CB · Indianapolis Colts · #1
Sauce Gardner
RCB1Out · Calfwk 7 report- College
- Cincinnati
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Experience
- 5th season
Passer rating allowed
107.9▲ 22.3 vs '25
67th of 86 CBs
Y/TGT
10.6▲ 3.9 vs '25
80th of 86 CBs
Completion % allowed
56.5%▲ 7.6 vs '25
39th of 86 CBs
Passes defended
4▼ 5 vs '25
46th of 86 CBs
Tackling
17 tkl
2 stops · 3 mtkl · 0 ff
Ranks compare against the 86 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs BALL | 68 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ KCL | 76 | 95.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.7 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 3 vs HOUW | 49 | 90.7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 80.0 | 13.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Wk 4 @ WASW | 64 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.9 | 14.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 5 @ PITL | 59 | 98.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs TENL | 22 | 47.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 338 | 90.9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 56.5 | 10.6 | 0 | 4 |
How he compares
2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2025 with NYJ/IND
$120Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $30.1M
- Guaranteed
- $40.5M 34%
- 2026 cap hit
- $9.5M 3.1% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 338 | 90.9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 107.9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 543 | 79.4 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 85.6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 880 | 87.5 | 42 | 15 | 1 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 86.9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,051 | 98.5 | 55 | 21 | 2 | 20.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 78.3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,115 | 98.0 | 70 | 23 | 2 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 62.7 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 65 | 3,927 | 92.0 | 220 | 71 | 5 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 264 | 78.9 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 |