NY Jets reveal Sauce Gardner’s new jersey number

New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner seems to have his official rookie-year jersey quantity

New York Jets followers have loved a profitable offseason, one so refreshing that their prime rookie’s jersey digit is the most important controversy as summer season looms.

Even that, nonetheless, seems to be resolved.

The Jets themselves put an finish to the wait and thriller behind Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner’s uniform quantity, asserting that Gardner will put on a No. 1 jersey.

The Jets additionally referred to as for a bit of assist from the antics of World Wrestling Leisure CEO and persona Vince McMahon. In recapping their offseason to hate, the Jets listed a sequence of their 2022 happenings thus far, every occasion accompanied by a shot of an more and more excited and euphoric McMahon taken from a 2002 WWE occasion.

The final itemizing reads “Sauce sporting 1”, maximizing McMahon’s pleasure and that of Jets followers with it.

Gardner himself appeared to substantiate the numerical information, sharing an edited likeness of his new metropolitan persona.

The NFL launched new boundaries and choices for the jersey numbers of positional teams final season, permitting a number of gamers (corresponding to operating again Derrick Henry and cornerback Jalen Ramsey) to reassume their collegiate identities. Gardner wore No. 1 throughout his time at Cincinnati en path to first-team All-AAC honors in every of his three seasons in addition to a visit to the Faculty Soccer Playoff.

The defender, chosen fourth total in final month’s NFL Draft in Las Vegas, was initially bestowed No. 20 throughout rookie minicamp actions in Florham Park final weekend however has appeared to have labored out a take care of the previous bearer of No. 1, fellow cornerback D.J. Reed. The latter hinted that he’s switching to No. 4 (which beforehand belonged to new kicker Greg Zuerlein in St. Louis/Los Angeles) after Gardner warned followers to not buy his jersey till his digit was made official.

Geoff Magliocchetti is on Twitter @GeoffJMags