Garin Veris has the most sacks by a rookie in a playoff 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 in a playoff game by a rookie| 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 | | B. Reed | 2.5 | 1/15/2012 | AFC Divisional | @ | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | J.J. Watt | 2.5 | 1/15/2012 | AFC Divisional | @ | 9 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | J. Verse | 2.0 | 1/19/2025 | NFC Divisional | @ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | N. Bosa | 2.0 | 1/11/2020 | NFC Divisional | vs | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | D. Wise Jr. | 2.0 | 1/13/2018 | AFC Divisional | vs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | L. Woodley | 2.0 | 1/5/2008 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | J. Kearse | 2.0 | 1/8/2000 | AFC Wild Card | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | | G. Spires | 2.0 | 1/3/1999 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | | A. Wadsworth | 2.0 | 1/2/1999 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | | T. Bruschi | 2.0 | 1/26/1997 | Super Bowl | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | | D. Stubblefield | 2.0 | 1/15/1994 | NFC Divisional | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 | | M. Lewis | 2.0 | 12/29/1991 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | | R. Turnbull | 2.0 | 1/6/1991 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 | | F. Strickland | 2.0 | 12/26/1988 | NFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | | M. Carter | 2.0 | 1/6/1985 | NFC Championship | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | | G. Townsend | 2.0 | 1/8/1984 | AFC Championship | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | | D. Owens | 2.0 | 1/8/1983 | AFC Wild Card | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | | M. Wilson | 1.5 | 1/14/2012 | NFC Divisional | @ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | C. Griffin | 1.5 | 1/28/2001 | Super Bowl | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 | | C. Griffin | 1.5 | 1/7/2001 | NFC Divisional | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 22 | | G. Townsend | 1.5 | 1/1/1984 | AFC Divisional | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | | R. Mills | 1.0 | 2/8/2026 | Super Bowl | @ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | Q. Robinson | 1.0 | 1/25/2026 | AFC Championship | vs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | C.J. West | 1.0 | 1/17/2026 | NFC Divisional | @ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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