Jonas Sanker

NB1

Season

Tackles

44▼ 35 vs '25

10th of 63 safeties

Passes defended

1▼ 5 vs '25

44th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

100.6▼ 0.7 vs '25

39th of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

4.3%▼ 7.7 vs '25

17th of 63 safeties

Coverage

37 targets

70.3 cmp% · 7.4 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 63 qualifying safeties 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	51	66.2	10	5	1	0	0.0	0	0	8	75.0	3.9	0	0
Wk 2 @ BALW	34	58.6	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	33.3	5.0	0	0
Wk 3 vs LVL	46	65.7	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	1	4	100.0	11.5	0	0
Wk 4 vs ATLL	35	61.4	6	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	2	50.0	13.5	0	0
Wk 5 vs MINL	48	67.6	7	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	8	75.0	4.5	0	0
Wk 6 @ NYGW	69	89.6	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	33.3	8.0	0	1
Wk 7 vs PITL	46	71.9	9	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	9	77.8	10.7	0	0
Season	329	69.4	44	17	1	2	0.0	0	1	37	70.3	7.4	0	1

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Saints

$6.2Mover 4 years

2025

2026 · now

2027

2028

Year 2 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	329	69.4	44	17	1	4.3	0.0	0	1	37	100.6	0	1	0	0
2025	17	978	90.2	79	19	3	12.0	0.0	0	0	34	101.3	2	6	0	0
Career	24	1,307	83.9	123	36	4	9.3	0.0	0	1	71	101.0	2	7	0	0