Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Cincinnati
Ahmad Gardner
CB • 6'2" • 188 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ahmad Gardner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
74
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
69
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Cincinnati
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Player Story
Ahmad Gardner built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Detroit, MI wearing No. 12, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Ahmad Gardner's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 4
- Overall
- No. 4
- NFL Team
- New York Jets
Ahmad Gardner, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Cincinnati. Ahmad Gardner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 99
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 18
- Touchdowns
- 5
Featured Highlight
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Sauce Gardner Cincinnati Highlights
2021 · Cincinnati · Player Highlight
Sauce Gardner college highlights at Cincinnati.
- Season
- 2021
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Ahmad Gardner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · CB
- Career Tackles
- 99
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Cincinnati
- Top game
- South Florida
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Martin Luther King · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Martin Luther King · 40 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 1 · Pick 4 · New York Jets
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · CB 56th (top 15%) · American Athletic 75th (top 15%) · National 931st (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Cincinnati | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 42.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 11 | 30 | - | 0 | - | 6 | 4 | 42.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 9 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 6 | 0 | 45.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | Cincinnati | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 13 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 55.6 |
Related Context
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Ahmad Gardner played CB for Cincinnati. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ahmad Gardner recorded 99 tackles and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Cincinnati.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Cincinnati paired 16 primary output with 25.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Army
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
24.1
Usage
4
Consistency
63
Best Game by takeover score
Army
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 0. Army: 3. South Florida: 2. SMU: 1. Memphis: 1. Houston: 1. East Carolina: 1. UCF: 1. Tulsa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Austin Peay: 8 by 33.3. Army: 2 by 38.3. South Florida: 2 by 28.3. SMU: 4 by 26.7. Memphis: 1 by 14.2. Houston: 3 by 22.5. East Carolina: 1 by 14.2. UCF: 3 by 22.5. Tulsa: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Army
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Army
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/20 | vs Tulsa | W 27-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ UCF | W 36-33 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | vs East Carolina | W 55-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Houston | W 38-10 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Memphis | W 49-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/25 | @ SMU | W 42-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs South FloridaSplash game | W 28-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs ArmySplash game | W 24-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Austin Peay | W 55-20 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ahmad Gardner story
Ahmad Gardner built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Detroit, MI wearing No. 12, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Ahmad Gardner's career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 9 interceptions across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Cincinnati. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ahmad Gardner's production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati.
The arc is straightforward: Ahmad Gardner moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Cincinnati
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Cincinnati | 11 | 21.8 | 3.2 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 11 | 21.8 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 10 | 24.1 | 4 | -1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Cincinnati | 16 | 25.1 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 16 | 25.1 | 5.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ South Florida
Week 11 · W 45-28 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Tulsa
Week 10 · W 28-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#3
@ East Carolina
Week 10 · W 46-43 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Army
Week 4 · W 24-10
3
Havoc Plays
60.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Houston
Week 14 · W 35-20 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
51.1 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Cincinnati
16 primary output · 25.1 efficiency · 5.8 usage
55.6
#2
2021 Regular Season · Cincinnati
55.6
16 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Cincinnati
45.7
10 primary · 24.1 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
11
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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