Sources - Jets, CB Sauce Gardner reach 4-year, $120.4M extension - ESPN

Another day, another major contract extension for the New York Jets.

Twenty-four hours after reaching a long-term contract extension with wide receiver Garrett Wilson, the Jets rewarded star cornerback Sauce Gardner with a record-setting contract — a four-year, $120.4 million extension, sources said Tuesday.

The contract includes $85.653 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The two-time All-Pro becomes the NFL's highest-paid cornerback, based on average salary per year ($30.1 million). He surpasses Houston Texans star Derek Stingley Jr., who received a three-year, $90 million extension in March. Stingley was drafted third overall in 2022, one spot ahead of Gardner.

Gardner posted to X, «this only the beginning,» and thanked his brother, Allante Gardner, and AJ Vaynerchuk, who represent him, and the Jets and their fans.

THE DEAL IS DONE