Sauce Gardner
American football player
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2024 | Gardner plays his third season with the New York Jets, starting 15 games and recording 49 total tackles, 9 pass deflections, and 1 interception. |
2023 | Gardner was selected for the Pro Bowl Games, becoming one of only two rookies selected alongside Tariq Woolen. |
2023 | In the 2023 season, Gardner made 16 appearances and starts, finishing with 57 total tackles, 11 passes defended, and one forced fumble. |
2023 | Gardner was ranked 23rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2023. |
2023 | Gardner won the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award and was named a first-team All-Pro, marking him as the first rookie cornerback to achieve this honor since Ronnie Lott in 1981. |
2023 | Gardner earned Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro honors for the 2023 season, becoming the 3rd defensive player and only cornerback in NFL history to receive first-team All-Pro honors in each of their first two seasons. |
2022 | Sauce Gardner partnered with the sports bar chain Buffalo Wild Wings to endorse a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce known as 'Sauce Sauce'. |
2022 | Gardner made his first career interception in Week 5 against the Miami Dolphins. |
2022 | Gardner started in all 17 games as a rookie, finishing the season with 75 total tackles, two interceptions, and 20 passes defensed, leading the league in passes defended. |
2022 | In Week 7, Gardner recorded 10 tackles and three pass breakups against the Denver Broncos, earning the AFC Defensive Player of the Week title. |
2022 | Following his junior season, Sauce Gardner declared for the 2022 NFL draft. |
2022 | Sauce Gardner became the first rookie cornerback since Ronnie Lott in 1981 to be named first-team All-Pro. |
2022 | Sauce Gardner was selected fourth overall by the New York Jets in the NFL Draft. |
2022 | Sauce Gardner was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. |
May 7 2022 | Sauce Gardner signed his four-year rookie contract with the New York Jets, worth $38.7 million fully guaranteed. |
2021 | In his junior year, Sauce Gardner was voted to the 2021 College Football All-America Team and named the AAC Defensive Player of the Year. His performance contributed to Cincinnati becoming the first Group of Five team to reach the College Football Playoff. |
2020 | During his sophomore season, Sauce Gardner began the year as a starter atop the depth chart. |
2019 | In his true freshman season, Sauce Gardner played in 11 games, achieving 31 tackles and three interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns. He was the only true freshman named to the American Athletic Conference first-team after the season. |
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