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SauceGardner
A defensive brief on Sauce Gardner: play him with timing, because the Indianapolis Colts cornerback will contest the ball.
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Pro Football Reference via Wikipedia infobox, through 2025How Gardner plays
Sauce Gardner is a long-framed cornerback who plays the ball at the catch point rather than waiting for the receiver to come to him. That habit shows in 49 pass deflections. Line up against him and you are in a physical contest for the football, so timing and route detail matter more than simply trying to run past him on a deep route.
Gardner now plays for the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League, having been drafted by the New York Jets out of Cincinnati. His NFL tackle count stands at 217, and the brief that comes with his position has not changed: cover a receiver, make the tackle, contest the throw.
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Far from it, as he plays cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts after joining in 2025, having begun his NFL career with the New York Jets in 2022.
He lines up at cornerback, working within the defensive back category, and his job is covering opposing receivers in the National Football League.
He was born on 31 August 2001 in Detroit, United States, which makes him 25 years old, and his nationality is American.