Kaden Elliss

LILB1

Season

Tackles

29▼ 76 vs '25

64th of 109 LBs

Stops

11▼ 45 vs '25

93rd of 109 LBs

Yards per run tackle

2.8▼ 0.8 vs '25

36th of 109 LBs

Missed tackle rate

3.2%▼ 3.0 vs '25

23rd of 109 LBs

Coverage

18 targets

72.2 cmp% · 8.8 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 109 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Tackles 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	77	100.0	9	3	0	0	0.0	3	3	4	50.0	6.8	0	1
Wk 2 @ BALW	58	100.0	6	3	1	0	0.0	2	3	4	50.0	3.5	0	0
Wk 3 vs LVL	70	100.0	8	2	1	0	0.0	0	0	4	100.0	15.5	0	0
Wk 7 vs PITL	64	100.0	6	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	6	83.3	9.2	0	0
Season	269	100.0	29	11	2	1	0.0	5	6	18	72.2	8.8	0	1

2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2026 with Saints

$33Mover 3 years

2026 · now

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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	269	100.0	29	11	2	3.2	0.0	5	6	18	98.8	0	1	0	0
2025	17	1,103	99.9	105	56	10	6.2	3.5	10	18	67	92.9	1	6	1	0
2024	17	1,095	98.4	139	72	8	4.5	5.0	16	22	60	97.0	1	3	1	0
2023	17	1,082	95.0	107	62	6	6.9	4.0	6	9	54	90.1	0	3	0	0
2022	17	630	55.8	70	53	7	6.3	7.0	10	11	31	76.8	0	2	2	0
2021	13	191	22.6	16	8	1	13.3	1.0	3	4	10	118.8	0	0	0	0
2020	7	5	3.5	5	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
2019	1	–	–	1	–	0	–	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
Career	93	4,375	76.2	472	262	34	5.9	20.5	50	70	240	93.8	2	15	4	0