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Sauce Gardner Indianapolis Colts · #1

Cornerback · 6' 3", 190 lbs · Detroit, MI · Age 25

Sauce Gardner is a Cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts, drafted 4th overall, 2022. In 2026 he recorded 14 tackles.

CornerbackDrafted 4th overall5-yr veteran
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Sauce Gardner
Season avg14 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg215 tkl · 1 sacks · 3 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
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Scouting report

Sauce Gardner — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

C+
Cornerback · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Sauce Gardner is a Cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts, drafted 4th overall, 2022. In 2026 he recorded 14 tackles.
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Coverage
C
Ball skills
C+
Run support
A
Coverage
Elite · defense
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Ball skills
Solid · defense
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B-
Tackling
Strong · defense
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C
Splash plays
Solid · defense
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C+
Blitz
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Sauce Gardner stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #483 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
142Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Sauce Gardner — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Tackling
14 TKL
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Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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A+
Coverage
4 PD
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C
Splash
0 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Sauce Gardner

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
6
pd
4–8
0
int
0–1
22
tackles
8–36
0
ff
0–0
7
games
2–11
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.
What moves the pd line vs last season
Last season 4 → projected 6 pd
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season+1.6 pd
Everything it reads
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5 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 25 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 15 / 7 / 4
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Sauce Gardner career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklPDINTFFSack
2022177520200
2023165712010
202415499101
20257206000
2026 in progress · 4 games4144000
Career5921551311.0
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Indianapolis Colts built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

10–7proj record
62off index
99def index
+27net
75%playoff odds
65roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades C (62), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 38, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 10–7 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Sauce Gardner

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2001-08-31

The beginning

Sauce Gardner is a Cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts, in his 5th NFL season.

Indianapolis Colts

Turning pro

Drafted 4th overall, 2022 as a Cornerback.

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Sauce Gardner is an Indianapolis Colts cornerback, drafted 4th overall, 2022.

Chapter

Across 5 seasons (2022–2026) he has recorded 215 tackles, 1 sack and 3 interceptions.

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Most recently he posted 14 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2026.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 3"
Weight
190 lbs
Draft
4th overall, 2022
Born
Detroit, MI
Age
25
Jersey
#1
Background

Sauce Gardner is from Detroit, MI and is 25 years old. He was drafted 4th overall, 2022 and plays cornerback at 6' 3", 190 lbs.

Over 5 seasons (2022–2026) he has recorded 215 tackles, 1 sacks and 3 interceptions. Gardner is currently on the Indianapolis Colts roster.

The person

Sauce Gardner is a rotational starter in the secondary who has recorded 215 tackles with 3 interceptions and 51 passes defensed across 5 seasons (2022–2026).

Coverage production3 career interceptions and 51 passes defensed.
Tackling215 career tackles from the secondary.
Playmaking1 forced fumbles and 1 sacks on the blitz.
First-round pedigree4th overall, 2022.
Durability59 career games played.
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FAQ

Sauce Gardner — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Sauce Gardner, answered.

What position does Sauce Gardner play?
Sauce Gardner is a Cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts.
When was Sauce Gardner drafted?
Sauce Gardner was drafted 4th overall, 2022.
How many seasons has Sauce Gardner played?
5 (2022–2026).
What are Sauce Gardner's career stats?
He has recorded 215 tackles, 1 sack and 3 interceptions.
Sauce Gardner career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Target share
0%
WOPR 0.00

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
6
since 2025
Games missed
5
listed Out
Lower-body
3
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk3 · Rib2026 Wk2 · Rib2025 Wk18 · Calf (Out)2025 Wk17 · Calf2025 Wk16 · Calf (Out)2025 Wk15 · Calf (Out)

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 2 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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Sauce Gardner head-to-head

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