The 2009 New Orleans Saints Defense

Will Smith led the 2009 New Orleans Saints Defense with 13 sacks while Darren Sharper had 9 interceptions with 3 returned for touchdowns.

2009 New Orleans Saints Sack Leaders

Sacks
Will Smith 13
Charles Grant 5.5
Anthony Hargrove 5
Sedrick Ellis 2
Johnathon Vilma+ 2
Roman Harper 1.5
Remi Ayodele 1.5
Bobby McCray 1.5
Scott Fujita 1
Randall Gay 1
Darren Sharper+★ .5
Leigh Torrence .5
Totals 35
  • + – Pro Bowl Selection
  • ★- All-Pro Selection

Interceptions

NO Yards Average Long TDs
Darren Sharper+★ 9 376 41.8 99t 3
Tracy Porter 4 72 8.3 11 1
Jonathan Vilma+ 3 25 6.5 13 0
Jabari Greer 2 59 29.5 48 1
Scott Shanle 2 16 8.0 13 0
Chris Reis 1 33 33.0 33 0
Randall Gay 1 25 25.0 25 0
Usama Young 1 24 24.0 24 0
Malcolm Jenkins 1 14 14.0 14 0
Mike McKenzie 1 8 8.0 8 0
Will Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 25 652 25.1 99t 5
  • + – Pro Bowl Selection
  • ★- All-Pro Selection

Top Tacklers

Tackles Solo Asst TFL
Jonathan Vilma+ 110 87 23 10
Roman Harper 103 85 18 11
Darren Sharper+★ 71 51 20 1
Scott Shanle 69 49 9 0
Tracy Porter 58 49 9 0
Scott Fujita 58 43 15 2
Malcom Jenkins 55 49 6 0
Will Smith 49 37 12 14
Charles Grant 44 31 13 6
Jabari Greer 43 40 3 1
Anthony Hargrove 40 30 10 0
Randal Gay 37 32 5 2
Sedrick Ellis 34 26 8 2
Remi Ayodele 30 18 12 2
Pierson Prioleau 29 26 3 0
Troy Evans 29 25 4 1
Marvin Mitchell 27 23 4 1
Jo-Lonn Dunbar 20 13 7 0
Johnathon Casillas 20 11 9 1
Chris Reis 17 14 3 0
DeMario Pressley 15 15 0 0
Courtney Roby 13 13 0 0
Bobby McCray 12 8 4 3
Mike McKenzie 11 8 3 0
Leigh Torrence 10 9 1 0
Jeff Charleston 10 8 2 0
  • + – Pro Bowl Selection
  • ★- All-Pro Selection

2009 New Orleans Saints Total Defense

Points AVG PPG Yards AVG YPG Plays Avg/Play 1st Downs Turnovers NFL Rank NFC Rank
Totals 341 21.3 5724 357.7 1044 5.5 30 39 25† 13†
†Defensive Rankings based on Total Yards given up.

Phil
Phil

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