Sauce Gardner
CB #1 · Bengals · OVR 90 · Compare
Drafted: Madden 27 Fantasy Draft, Round 2, Pick 3 (#35 overall) by CIN · 90 OVR then
Also in Madden 26: Sauce Gardner, KC · 98 OVR →
Player Info
- Age
- 25
- Height / Weight
- 75" / 190 lbs
- College
- Cincinnati
- Hometown
- Detroit
- Years Pro
- 4
- Draft
- Round 3, Pick 4 (2021)
Contract
- Cap Hit
- $18.0M
- Salary
- $18.0M
- Bonus
- $18.0M
- Years Left
- 2 of 2
Trade Value
376
overall 84.45 × superstar 1.75 × age 25 1.04 × CB 1.12 × contract 0.84
An overpay: $18.0M against the $7.8M a player this good usually costs. 2 years left, which is what gives it weight.
This league's own model, not Madden's — EA publishes no trade value. It prices the contract as well as the player, because a team trading for him takes the number on too. How it works.
Market Value
Going rate
—/yr
no comparable player is negotiating right now
Currently paid
$16.5M/yr
median of 12 comparable contracts, including rookie deals still running
His deal
$18.0M/yr
not in a negotiating window
Going rate drawn from same position, any rating, what is paid from same position, ±5 OVR, same age group. Each group widens until it holds at least five players, so a small count means this profile is rare in the league and the figure deserves less weight. Annual value is total salary plus bonus over the length of the deal — not the cap hit, which Madden back-loads.
Ratings
Progression
Tracking began Oct 4, 2026 at 90 OVR. Changes will show here as later imports arrive.
Season 9 · Madden 27
Regular season + playoffs
No stats captured for this season yet.
Career
Earlier titles matched by name and college.
In the Chronicle
- Vol. 2, Issue 4 · A rushing record falls in Denver, four winless teams finally win, and Philadelphia wins by seventeen with nineteen passing yards.