Carl Granderson

LOLB1

Season

Sacks

5.5▼ 0.5 vs '25

3rd of 118 DL

Pressures

10▼ 13 vs '25

20th of 118 DL

Pressure rate

3.6%▲ 0.6 vs '25

25th of 118 DL

Run stops

11▼ 20 vs '25

41st of 118 DL

Tackling

25 tkl

5 tfl · 20 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	59	76.6	2	1	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 2 @ BALW	39	67.2	5	2	1	0	0.0	0	2	2	50.0	−1.5	0	0
Wk 3 vs LVL	36	50.7	4	4	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 vs MINL	47	66.2	5	5	2	1	1.5	2	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 6 @ NYGW	53	68.8	5	4	0	0	1.5	2	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Wk 7 vs PITL	45	70.3	4	4	1	0	1.5	2	2	0	–	–	0	0
Season	279	66.7	25	20	5	1	5.5	7	10	3	33.3	−1.0	0	0

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

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signed 2023 with Saints

$52Mover 4 years

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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	6	279	66.7	25	20	5	3.8	5.5	7	10	3	42.4	0	0	0	0
2025	17	765	69.5	54	43	11	11.9	6.0	9	23	12	44.4	1	4	0	0
2024	17	826	70.1	56	51	9	14.5	5.5	13	32	2	56.3	0	4	1	0
2023	17	874	79.0	71	62	14	7.1	8.5	20	28	3	70.1	0	1	1	0
2022	16	479	44.9	49	40	7	2.6	5.5	9	13	1	100.0	0	0	0	0
2021	15	448	45.0	24	18	5	28.6	3.0	8	15	3	125.7	0	0	0	0
2020	15	291	30.0	13	11	3	26.7	5.0	9	11	0	–	0	1	2	0
2019	6	115	31.5	10	7	2	9.1	1.0	2	3	1	118.8	0	0	0	0
Career	109	4,077	56.6	302	252	56	11.3	40.0	77	135	25	74.6	1	10	4	0