first-team all-league RB and second-team all-state... district and state champion sprinter.
Personal: Kinesiology major, sports management concentration.
2005: Started 10 times... led JMU in receptions (28) and receiving yards (485) and tied for the lead in TD catches (4)... averaged a team-best 17.3 yards per reception... averaged 21.9 yards on nine kickoff returns... had career highs of six catches, 123 receiving yards and two TD catches (28, 32 yards) vs. Delaware State... caught five passes (56 yards) vs. Richmond, three (40 yards) at Delaware and two five other times... had a 22-yard TD catch vs. Lock Haven and scored on a season-long 64-yard catch at Hofstra... returned five kickoffs for 114 yards, including a 48-yard return, at Delaware.
2004: Played in each game and was used at DB, WR and kick returner... began the year on defense and had seven tackles (six solo) before assuming a key spot in the team’s WR rotation... led JMU in KO returns (15), yards (363) and average (24.2)... started at WR in the playoffs at Furman and William & Mary... had TD catches in three straight games -- a career-long 65-yarder at Richmond, 45-yarder vs. Virginia Military, 18-yarder vs. Delaware... had four catches for 81 yards vs. Virginia Military... had three catches at Towson and at Lehigh in the playoffs... had a catch in each playoff game and seven for 64 yards overall in post-season... had a career-long 74-yard return on the opening kickoff at Towson to set up a TD... returned five kicks for 104 yards in the playoffs at William & Mary and three for 69 yards, including a 32-yarder, at West Virginia... had four tackles (three solo) vs. Hofstra.
2003: As a true freshman played in each game and started vs. Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire... fifth on the team in catches and sixth in rushing yards... averaged 27.1 yards on eight KO returns... had season highs of four receptions and 57 receiving yards and a 34-yard TD catch vs. Northeastern... returned two kickoffs for 60 yards vs. Northeastern... vs. Richmond ran five times of 44 yards, including a season-long 22-yarder, and caught two passes ... had two catches at New Hampshire.
High School: Three-year starter as a RB and WR at Central Dauphin, a program USA Today ranked in the top 10 nationally... player of the year on a league title team in 2002 when he ran for 1,888 yards and 25 TDs... first-team all-league RB and second-team all-state... district and state champion sprinter.
Personal: Kinesiology major, sports management concentration.
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