Khalen Saunders

DT · KC/NO/NYJ · 2019–2025

Born August 9, 1996 · College Western Illinois · Drafted 2019, round 3, pick 84 (KC) · 6-0, 324 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed
2019	KC	10	22	1.0	2	0	0	1
2019 playoffs	KC	3	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
2020	KC	2	3	0.0	0	0	0	0
2021	KC	3	8	0.0	0	0	0	0
2022	KC	16	48	3.5	8	3	0	1
2022 playoffs	KC	3	5	1.0	1	1	0	0
2023	NO	16	57	0.0	2	1	0	1
2024	NO	12	43	2.0	5	3	1	3
2025	NYJ	7	12	1.0	1	1	0	0
Career	NYJ	66	193	7.5	18	8	1	6

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2019	KC	12	–	–	293	36.0
2019 playoffs	KC	3	–	–	32	16.3
2020	KC	3	–	–	70	34.7
2021	KC	7	–	–	142	31.8
2022	KC	16	2	1.7	416	39.4
2022 playoffs	KC	3	–	–	90	45.2
2023	NO	17	16	5.7	505	46.5
2024	NO	13	–	–	447	50.1
2025	JAX/NYJ	9	–	–	158	26.4

Game logs

2025 game log (7 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2025-09-07	vs CAR	W 26–10	2	0.0
10	2025-11-09	@ HOU	L 29–36	1	0.0
14	2025-12-07	vs MIA	L 10–34	3	0.0
15	2025-12-14	@ JAX	L 20–48	1	0.0
16	2025-12-21	@ NO	L 6–29	3	0.0
17	2025-12-28	vs NE	L 10–42	1	1.0
18	2026-01-04	@ BUF	L 8–35	1	0.0

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
4	2024-09-29	@ ATL	L 24–26	1	0.0	0	0
5	2024-10-07	@ KC	L 13–26	7	0.0	1	1
6	2024-10-13	vs TB	L 27–51	2	0.0	0	0
8	2024-10-27	@ LAC	L 8–26	4	1.0	0	0
9	2024-11-03	@ CAR	L 22–23	2	0.0	0	0
10	2024-11-10	vs ATL	W 20–17	4	0.0	0	0
11	2024-11-17	vs CLE	W 35–14	2	0.0	0	0
13	2024-12-01	vs LA	L 14–21	1	0.0	0	0
14	2024-12-08	@ NYG	W 14–11	5	1.0	0	0
15	2024-12-15	vs WAS	L 19–20	4	0.0	0	0
16	2024-12-23	@ GB	L 0–34	4	0.0	0	2
17	2024-12-29	vs LV	L 10–25	7	0.0	0	0

2023 game log (16 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs TEN	W 16–15	1	0
2	2023-09-18	@ CAR	W 20–17	4	0
3	2023-09-24	@ GB	L 17–18	4	0
4	2023-10-01	vs TB	L 9–26	5	0
5	2023-10-08	@ NE	W 34–0	2	0
6	2023-10-15	@ HOU	L 13–20	5	0
7	2023-10-19	vs JAX	L 24–31	1	0
9	2023-11-05	vs CHI	W 24–17	5	0
10	2023-11-12	@ MIN	L 19–27	2	0
12	2023-11-26	@ ATL	L 15–24	5	0
13	2023-12-03	vs DET	L 28–33	4	0
14	2023-12-10	vs CAR	W 28–6	5	0
15	2023-12-17	vs NYG	W 24–6	3	1
16	2023-12-21	@ LA	L 22–30	4	0
17	2023-12-31	@ TB	W 23–13	4	0
18	2024-01-07	vs ATL	W 48–17	3	0

2022 game log (19 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ ARI	W 44–21	2	0.0	0
2	2022-09-15	vs LAC	W 27–24	2	0.0	0
3	2022-09-25	@ IND	L 17–20	8	0.0	0
4	2022-10-02	@ TB	W 41–31	1	0.0	0
5	2022-10-10	vs LV	W 30–29	4	0.0	0
6	2022-10-16	vs BUF	L 20–24	2	0.0	0
7	2022-10-23	@ SF	W 44–23	3	0.5	0
9	2022-11-06	vs TEN	W 20–17 OT	6	1.0	0
10	2022-11-13	vs JAX	W 27–17	2	1.0	0
11	2022-11-20	@ LAC	W 30–27	3	0.0	0
12	2022-11-27	vs LA	W 26–10	2	0.0	0
13	2022-12-04	@ CIN	L 24–27	2	0.0	0
14	2022-12-11	@ DEN	W 34–28	2	0.0	0
15	2022-12-18	@ HOU	W 30–24 OT	4	0.0	1
17	2023-01-01	vs DEN	W 27–24	3	1.0	0
18	2023-01-07	@ LV	W 31–13	2	0.0	0
P20	2023-01-21	vs JAX	W 27–20	0	0.0	0
P21	2023-01-29	vs CIN	W 23–20	3	0.0	0
P22	2023-02-12	@ PHI	W 38–35	2	1.0	0

2021 game log (3 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs CLE	W 33–29	1
2	2021-09-19	@ BAL	L 35–36	3
7	2021-10-24	@ TEN	L 3–27	4

2020 game log (2 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
7	2020-10-25	@ DEN	W 43–16	1	0.0	0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs LAC	L 21–38	2	0.0	0	0

2019 game log (13 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
5	2019-10-06	vs IND	L 13–19	1	0.0	0
6	2019-10-13	vs HOU	L 24–31	2	0.0	0
7	2019-10-17	@ DEN	W 30–6	2	0.0	0
8	2019-10-27	vs GB	L 24–31	3	1.0	0
9	2019-11-03	vs MIN	W 26–23	3	0.0	1
10	2019-11-10	@ TEN	L 32–35	1	0.0	0
11	2019-11-18	@ LAC	W 24–17	2	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs LV	W 40–9	3	0.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ NE	W 23–16	2	0.0	0
16	2019-12-22	@ CHI	W 26–3	3	0.0	0
P19	2020-01-12	vs HOU	W 51–31	1	0.0	0
P20	2020-01-19	vs TEN	W 35–24	1	0.0	0
P21	2020-02-02	vs SF	W 31–20	1	0.0	0