rookie pass defense leaders 2024 to 2025

Since 2024, Mike Sainristil has defended the most passes by a rookie, with 14 passes defended in 2024.

NAME PDEF SEASON TM GP TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Mike Sainristil
M. Sainristil
14
2024
WAS WAS
17
62
31
93
0.0
0
2
38
0
1
1
0
2 Nate Wiggins
N. Wiggins
13
2024
BAL BAL
15
25
8
33
0.0
0
1
26
1
1
0
0
3 Renardo Green
R. Green
13
2024
SF SF
17
41
20
61
0.0
0
1
20
0
1
0
0
4 Quinyon Mitchell
Q. Mitchell
12
2024
PHI PHI
16
37
9
46
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5 Calen Bullock
C. Bullock
11
2024
HOU HOU
17
37
17
54
0.0
0
5
96
0
0
1
0
6 Terrion Arnold
T. Arnold
10
2024
DET DET
16
47
13
60
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
7 Kamari Lassiter
K. Lassiter
10
2024
HOU HOU
14
42
16
58
0.0
0
3
9
0
0
0
0
8 Tarheeb Still
T. Still
10
2024
LAC LAC
14
45
17
62
0.5
4.5
4
85
1
0
0
0
9 Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
J. Brownlee Jr.
9
2024
TEN TEN
17
46
29
75
0.0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
10 Jarrian Jones
J. Jones
8
2024
JAX JAX
17
30
10
40
2.0
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
11 Beanie Bishop Jr.
B. Bishop Jr.
7
2024
PIT PIT
17
30
15
45
0.5
3
4
46
0
0
1
0
12 Tykee Smith
T. Smith
7
2024
TB TB
13
38
16
54
0.0
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
13 Cam Hart
C. Hart
7
2024
LAC LAC
14
28
9
37
0.5
0.5
0
0
0
1
0
0
14 Josh Newton
J. Newton
7
2024
CIN CIN
17
27
4
31
0.0
0
1
12
0
0
0
0
15 Cooper DeJean
C. DeJean
6
2024
PHI PHI
16
38
13
51
0.5
7.5
0
0
0
1
3
0
16 Kool-Aid McKinstry
K. McKinstry
6
2024
NO NO
15
32
10
42
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17 Kamren Kinchens
K. Kinchens
6
2024
LAR LAR
17
36
21
57
0.0
0
4
123
1
1
1
0
18 Josh Butler
J. Butler
5
2024
DAL DAL
5
17
4
21
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19 Max Melton
M. Melton
5
2024
ARI ARI
17
36
15
51
0.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
20 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
D. Taylor-Demerson
5
2024
ARI ARI
17
23
14
37
0.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
21 Malik Mustapha
M. Mustapha
5
2024
SF SF
16
32
40
72
0.0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
22 Jaden Hicks
J. Hicks
5
2024
KC KC
17
23
6
29
0.0
0
3
50
0
0
0
0
23 Will Johnson
W. Johnson
4
2025
ARI ARI
2
3
1
4
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24 Trey Amos
T. Amos
4
2025
WAS WAS
3
4
1
5
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25 DeMarvion Overshown
D. Overshown
4
2024
DAL DAL
13
56
34
90
5.0
32
1
23
1
1
1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passes defended going back to the 2001 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

26.7

7th

OPP PPG

19.0

12th

RUSH YDS/G

157.3

2nd

PASS YDS/G

213.3

18th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
0
.333
Giants Giants
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

2 - 1 - 0

41

Final

24

LV Raiders

1 - 2 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM