Sauce
Gardner
CB
#1
Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 190 lbs · Age : 25
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Indianapolis Colts | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025 Totals | 11 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Indianapolis Colts | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | New York Jets | 7 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | New York Jets | 15 | 49 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | New York Jets | 16 | 57 | 41 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | New York Jets | 17 | 75 | 51 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2026
9.50 M$
Guaranteed
2027
20.95 M$
Guaranteed
2028
26.20 M$
Not guaranteed
2029
36.10 M$
Not guaranteed
2030
36.10 M$
Not guaranteed
2031
2.00 M$
Not guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular cornerbacks: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Interceptions
0
40th percentile
Passes defended
3
80th percentile
Targets in coverage
13
Yards allowed
131 yd
Yards allowed per target
10.1 yd
21th percentile
Passer rating allowed
101.8
39th percentile
Tackles
12
47th percentile
Missed tackle rate
20.0 %
21th percentile
Tackles for loss
0
31th percentile
Defensive snaps
193
77th percentile
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
Projected WAR
-0.2
Games
17
WAR 2026
-0.1
Games played
3
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
→ Stable (-6)
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+4 · 26 y.o. · prime years
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
68
Depth player
WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
WAR
-0.1
#55 of 77 regular cornerbacks
PAL Rating
24 / 100
#59 of 77 regular cornerbacks
Value Rating · 2025
39 / 100
2025 PAL (51) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $30.1M.PAL expected for this salary: 63PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.
Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).
Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.
How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.
The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | INT | PD | Yds/tgt | Rtg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | IND | 3 | -0.1 | 24 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 10.1 | 101.8 |
| 2025 | IND | 10 | 0.2 | 51 | 74 | 0 | 9 | 6.7 | 65.1 |
| 2024 | NYJ | 15 | -0.4 | 19 | 79 | 1 | 9 | 9.3 | 86.9 |
| 2023 | NYJ | 16 | 0.3 | 54 | 89 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 80.3 |
| 2022 | NYJ | 17 | 1.0 | 96 | 97 | 2 | 20 | 5.3 | 62.7 |
Game recap
New England Patriots
In London, Drake Maye’s three touchdown passes and Efton Chism’s late one-handed grab lifted the Patriots over the Bills 29-26, while Jonathan Taylor’s two scores carried the Colts past the Commanders 30-13.
· La Presse
Sauce Gardner has 0 interceptions and 3 passes defensed in 3 games in 2026.
Sauce Gardner is 25 years old. He is 6'3" (191 cm) and weighs 190 lb (86 kg).
Sauce Gardner produced -0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 59th of 77 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 24 out of 100: below average for his position.
Sauce Gardner plays for Indianapolis Colts in the NFL, at CB, and wears number 1.
Our projection has him at -0.2 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
Indianapolis Colts
