Austin Booker

RDE1

Season

Sacks

4.0▼ 0.5 vs '25

8th of 118 DL

Pressures

9▼ 9 vs '25

29th of 118 DL

Pressure rate

3.8%▲ 0.4 vs '25

21st of 118 DL

Run stops

9▼ 9 vs '25

60th of 118 DL

Tackling

20 tkl

5 tfl · 14 stops · 2 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 @ CARW	40	58.8	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 2 vs MINL	19	37.3	1	1	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 3 vs PHIW	30	60.0	4	4	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 vs NYJW	20	62.5	2	1	1	0	1.0	2	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 @ GBL	44	72.1	5	5	3	1	2.0	2	3	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 6 @ ATLW	41	74.5	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 7 vs NEW	41	75.9	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Season	235	63.3	20	14	5	1	4.0	6	9	0	–	–	0	0

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

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Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Bears

$4.4Mover 4 years

2024

2025

2026 · now

2027

Year 3 of 4

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	7	235	63.3	20	14	5	6.7	4.0	6	9	0	–	0	0	2	0
2025	10	521	80.2	35	24	5	7.4	4.5	12	18	0	–	0	3	1	0
2024	17	283	26.5	18	16	3	21.1	1.5	4	6	1	118.8	0	0	0	0
Career	34	1,039	49.7	73	54	13	11.5	10.0	22	33	1	118.8	0	3	3	0