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# Gridiron Guy: Garron puts on performance coaches knew he could
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/gridiron-guy-garron-puts-on-performance-coaches-knew-he-could/
- Published: 2010-09-10T13:05:04.000Z
- Updated: 2010-09-10T13:05:04.000Z
- Description: Kurt Hines knew Jordan Garron had a big game in him. The Bedford High School football coach didn’t realize just how big Garron could go. A junior entering his third season as a starter at running back, Garron is the Bulldogs most experience back and someone who Hines expects to be a workhorse. Again
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division II, Fall Sports, Bedford, Division III, football, Gridiron Guy, Jordan Garron, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

Kurt Hines knew Jordan Garron had a big game in him.

The Bedford High School football coach didn’t realize just how big Garron could go.

A junior entering his third season as a starter at running back, Garron is the Bulldogs most experience back and someone who Hines expects to be a workhorse. Against Manchester West in last Friday’s opener, Garron looked more like a race horse.

Garron carried the ball 17 times, piling up 219 yards and five touchdowns on the ground, to go with another score on an 85-yard kickoff return to open the second half. For his efforts, Garron was selected as the Gridiron Guy Football Player of the Week by nh-highschoolsports.com.

“The coaching staff, we kind of always knew he had it in him,” Hines said. “We just needed to get him to the point where he knew he had it in him. He performed better than we expected, but we knew we’d get it out of him eventually.”

Perhaps making the game even more meaningful was the opponent. Up until 2007, the town sent its high school students to West, meaning that previous Bedford football players were members of the Blue Knights.

That includes Garron’s older brother, A.J.

“He was there,” the younger Garron said. “He was rooting for me though. He comes to all of my games and it was good to see him there.”

The large crowd also got to see Bedford unveil its new spread offense. Despite the formation, the Bulldogs threw the ball just twice all game, instead looking to the running backs to shoulder the load.

Hines hopes that performance opens a few eyes to Garron, especially those belonging to Bedford’s opponents.

“With his success, it puts the target on his back as a threat,” Hines said. “Teams may focus too much on him, and rightfully so.”

If teams decide to key on Garron, the Bulldogs have other players who can step up. And if they don’t, Garron could make them pay.

Of the touchdowns against West, the kickoff might have been the most memorable, and least expected. Garron couldn’t field the kick cleanly, but was able to recover it. By the time he did, a hole had opened up in front of him and he was gone.

“I could have killed him,” Hines said with a chuckle. “That plagued him a little bit last year. Afterward, we wanted to bring him back down to earth, I said to him ‘great job, but catch the ball in the air.’ It’s tough for a coach to complain when you score a touchdown. Who knows, if he had caught the ball in the air, maybe he wouldn’t have had a touchdown.”