(2000-08-31) August 31, 2000 (age 23) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:
Martin Luther King Jr. (Detroit, Michigan)
College:
Cincinnati (2019–2021)
NFL draft:
2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
New York Jets (2022–present)
Roster status:
Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2022)
2× First-team All-Pro (2022, 2023)
2× Pro Bowl (2022, 2023)
PFWA All-Rookie Team (2022)
AAC Defensive Player of the Year (2021)
Consensus All-American (2021)
3× First-team All-AAC (2019–2021)
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Total tackles:
132
Forced fumbles:
1
Pass deflections:
31
Interceptions:
2
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner (born August 31, 2000) is an American football cornerback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Cincinnati and was selected fourth overall by the Jets in the 2022 NFL draft. Gardner was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and was the first rookie cornerback since Ronnie Lott in 1981 to be named first-team All-Pro.
Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner (born August 31, 2000) is an American football cornerback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played...
made three selections in the first round. The Jets selected cornerback SauceGardner from the University of Cincinnati fourth overall. He made the 2022 All-Pro...
II CB 36 Chuck Clark SS 21 Ashtyn Davis SS 26 Brandin Echols CB 1 SauceGardner CB -- Myles Jones CB 27 Tae Hayes CB -- Jaylen Key SS -- Jarius Monroe...
Year in the same season, with first-round picks Garrett Wilson and SauceGardner respectively achieving the awards. Draft trades The Jets traded S Jamal...
Team Defensive end 2021 Micah Parsons Dallas Cowboys Linebacker 2022 SauceGardner New York Jets Cornerback 2023 Will Anderson Jr. Houston Texans Defensive...
Jalen Ramsey, Patrick Surtain II, Marlon Humphrey, Jaire Alexander, SauceGardner, L'Jarius Sneed, and Charvarius Ward. Most modern National Football...
Year Garrett Wilson WR New York Jets AP Defensive Rookie of the Year SauceGardner CB New York Jets AP Comeback Player of the Year Geno Smith QB Seattle...
qualify Pro Bowlers DT Quinnen Williams CB SauceGardner LB Jermaine Johnson II AP All-Pros CB SauceGardner (1st team) LB Quincy Williams (1st team) Uniform...
consensus All-American and AAC Defensive Player of the Year, cornerback SauceGardner. Cornerback Coby Bryant was also named to the first-team All-Conference...
receiving 11 TD receptions 2nd-Team All-Pro Selected to 2nd Pro Bowl 23 SauceGardner Cornerback New York Jets NR [23] 51 solo tackles 2 interceptions 20...
of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty Ahmad Fuadi, Indonesian writer Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner (born 2000), American football player Ahmad Gooden (born 1995), American...
Robert Saleh 2022 2022 NFL AFC East 4th 7 10 0 — Garrett Wilson (OROY) SauceGardner (DROY) 2023 2023 NFL AFC East 3rd 7 10 0 — — Totals Super Bowl Championship...
Retrieved February 11, 2022. Patra, Kevin (February 9, 2023). "Jets CB SauceGardner wins AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year". NFL.com. Retrieved February...
Year Garrett Wilson WR New York Jets AP Defensive Rookie of the Year SauceGardner CB New York Jets AP Comeback Player of the Year Geno Smith QB Seattle...
(Green Bay to New York Jets), Jessie Bates (Cincinnati to Atlanta), C. J. Gardner-Johnson (Philadelphia to Detroit), Byron Murphy (Arizona to Minnesota)...
linebacker 18 Roquan Smith, Baltimore 57 C. J. Mosley, NY Jets Cornerback 1 SauceGardner, NY Jets 2 Patrick Surtain II, Denver 44 Marlon Humphrey, Baltimore...
v t e New York Jets roster Active 1 SauceGardner 2 Tyrod Taylor 4 D. J. Reed 5 Garrett Wilson 6 Thomas Morstead 7 Haason Reddick 8 Aaron Rodgers 9 Greg...
American basketball player 1998 – Jaylen Barron, American actress 2000 – SauceGardner, American football player 2001 – Amanda Anisimova, American tennis player...
occurred in the endzone for a safety. During the play, he was hit by SauceGardner and left the game due to a concussion. In Week 6, against the Vikings...
II CB 36 Chuck Clark SS 21 Ashtyn Davis SS 26 Brandin Echols CB 1 SauceGardner CB -- Myles Jones CB 27 Tae Hayes CB -- Jaylen Key SS -- Jarius Monroe...
Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Larry Foote Ed Frutig Devin Funchess Devin GardnerSauceGardner Antonio Gates Vernon Gholston William Gholston Jerry Glanville Kevin...