Cornerback, TCU, 2015–19
Jeff Gladney
- Number
- No. 12
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 183 lb
- Class (2019)
- Senior
- Hometown
- New Boston, TX
- Born
- Dec 12, 1996, in New Boston, Texas
- Died
- May 30, 2022, in Dallas, Texas
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Jeff Gladney played cornerback at TCU (2015–19). The Minnesota Vikings took Gladney in the first round, No. 31 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Texas, 2019Honors
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2019 TCU 12 games, 31 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 39–7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | at Purdue | W 34–13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. SMU | L 38–41 | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Kansas | W 51–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Iowa State | L 24–49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Kansas State | L 17–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Texas | W 37–27 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 2 | at Oklahoma State | L 27–34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Baylor | L 23–29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 16 | at Texas Tech | W 33–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Oklahoma | L 24–28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. West Virginia | L 17–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2018 TCU 12 games, 28 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Southern | W 55–7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | atSMU | W 42–12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Ohio State | L 28–40 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 22 | atTexas | L 16–31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs.Iowa State | W 17–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 11 | vs.Texas Tech | L 14–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs.Oklahoma | L 27–52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | atKansas | L 26–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | atWest Virginia | L 10–47 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | atBaylor | W 16–9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Oklahoma State | W 31–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. California | W 10–7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2017 TCU 8 games, 24 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | atOklahoma State | W 44–31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.West Virginia | W 31–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | atKansas State | W 26–6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atIowa State | L 7–14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Texas | W 24–7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atTexas Tech | W 27–3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Baylor | W 45–22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2 | vs.Oklahoma | L 17–41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 TCU 10 games, 46 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. South Dakota State | W 59–41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Arkansas | L 38–41 | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Iowa State | W 41–20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Oklahoma | L 46–52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | atKansas | W 24–23 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atBaylor | W 62–22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 6–31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | atTexas | W 31–9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | vs.Kansas State | L 6–30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Georgia | L 23–31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2020 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10¼″ |
| Weight | 191 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| Wingspan | 75¼″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.48 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.53 sW |
| Vertical jump | 37½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′4″ |
| Bench press | 17 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.26 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 15 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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