| No. 60 – Georgia Bulldogs | |
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| Position | Long snapper |
| Class | Graduate student |
| Personal information | |
| Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Ignatius (San Francisco, California) |
| College | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Beau Gardner is an American college football long snapper for the Georgia Bulldogs. He previously played for the UCLA Bruins. Gardner won the 2025 Patrick Mannelly Award as the top long snapper in college football.
Beau Gardner was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where he attended the local St. Ignatius College Preparatory and played football. [1] Gardner played as a center his freshman and sophomore years of high school and moved to tackle his junior and senior years. [1] He only started playing as a long snapper later in his high school career, when he attended the Chris Rubio Long Snapping camp. [1] In his junior year, Gardner was named to the first-team West Catholic Athletic League team. [2] Gardner was then named to the third-team All-Bay Area Preps HQ team by The Mercury News in his senior year. [3] After his senior year, Gardner committed to play football as a walk-on at UCLA over USC and California. [4]
The day before his first game in the 2020 season, Gardner broke his foot, causing him to miss the entire season due to surgery. [1] Gardner then redshirted the following year, and did not play in any games. [1] In 2022, Gardner played his first game, appearing in three during the season. [1] Gardner became the starting long snapper the following year, starting all thirteen games for UCLA in 2023. [5]
Before 2024, Gardner announced he would transfer to the University of Georgia, where he would continue playing football. [6] Before the season started, Gardner was named to the Patrick Mannelly Award watch list. [7] Gardner finished as a finalist for the award in 2024. [8] Additionally, Gardner was named to the first-team All-SEC team. [9] Coming into 2025, Gardner was again named to the watchlist for the Patrick Mannelly Award. [10] By the end of the season, Gardner was named a first-team All-SEC player again, along with being named a first-team All-American by the AFCA. [11] [12] Additionally, Gardner was announced as the winner of the 2025 Patrick Mannelly Award. [13]