Pete Werner stats

Saints

Linebacker · #20

Age 27 · 6' 3" · 242 lbs

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Pete Werner recorded 54 tackles and 2.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the New Orleans Saints. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
54
SOLO
26
AST · 25th
28
SACK
2.0
INT
0
PD
2
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
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.
2021NO156236260.0000
2022NO128056240.0032
2023NO169360330.5110
2024NO139254380.0010
2025NO178150312.0050
2026NO75426282.0020

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
80
TOT
462
SOLO
282
AST
180
SACK
4.5
INT
1
PD
12
FF
2

Per game

GP
7
TOT
7.7
SOLO
3.7
AST
4
SACK
0.3
INT
0
PD
0.3
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.

Per game by season
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.
2021NO154.12.41.70.00.00.00.0
2022NO126.74.720.00.00.30.2
2023NO165.83.82.10.00.10.10.0
2024NO137.14.22.90.00.00.10.0
2025NO174.82.91.80.10.00.30.0
2026NO77.73.740.30.00.30.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
80
TOT
5.8
SOLO
3.5
AST
2.3
SACK
0.1
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
27 yearsJun 5, 1999
Height
6' 3"
Weight
242 lbs
Experience
6 years
Birthplace
Indianapolis, IN
Draft
2021Rd 2, Pk 60
College
Ohio State
Salary
$6.25 million2026

Against other linebackers

2026 regular season, 196 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Sacks2.0

    Higher than 74% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Tackles54

    Higher than 84% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Passes Defended2

    Higher than 76% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

Pete Werner

Oct 25 · vs PIT · L 16-10

TOT
8
SOLO
3
AST
5
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

78% of his club's defensive snaps a game (369 in 7 games); 100% in week 7.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1DET4052%9
2BAL5493%4
3LV1927%1
4ATL4477%0
5MIN71100%0
6NYG77100%2
7PIT64100%2

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Pete Werner has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601Shoulder

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2021 NFL combine

LB, 6'2", 238 lb · Ohio St.

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.58s79th
Vertical jump39.5"92nd
Broad jump10' 2"75th
Bench press (225 lb)20 reps29th
3-cone drill6.95s80th
20-yard shuttle4.38s27th

Percentile: the share of LBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2021 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs CLESun, Nov 08

vs CLE since 2024

1
GP
6
TOT
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Oct 25vsPITL 16-108300
Sun, Oct 18atNYGW 34-2711510
Sun, Oct 11vsMINL 23-1310400
Mon, Oct 05vsATLL 45-244100
Sun, Sep 27vsLVL 35-273200
Sun, Sep 20atBALW 24-1711810

What are Pete Werner's career stats?

Pete Werner has played 6 seasons for the Saints. He has recorded 462 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2023: 93 tackles and 0.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 13 @ WSH on Oct 10, 2021, W 33-22
  • Sacks: 1 vs NE on Oct 12, 2025, L 25-19
Pete Werner's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20267—
2025131.0
202413—
2023110.5
202213—
202113—

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2021.

Pete Werner college stats

Pete Werner played 4 seasons at Ohio State Buckeyes (2017 to 2020): 185 tackles, 4 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Pete Werner's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2017Ohio State Buckeyes963000000
2018Ohio State Buckeyes583820731000
2019Ohio State Buckeyes643925300000
2020Ohio State Buckeyes542826112000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Pete Werner's college game log.

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