Lions to have pre-draft visit with Cincinnati CB Ahmad ‘Sauce’ Gardner
Things could be getting a little saucy in Detroit soon. The Lions are set to host Cincinnati Bearcats cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner for a visit in the coming weeks.
The Lions, like all 32 NFL teams, attended the Cincinnati pro day on Thursday. They apparently like Gardner enough to schedule a formal pre-draft visit with the talented cornerback, who is almost universally projected in the top 10 picks of the first round in next month’s draft.
Each team gets up to 30 visits with prospects, and Aaron Wilson of Pro Football Network reports the Lions will use one of theirs on Garnder.
Gardner, 21, has top-30 visits with the New York Jets, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, and Seattle Seahawks, according to league sources. He has already met privately with Texans coach Lovie Smith, per sources, at the Cincinnati Pro Day workout where he stood on his NFL Combine testing numbers. He also met with the Giants, Jets, and New Orleans Saints at his pro day.
The Lions don’t appear to be in the market for a first-round cornerback, but many times teams use those visits just to pick the brain and investigate the players who they might wind up facing quite a bit in the NFL.
Garnder is from Detroit originally, a graduate of Martin Luther King High School. He had a phenomenal college career for the Bearcats, allowing a QB Rating of just 31.8 on targeted throws over the course of his three seasons starting in Cincinnati.
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