[1] He was selected in the sixth round (188th overall pick) of the 1996 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons.
[2] He ended up playing more NFL games than all but 12 of the 87 players taken in the last two rounds of that year's draft.
As a rookie in 1996, Sauer played in all 16 games for the Falcons, but only started one.
[4][5] Three of his brothers, Kent, Kurt and Michael have played professional ice hockey.
[4][5] Kent Sauer was a 4th round draft pick by the Nashville Predators in 1998, but his professional career was derailed by a knee injury.