Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner had three interceptions in each of his three seasons at Cincinnati, with go-go gadget reach in a 6-3, 190-pound body that needed only 4.41 seconds to go 40 yards at the end of the NFL scouting combine on Sunday.
He's also got the confidence, or sauce as a little league coach once said, required to be considered one of the best cornerback prospects in a lauded 2022 draft class.
"When I'm in a calm mood, I would say that's me being Ahmad," Gardner said through a sparkling grill at a podium in Indianapolis. "But the sauce is within me, so I'm always saucy.