Colts must deliver on Day 2 of NFL Draft after Sauce Gardner trade

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Colts didn’t have a first-round pick when the NFL Draft began Thursday, but don’t tell Sauce Gardner that.“I’m the first-round pick,” the star cornerback said Tuesday during the Colts’ OTAs. “Twice.”Gardner’s joke referenced the Colts’ mega-trade that sent him to Indianapolis last November. The Colts, amid a 7-2 start, in 2025, went all in and sent the New York Jets their 2026 and 2027 first-round picks, plus wide receiver AD Mitchell, to acquire Gardner. The 24-year-old is already a two-time first-team All-Pro. The only cornerback in Colts history to earn at least two first-team All-Pro nods was Bobby Boyd — in the 1960s.Advertisement