Khalen Saunders stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 77
- TOT
- 193
- SOLO
- 87
- AST
- 106
- SACK
- 7.5
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 6
- FF
- 0
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | KC | 12 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | KC | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | KC | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | KC | 16 | 48 | 22 | 26 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | NO | 17 | 57 | 24 | 33 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | NO | 13 | 43 | 18 | 25 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 |  JAX/NYJ | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- TOT
- 8
- SOLO
- 6
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 77
- TOT
- 2.5
- SOLO
- 1.1
- AST
- 1.4
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | KC | 12 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2020 | KC | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | KC | 7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | KC | 16 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2023 | NO | 17 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2024 | NO | 13 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2025 | JAX/NYJ | 9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2019
2019 NFL combine
DL, 6'0", 324 lb · Western Illinois
| Measure | Result | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| 40-yard dash | 5.01s | 36th |
| Vertical jump | 30.5" | 38th |
| Broad jump | 8' 5" | 9th |
| Bench press (225 lb) | 27 reps | 62nd |
| 3-cone drill | 7.57s | 39th |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.62s | 34th |
Percentile: the share of DLs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2019 combine
What were Khalen Saunders's career stats?
Khalen Saunders played 7 seasons for the Chiefs and the Saints. He recorded 193 tackles, 7.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season was 2023: 57 tackles and 0.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2019 to 2025
Championships ×2
- 2019 Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs
- 2022 Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs
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