Sauce Gardner stats

Colts

Cornerback · #1

Age 25 · 6' 3" · 190 lbs

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Sauce Gardner recorded 26 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Indianapolis Colts. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
26
SOLO
21
AST
5
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD · 18th
7
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2022NYJ177551240.02200
2023NYJ165741160.00121
2024NYJ154936131.0190
2025NYJ/IND11362880.0090
2026IND8262150.0070

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
67
TOT
243
SOLO
177
AST
66
SACK
1.0
INT
3
PD
57
FF
1

Per game

GP
8
TOT
3.3
SOLO
2.6
AST
0.6
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.9
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2022NYJ174.43.01.40.00.11.20.0
2023NYJ163.62.610.00.00.80.1
2024NYJ153.32.40.90.10.10.60.0
2025NYJ/IND113.32.50.70.00.00.80.0
2026IND83.32.60.60.00.00.90.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
67
TOT
3.6
SOLO
2.6
AST
1.0
SACK
0.0
INT
0.0
PD
0.9
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
25 yearsAug 31, 2001
Height
6' 3"
Weight
190 lbs
Experience
5 years
Birthplace
Detroit, MI
Draft
2022Rd 1, Pk 4
College
Cincinnati
Salary
$25.5 million2026
Defensive Rookie of the Year
2022

Against other cornerbacks

2026 regular season, 137 NFL cornerbacks with 6+ games.

  • Tackles26

    Higher than 53% of the other 136 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Passes Defended7

    Higher than 79% of the other 136 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Solo Tackles21

    Higher than 68% of the other 136 NFL cornerbacks.

Latest performance

Sauce Gardner

Nov 08 · vs DAL · L 27-23

TOT
6
SOLO
5
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1

Snap counts, 2026

89% of his club's defensive snaps a game (389 in 7 games); 94% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1BAL68100%4
2KC7695%1
3HOU4991%0
4WSH64100%2
5PIT5998%0
6TEN2248%3
8JAX5194%1

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Sauce Gardner has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026, ruled out 1 time.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202610Calf, Rib

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2022 NFL combine

CB, 6'3", 190 lb · Cincinnati

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.41s84th

Percentile: the share of CBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2022 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs MIASun, Nov 15

vs MIA since 2022

5
GP
19
TOT
10
SOLO
0
SACK
1
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 08vsDALL 27-236500
Sun, Nov 01atJAXL 42-73300
Sun, Oct 18vsTENL 26-201000
Sun, Oct 11atPITL 34-222200
Sun, Oct 04atWSHW 30-132200
Sun, Sep 27vsHOUW 19-175400

What are Sauce Gardner's career stats?

Sauce Gardner has played 5 seasons for the Jets and the Colts. He has recorded 243 tackles, 1 sack and 3 interceptions. His best season so far is 2022: 75 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 10 @ DEN on Oct 23, 2022, W 16-9
  • Sacks: 1 @ SF on Sep 9, 2024, L 32-19
Sauce Gardner's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20261—
20257—
202451.0
20236—
202210—

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2022.

League leaderboards and awards

5 seasons, 2022 to 2026

Awards

Sauce Gardner college stats

Sauce Gardner played 3 seasons at Cincinnati Bearcats (2019 to 2021): 99 tackles, 3.5 sacks and 9 interceptions.

defensive

Sauce Gardner's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2019Cincinnati Bearcats312478003782
2020Cincinnati Bearcats28161260.503180
2021Cincinnati Bearcats402812431370

scoring

Sauce Gardner's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2019Cincinnati Bearcats2002200012

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Sauce Gardner's college game log.

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