most passes defensed by a defensive lineman in 2023

A.J. Epenesa defended the most passes by a defensive lineman in 2023, with 8 passes defended.

	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	A.J. Epenesa	8	2023	BUF	15	9	11	20	6.5	40	2	38	1	1	1	0
2	DeForest Buckner D. Buckner	7	2023	IND	17	45	36	81	8.0	48	0	0	0	2	1	1
3	Aidan Hutchinson A. Hutchinson	7	2023	DET	17	36	15	51	11.5	98.5	1	6	0	3	2	0
4	DeMarcus Lawrence D. Lawrence	6	2023	DAL	17	29	21	50	4.0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	Derrick Brown D. Brown	6	2023	CAR	17	57	46	103	2.0	22	1	2	0	0	0	0
6	Christian Barmore C. Barmore	6	2023	NE	17	39	25	64	8.5	60.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	Bryan Bresee B. Bresee	6	2023	NO	17	12	12	24	4.5	42	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Shelby Harris S. Harris	5	2023	CLE	17	17	11	28	1.5	13.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	Jordan Phillips J. Phillips	5	2023	BUF	14	10	5	15	2.5	23.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	B.J. Hill	5	2023	CIN	17	26	25	51	4.5	27	2	0	0	0	1	0
11	Shy Tuttle S. Tuttle	5	2023	CAR	17	19	24	43	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	John Jenkins J. Jenkins	4	2023	LV	17	24	37	61	1.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
13	Denico Autry D. Autry	4	2023	TEN	17	30	20	50	11.5	87.5	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	Chris Jones C. Jones	4	2023	KC	16	20	10	30	10.5	71.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Adam Gotsis A. Gotsis	4	2023	JAX	17	18	8	26	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Adam Butler A. Butler	4	2023	LV	17	16	12	28	5.0	38	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Justin Jones J. Jones	4	2023	CHI	17	29	20	49	4.5	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Daron Payne D. Payne	4	2023	WAS	17	32	21	53	4.0	24.5	0	0	0	2	2	0
19	Zach Sieler Z. Sieler	4	2023	MIA	17	32	31	63	10.0	61.5	1	5	1	1	2	0
20	Montez Sweat M. Sweat	4	2023	TOT	17	38	19	57	12.5	78.5	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	Nick Bosa N. Bosa	4	2023	SF	17	34	19	53	10.5	58.5	0	0	0	2	1	0
22	Greg Rousseau G. Rousseau	4	2023	BUF	16	30	12	42	5.0	33.5	0	0	0	1	1	0
23	Karl Brooks K. Brooks	4	2023	GB	17	12	8	20	4.0	31	0	0	0	1	2	0
24	Cameron Jordan C. Jordan	3	2023	NO	17	20	23	43	2.0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Aaron Donald A. Donald	3	2023	LAR	16	28	25	53	8.0	44.5	0	0	0	0	0	0

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