Jets Exercise Fifth-Year Options Of CB Sauce Gardner & WR Garrett Wilson

The New York Jets announced they picked up the fifth-year options for CB Sauce Gardner and WR Garrett Wilson on Wednesday.

The Jets also exercised DE Jermaine Johnson‘s fifth-year option. 

All three players are former first-round picks entering the final year of their contracts before the fifth-year options. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise, given all three players have been highly productive through their first three years in the NFL. 

Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic reported recently that Jets GM Darren Mougey is anticipating using fifth-year options for Wilson, Gardner, and Johnson.

Gardner’s fifth-year option will cost $20.1 million, while Wilson’s will cost $16.8 million and Johnson’s will cost $13.4 million, per OverTheCap. 

Gardner, 24, was a three-year starter at Cincinnati. He was a Consensus All-American and AAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2021. The Jets used the No. 4 overall pick on him in the 2022 draft. 

He signed a four-year, $33,450,799 contract that includes a $21,507,854 signing bonus. There is also a fifth-year option for the team to pick up in 2025.

In 2024, Gardner appeared in 15 games for the Jets and recorded 49 tackles, a sack, nine pass defenses, and one interception.

Wilson, 24, was named first-team All-Big Ten in 2020 and first-team All-American in 2021 before declaring for the 2022 NFL Draft following his junior year at Ohio State. The Jets used the No. 10 overall pick on him in the 2022 draft. 

He signed a four-year, $20,554,004 contract that includes a $12,128,366. There is also a fifth-year option for the team to pick up in 2025.

In 2024, Wilson appeared in 17 games for the Jets and caught 101 passes for 1,104 yards receiving and seven touchdowns. 

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