most sack by a rookie in a postseason game

Garin Veris has the most sacks by a rookie in a playoff game, with 3 sacks in the 1985 AFC Wild Card game versus the Jets on December 28, 1985.

Interpreted as:

most defensive sack by a rookie in a postseason game

	NAME	SCK	DATE	ROUND	TM		OPP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Garin Veris G. Veris	3.0	12/28/1985	AFC Wild Card	NE	@	NYJ					1	18	0			0
2	Brooks Reed B. Reed	2.5	1/15/2012	AFC Divisional	HOU	@	BAL	6	2	8	14	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	J.J. Watt	2.5	1/15/2012	AFC Divisional	HOU	@	BAL	9	3	12	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Jared Verse J. Verse	2.0	1/19/2025	NFC Divisional	LAR	@	PHI	4	0	4	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Nick Bosa N. Bosa	2.0	1/11/2020	NFC Divisional	SF	vs	MIN	6	0	6	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Deatrich Wise Jr. D. Wise Jr.	2.0	1/13/2018	AFC Divisional	NE	vs	TEN	2	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	LaMarr Woodley L. Woodley	2.0	1/5/2008	AFC Wild Card	PIT	vs	JAX	3	0	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Jevon Kearse J. Kearse	2.0	1/8/2000	AFC Wild Card	TEN	vs	BUF					0	0	0			0
9	Greg Spires G. Spires	2.0	1/3/1999	AFC Wild Card	NE	@	JAX					0	0	0			0
10	Andre Wadsworth A. Wadsworth	2.0	1/2/1999	NFC Wild Card	ARI	@	DAL					0	0	0			0
11	Tedy Bruschi T. Bruschi	2.0	1/26/1997	Super Bowl	NE	@	GB					0	0	0			0
12	Dana Stubblefield D. Stubblefield	2.0	1/15/1994	NFC Divisional	SF	vs	NYG					0	0	0			0
13	Mo Lewis M. Lewis	2.0	12/29/1991	AFC Wild Card	NYJ	@	HOU					0	0	0			0
14	Renaldo Turnbull R. Turnbull	2.0	1/6/1991	NFC Wild Card	NO	@	CHI					0	0	0			0
15	Fred Strickland F. Strickland	2.0	12/26/1988	NFC Wild Card	RAM	@	MIN					0	0	0			0
16	Michael Carter M. Carter	2.0	1/6/1985	NFC Championship	SF	vs	CHI					0	0	0			0
17	Greg Townsend G. Townsend	2.0	1/8/1984	AFC Championship	RAI	vs	SEA					0	0	0			0
18	Dennis Owens D. Owens	2.0	1/8/1983	AFC Wild Card	NE	@	MIA					0	0	0			0
19	Martez Wilson M. Wilson	1.5	1/14/2012	NFC Divisional	NO	@	SF	2	1	3	4.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	Cornelius Griffin C. Griffin	1.5	1/28/2001	Super Bowl	NYG	vs	BAL					0	0	0			0
21	Cornelius Griffin C. Griffin	1.5	1/7/2001	NFC Divisional	NYG	vs	PHI					0	0	0			0
22	Greg Townsend G. Townsend	1.5	1/1/1984	AFC Divisional	RAI	vs	PIT					0	0	0			0
23	Rylie Mills R. Mills	1.0	2/8/2026	Super Bowl	SEA	@	NE	1	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Que Robinson Q. Robinson	1.0	1/25/2026	AFC Championship	DEN	vs	NE	1	2	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	C.J. West	1.0	1/17/2026	NFC Divisional	SF	@	SEA	2	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0

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