With Sauce Gardner about to begin his first full season with the Indianapolis Colts, the All-Pro defensive back wants to clarify the record of his age.
Gardner, whose given name is “Ahmad,” insists he is 24 years old, not 25. Yet that’s his listed age on sites including ESPN, Pro Football Reference, Pro Football Focus and Yahoo Sports with a birth date of Aug. 31, 2000. Apparently, even EA Sports’ “Madden NFL” game has that as Gardner’s birthday.
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“I’m 24!” Gardner told The Athletic’s James Boyd on the last day of Colts minicamp. “It’s crazy that I’m even being asked this.”
Yet Gardner says his birth date is Aug. 31, 2001 and that he’s 24 years old. The NFL’s official website lists him as 24, though does not show his birth date. But Gardner says the correct birth date is listed on every official document since he played college football at the University of Cincinnati and was drafted by the New York Jets.
Gardner says his driver’s license confirms his age, as does his passport, which the Colts verified. The four-year pro also cites another direct source for his age and birth date.
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“You can ask my mom!” he said to The Athletic.
So how did such a mix-up occur? The problem apparently lies with Wikipedia, which had Gardner’s birth year as 2000. And as a result, Google searches on Gardner would cite the Wikipedia entry and list his age as 25, born in the year 2000. Wikipedia has since corrected the information and Gardner’s age is given as 24 in Google’s AI overview.
Gardner was dealt by the Jets to the Colts last November at the NFL trade deadline. In exchange, the Jets received 2026 and 2027 first-round selections, in addition to receiver Adonai Mitchell.
During his first two NFL seasons, Gardner earned Defensive Rookie of the Year honors and was named first-team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl. He was limited to 11 games last year due to a calf injury.
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Less than five months before being traded, the Jets signed him to a four-year, $120.4 million contract that made him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL. (That deal has since been surpassed by the $124 million contract Trent McDuffie agreed to with the Los Angeles Rams after being acquired from the Kansas City Chiefs.)
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