LB · New Orleans Saints · #28
Danny Stutsman
RILB2- College
- Oklahoma
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 233 lb
- Experience
- 2nd season
Tackles
36▼ 17 vs '25
47th of 123 LBs
Stops
15▼ 6 vs '25
73rd of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
4.4▲ 0.7 vs '25
99th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
16.7%▲ 9.8 vs '25
111th of 123 LBs
Coverage
12 targets
75.0 cmp% · 6.7 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ DETL | 26 | 34.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ BALW | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs LVL | 45 | 64.3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs ATLL | 57 | 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs MINL | 61 | 85.9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ NYGW | 67 | 87.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 7 vs PITL | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 258 | 61.7 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 75.0 | 6.7 | 0 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Saints
$5.2Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $1.3M
- Guaranteed
- $1M 20%
- 2026 cap hit
- $1.3M 0.4% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 258 | 61.7 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 92.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 204 | 24.3 | 53 | 21 | 0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 85.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 23 | 462 | 36.8 | 89 | 36 | 0 | 11.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 89.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |