Nathan Shepherd

RDE1Questionable · Illnesswk 7 report

Season

Sacks

0.5▼ 2.5 vs '25

79th of 118 DL

Pressures

3▼ 11 vs '25

82nd of 118 DL

Pressure rate

1.7%▼ 0.3 vs '25

78th of 118 DL

Run stops

4▼ 19 vs '25

102nd of 118 DL

Tackling

12 tkl

0 tfl · 5 stops · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 @ DETL	55	71.4	3	2	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 2 @ BALW	39	67.2	4	1	0	2	0.5	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 3 vs LVL	48	68.6	3	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 vs ATLL	33	57.9	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Season	175	66.8	12	5	0	3	0.5	3	3	0	–	–	0	0

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2025 with Saints

$8.5Mover 2 years

2025

2026 · now

Year 2 of 2 ·

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	4	175	66.8	12	5	0	23.1	0.5	3	3	0	–	0	0	0	0
2025	16	696	67.1	46	27	4	5.6	3.0	13	14	2	62.5	0	0	1	0
2024	16	568	51.2	36	23	3	9.5	1.5	6	9	0	–	0	0	0	0
2023	17	594	53.6	43	38	3	11.1	3.0	8	11	0	–	0	0	0	0
2022	17	417	36.5	27	22	3	15.0	1.5	6	7	1	116.7	0	0	0	0
2021	17	495	41.6	23	17	0	10.7	0.0	8	12	3	87.5	0	0	0	0
2020	14	335	32.8	15	15	3	6.7	2.5	8	9	0	–	0	0	0	0
2019	9	232	39.3	11	10	5	0.0	2.0	6	6	1	79.2	0	0	0	0
2018	16	343	30.6	15	11	1	23.1	0.0	5	5	0	–	0	0	0	0
Career	126	3,855	44.9	228	168	22	10.9	14.0	63	76	7	88.7	0	0	1	0