Garin Veris has the most sacks by a rookie in a Wild Card game, with 3 sacks in the 1985 AFC Wild Card game against the Jets on December 28, 1985.
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most defensive sacks by a rookie in a wild card playoff game| NAME | SCK | DATE | ROUND | TM | OPP | TKL | AST | COMB | SCKY | INT | INT YDS | INT TD | FF | FR | FR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Veris | 3.0 | 12/28/1985 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | | L. Woodley | 2.0 | 1/5/2008 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | J. Kearse | 2.0 | 1/8/2000 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | | G. Spires | 2.0 | 1/3/1999 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | | A. Wadsworth | 2.0 | 1/2/1999 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | | M. Lewis | 2.0 | 12/29/1991 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | | R. Turnbull | 2.0 | 1/6/1991 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | | F. Strickland | 2.0 | 12/26/1988 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | | D. Owens | 2.0 | 1/8/1983 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | | L. Van Ness | 1.0 | 1/14/2024 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | W. Anderson Jr. | 1.0 | 1/13/2024 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | B. Basham | 1.0 | 1/15/2022 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | C. Barton | 1.0 | 1/5/2020 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | U. Nwosu | 1.0 | 1/6/2019 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | J. Jones | 1.0 | 1/6/2019 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | T. McKinley | 1.0 | 1/6/2018 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | R. Okwara | 1.0 | 1/8/2017 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | DJ Reader | 1.0 | 1/7/2017 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | P. Smith | 1.0 | 1/10/2016 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | D. Lawrence | 1.0 | 1/4/2015 | NFC Wild Card | vs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | S. Spence | 1.0 | 1/3/2015 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | B. Irvin | 1.0 | 1/6/2013 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | V. Miller | 1.0 | 1/8/2012 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | B. Reed | 1.0 | 1/7/2012 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | J.J. Watt | 1.0 | 1/7/2012 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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 Vikings - e | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 |
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 Panthers - y | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Buccaneers - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Falcons - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Saints - e | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
 Seahawks - z* | 14 | 3 | 0 | .824 |
 49ers - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
 Rams - w | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 |
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 Dolphins - e | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 |
 Jets - e | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 |
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 Bengals - e | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 |
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 Jaguars - y | 13 | 4 | 0 | .765 |
 Texans - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
 Colts - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
 Titans - e | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 |
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 Broncos - y | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 |
 Chargers - w | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 |
 Chiefs - e | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 |
 Raiders - e | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 |
