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Sauce Gardner

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Sauce Gardner is the starting LCB for the Indianapolis Colts.

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Sauce Gardner this week

The Indianapolis Colts play next in Week 6, at home against the Tennessee Titans on Sun, Oct 18 (Fox). Sauce Gardner is listed as the starter at LCB going into that game.

At LCB for the Indianapolis Colts, Cameron Mitchell is next in line behind him.

Sauce Gardner's 2026 game log, most recent 3 games: L 22-34 at PIT (Oct 11); W 19-17 vs HOU (Sep 27); L 30-33 at KC (Sep 20).

Sauce Gardner wears No. 1, is 25 years old, is listed at 6' 3", 190 lbs, has 5 years of NFL experience, came out of Cincinnati.

Is Sauce Gardner playing this week?

Sauce Gardner is expected to start at LCB for Indianapolis Colts. No injury listed (updated Oct 15, ESPN).

IND LCB Depth

1Sauce GardnerStarter
2Cameron Mitchell

Indianapolis Colts Starting Lineup

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Age
25
Height
6' 3"
Weight
190
Experience
5 yrs

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    Season Stats

    SeasonTeamGTklTFLSacksINTPD
    2026IND5130004
    2025IND10280009
    2024NYJ15291119
    2023NYJ163920012
    2022NYJ174620220
    Career5 yrs6315551354

    Season stats from nflverse, a public NFL statistics project. Last refreshed Oct 15, 2026.

    2026 vs. 2025

    Tackles
    13
    -0.2/gm vs 2025
    Sacks
    0
    even with 2025 per game
    INT
    0
    even with 2025 per game

    Career Totals

    Seasons
    5
    Games
    63
    Tackles
    155

    #76 of 161 at CB in Interceptions (2026)

    WHY THIS RATING

    Sauce Gardner is rated 83 (Good): production, role and draft slot rank 58th of 263 qualifying defensive backs (outperforms 78% of them). 2026 games count fully, 2025 games half. Same 40-99 scale as college ratings; compare within the NFL.

    Rating basis
    Production + draft
    On-field production
    67th percentile
    Beats 67% of 263
    Sample
    5 + 10 games
    2026 + 2025 · 859 snaps
    Draft slot
    20% of rating
    Pick 4 · 2022 draft
    Updated
    Through week 5

    Production per game depends partly on the offense or scheme around a player, so a player on a weak team can rate lower. Not a betting line. How we rank

    2026 Game Log

    Oct 11L@ PITTKL 2
    TKL
    2
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    0

    Final L 22-34

    Oct 4WSHTKL 2
    TKL
    2
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    1
    Sep 27Wvs HOUTKL 4
    TKL
    4
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    2

    Final W 19-17

    Sep 20L@ KCTKL 4
    TKL
    4
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    1

    Final L 30-33

    Sep 13Lvs BALTKL 1
    TKL
    1
    TFL
    0
    SACK
    0
    INT
    0
    PD
    0

    Final L 23-41

    Sauce Gardner's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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    Team Role

    Starter
    Sauce Gardner plays 97% of his team's defensive snaps in games he appears in (2026, 5 games).
    Snap share97%

    College

    Cincinnati

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