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Sauce Gardner
Born August 31, 2000 · College Cincinnati · Drafted 2022, round 1, pick 4 (NYJ) · 6-3, 190 lb
Defensive Rookie of the Year (2022) · 1st-team All-Pro ×2 (2022, 2023) · Pro Bowl ×2 (2022, 2023)
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | NYJ | 17 | 75 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| 2023 | NYJ | 16 | 57 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | NYJ | 15 | 49 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | NYJ | 10 | 36 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2026 | IND | 8 | 26 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Career | IND | 66 | 243 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 1 |
Honours
Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
| Season | Honours |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Defensive Rookie of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl |
| 2023 | 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | NYJ | 17 | – | – | 1,099 | 98.0 |
| 2023 | NYJ | 16 | – | – | 1,035 | 98.9 |
| 2024 | NYJ | 15 | – | – | 865 | 87.9 |
| 2025 | NYJ/IND | 12 | 50 | 64.9 | 595 | 80.4 |
Game logs
2026 game log (8 games)
2025 game log (10 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-07 | vs PIT | L 32–34 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2025-09-14 | vs BUF | L 10–30 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2025-09-21 | @ TB | L 27–29 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2025-09-29 | @ MIA | L 21–27 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2025-10-05 | vs DAL | L 22–37 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2025-10-12 | vs DEN | L 11–13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2025-10-19 | vs CAR | L 6–13 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | vs ATL | W 31–25 OT | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 2025-11-23 | @ KC | L 20–23 OT | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 2025-12-28 | vs JAX | L 17–23 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
2024 game log (15 games)
2024 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-09-09 | @ SF | L 19–32 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2024-09-15 | @ TEN | W 24–17 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2024-09-19 | vs NE | W 24–3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2024-09-29 | vs DEN | L 9–10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2024-10-06 | @ MIN | L 17–23 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2024-10-14 | vs BUF | L 20–23 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2024-10-20 | @ PIT | L 15–37 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2024-10-27 | @ NE | L 22–25 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2024-10-31 | vs HOU | W 21–13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 2024-11-10 | @ ARI | L 6–31 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2024-11-17 | vs IND | L 27–28 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2024-12-01 | vs SEA | L 21–26 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 2024-12-15 | @ JAX | W 32–25 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 2024-12-22 | vs LA | L 9–19 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2024-12-29 | @ BUF | L 14–40 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
2023 game log (16 games)
2023 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023-09-11 | vs BUF | W 22–16 OT | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2023-09-17 | @ DAL | L 10–30 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2023-09-24 | vs NE | L 10–15 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2023-10-01 | vs KC | L 20–23 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2023-10-08 | @ DEN | W 31–21 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2023-10-29 | @ NYG | W 13–10 OT | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2023-11-06 | vs LAC | L 6–27 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 2023-11-12 | @ LV | L 12–16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2023-11-19 | @ BUF | L 6–32 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 2023-11-24 | vs MIA | L 13–34 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 2023-12-03 | vs ATL | L 8–13 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2023-12-10 | vs HOU | W 30–6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 2023-12-17 | @ MIA | L 0–30 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2023-12-24 | vs WAS | W 30–28 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2023-12-28 | @ CLE | L 20–37 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 2024-01-07 | @ NE | W 17–3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
2022 game log (17 games)
2022 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022-09-11 | vs BAL | L 9–24 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2022-09-18 | @ CLE | W 31–30 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2022-09-25 | vs CIN | L 12–27 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2022-10-02 | @ PIT | W 24–20 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2022-10-09 | vs MIA | W 40–17 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2022-10-16 | @ GB | W 27–10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 2022-10-23 | @ DEN | W 16–9 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 2022-10-30 | vs NE | L 17–22 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2022-11-06 | vs BUF | W 20–17 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 2022-11-20 | @ NE | L 3–10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 2022-11-27 | vs CHI | W 31–10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2022-12-04 | @ MIN | L 22–27 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 2022-12-11 | @ BUF | L 12–20 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 2022-12-18 | vs DET | L 17–20 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2022-12-22 | vs JAX | L 3–19 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2023-01-01 | @ SEA | L 6–23 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | 2023-01-08 | @ MIA | L 6–11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |