most sack by a rookie in a single game

Leslie O'Neal has the most sacks by a rookie in a game, with 5 sacks against the Cowboys on November 16, 1986.

Interpreted as:
most defensive sack by a rookie in a single regular-season game
NAMESCKDATETMOPPTKLASTCOMBSCKYINTINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Leslie O'Neal
L. O'Neal
5.0
11/16/1986
SD SD
vs
DAL DAL
0
0
0
0
2Maxx Crosby
M. Crosby
4.0
11/17/2019
OAK OAK
vs
CIN CIN
4
1
5
42
0
0
0
1
0
0
3Brian Orakpo
B. Orakpo
4.0
12/13/2009
WAS WAS
@
OAK OAK
5
1
6
44
0
0
0
1
0
0
4Cornelius Bennett
C. Bennett
4.0
12/27/1987
BUF BUF
@
PHI PHI
0
0
0
0
5Kendall Reyes
K. Reyes
3.5
12/23/2012
SD SD
@
NYJ NYJ
3
2
5
18.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Jason Jones
J. Jones
3.5
12/21/2008
TEN TEN
vs
PIT PIT
4
1
5
22
0
0
0
3
0
0
7Sean McInerney
S. McInerney
3.5
10/11/1987
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
0
0
0
0
8James Houston
J. Houston
3.0
1/1/2023
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
3
0
3
17
0
0
0
1
0
0
9Aidan Hutchinson
A. Hutchinson
3.0
9/18/2022
DET DET
vs
WAS WAS
5
1
6
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
10Jaelan Phillips
J. Phillips
3.0
11/28/2021
MIA MIA
vs
CAR CAR
3
1
4
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
11Nick Bosa
N. Bosa
3.0
10/27/2019
SF SF
vs
CAR CAR
4
0
4
25
1
46
0
0
0
0
12B.J. Hill
B.J. Hill
3.0
12/2/2018
NYG NYG
vs
CHI CHI
3
0
3
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
13Bradley Chubb
B. Chubb
3.0
10/14/2018
DEN DEN
vs
LAR LAR
4
1
5
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
14Mike Hilton
M. Hilton
3.0
12/25/2017
PIT PIT
@
HOU HOU
6
0
6
28
0
0
0
1
0
0
15Preston Smith
P. Smith
3.0
12/26/2015
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
3
1
4
13
0
0
0
1
0
0
16Justin Francis
J. Francis
3.0
12/30/2012
NE NE
vs
MIA MIA
3
0
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
17Justin Houston
J. Houston
3.0
12/4/2011
KC KC
@
CHI CHI
7
0
7
15
0
0
0
1
0
0
18Jyles Tucker
J. Tucker
3.0
12/30/2007
SD SD
@
OAK OAK
4
0
4
28
0
0
0
2
1
1
19Elvis Dumervil
E. Dumervil
3.0
10/22/2006
DEN DEN
@
CLE CLE
3
0
3
16
0
0
0
0
1
0
20DeMarcus Ware
D. Ware
3.0
12/24/2005
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
7
2
9
13
0
0
0
3
0
0
21Kevin Williams
K. Williams
3.0
12/28/2003
MIN MIN
@
ARI ARI
6
2
8
19
1
3
0
0
0
0
22Julius Peppers
J. Peppers
3.0
10/13/2002
CAR CAR
@
DAL DAL
3
0
3
29
1
21
0
1
0
0
23John Henderson
J. Henderson
3.0
10/6/2002
JAX JAX
vs
PHI PHI
6
0
6
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
24Julius Peppers
J. Peppers
3.0
9/15/2002
CAR CAR
vs
DET DET
5
0
5
15
0
0
0
1
0
0
25Ben Leber
B. Leber
3.0
9/15/2002
SD SD
vs
HOU HOU
5
1
6
31
0
0
0
1
0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for sacks going back to the 1982 season.

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