Agard's high motor helps him excel in defensive trenches for Temple

On one play late in the first half of Temple’s game at Hewitt Midway last Friday night, senior defensive lineman Javier Agard demonstrated all the qualities that make him a productive, dependable player for the Wildcats. Operating at left defensive end from the Temple 34-yard line, Agard noticed that Midway’s right tackle dipped and ran past him instead of blocking him. Sensing a screen pass, Agard halted his rush maneuver and retreated toward the inside. Sure enough, Panthers sophomore Jeyden Fields-Vaughn caught a middle screen near the line of scrimmage and the 5-foot-10, 245-pound Agard was ready. He immediately hit the speedy 163-pound running back squarely in the midsection, driving him backward and into the turf for a 2-yard loss. “I feel like I’m an intelligent player. That one play against (Fields-Vaughn), I wasn’t ready for that, really, because I thought it was another dropback pass,” Agard explained Tuesday. “Then I saw the O-lineman dip down and they didn’t do that the play before, so I thought, ‘Something’s probably coming my way.’ And then I look up and (Fields-Vaughn) is catching the ball, looking right at me. It was just not a good play for him. That felt good, for sure.” The savvy, disruptive Agard made nine tackles (two for losses) against Midway to continue his run of strong play, including 10 tackles and a sack at Austin High and five tackles in the District 12-6A opener against Killeen Shoemaker.

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AGARD'S HIGH MOTOR HELPS HIM EXCEL IN DEFENSIVE TRENCHES FOR TEMPLE

GREG WILLE

Temple Daily Telegram | 10/17/2025