Freshman QB with upside, but Gardner-Webb’s depth chart is crowded
Joey Gaston is a 5-foot-10, 180-pound freshman quarterback from The Peddie School who arrived at Gardner-Webb as part of the 2026 class, but there are no public college game stats yet to judge his on-field production. The key takeaway is projection: he’s young, developmental, and entering a QB room with multiple competitors, so his fit depends on growth, command, and whether his game can translate to FCS speed. If you want an under-the-radar passer to mold, he’s intriguing; if you need an immediate proven starter, the sample is still basically a blank page.
