most 3 sack games by a rookie

Julius Peppers and Leslie O'Neal are tied for the most games by a rookie with 3.0+ sacks, with 2 games.

Interpreted as:
most 3 or more defensive sack regular-season games by a rookie
NAMEGPSCKSEASONTMTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Julius Peppers
J. Peppers
2
6.0
2002
CAR CAR
8
0
8
44
1
21
0
2
0
0
2Leslie O'Neal
L. O'Neal
2
8.0
1986
SD SD
0
0
0
0
3James Houston
J. Houston
1
3.0
2022
DET DET
3
0
3
17
0
0
0
1
0
0
4Aidan Hutchinson
A. Hutchinson
1
3.0
2022
DET DET
5
1
6
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
5Jaelan Phillips
J. Phillips
1
3.0
2021
MIA MIA
3
1
4
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Maxx Crosby
M. Crosby
1
4.0
2019
OAK OAK
4
1
5
42
0
0
0
1
0
0
7Nick Bosa
N. Bosa
1
3.0
2019
SF SF
4
0
4
25
1
46
0
0
0
0
8B.J. Hill
B.J. Hill
1
3.0
2018
NYG NYG
3
0
3
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
9Bradley Chubb
B. Chubb
1
3.0
2018
DEN DEN
4
1
5
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
10Mike Hilton
M. Hilton
1
3.0
2017
PIT PIT
6
0
6
28
0
0
0
1
0
0
11Preston Smith
P. Smith
1
3.0
2015
WAS WAS
3
1
4
13
0
0
0
1
0
0
12Justin Francis
J. Francis
1
3.0
2012
NE NE
3
0
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
13Kendall Reyes
K. Reyes
1
3.5
2012
SD SD
3
2
5
18.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
14Justin Houston
J. Houston
1
3.0
2011
KC KC
7
0
7
15
0
0
0
1
0
0
15Brian Orakpo
B. Orakpo
1
4.0
2009
WAS WAS
5
1
6
44
0
0
0
1
0
0
16Jason Jones
J. Jones
1
3.5
2008
TEN TEN
4
1
5
22
0
0
0
3
0
0
17Jyles Tucker
J. Tucker
1
3.0
2007
SD SD
4
0
4
28
0
0
0
2
1
1
18Elvis Dumervil
E. Dumervil
1
3.0
2006
DEN DEN
3
0
3
16
0
0
0
0
1
0
19DeMarcus Ware
D. Ware
1
3.0
2005
DAL DAL
7
2
9
13
0
0
0
3
0
0
20Kevin Williams
K. Williams
1
3.0
2003
MIN MIN
6
2
8
19
1
3
0
0
0
0
21John Henderson
J. Henderson
1
3.0
2002
JAX JAX
6
0
6
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
22Ben Leber
B. Leber
1
3.0
2002
SD SD
5
1
6
31
0
0
0
1
0
0
23Carlos Hall
C. Hall
1
3.0
2002
TEN TEN
4
3
7
14
0
0
0
1
0
0
24Reggie Hayward
R. Hayward
1
3.0
2001
DEN DEN
4
1
5
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
25Justin Smith
J. Smith
1
3.0
2001
CIN CIN
5
3
8
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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9
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2
0
.846
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.692
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6
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4
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6
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.538
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6
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MIA MIA
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NO NO
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TB TB
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