2002 New Orleans Saints DefenseNew Orleans Saints Statistics / 2002 / By Phil 2002 New Orleans Saints Sack Leaders Sacks Darrin Howard 8 Charles Grant 7 Grady Jackson 5.5 Darrin Smith 3.5 Kenny Smith 3.5 William Whitehead 3 Norman Hand 2.5 Sammy Knight 2 Jay Bellamy 1.5 Fred Thomas 1 Charlie Clemons .5 Totals 38 Interceptions NO Yards Average Long TDs Sammy Knight 5 36 7.2 17 0 Fred Thomas 5 80 16.0 43 0 Jay Bellamy 3 39 13.0 16 0 Darrin Smith 2 21 10.5 17 0 Ken Irvin 2 10 5.0 10 0 James Allen 1 0 0.0 0t 1 Micheal Hawthorn 1 0 0.0 0 0 Dale Carter 1 25 25.0 25 0 Totals 20 211 10.6 43 1 Top Tacklers Total Solo Asst TFL Sammy Knight 107 82 25 5 Darrin Smith 96 63 33 10 Jay Bellamy 89 69 20 4 Charlie Clemons 84 60 24 8 Fred Thomas 83 71 12 3 Sedrick Hodge 76 59 17 3 Ken Irvin 65 61 4 4 Darren Howard 48 35 13 9 Grady Jackson 43 31 12 9 Norman Hand 39 30 9 3 Charles Grant 37 30 7 10 Michael Hawthorne 35 26 9 1 Willie Whitehead 34 24 10 6 Dale Carter 30 26 4 1 Fakhir Brown 21 21 0 1 2002 New Orleans Saints Total Defense Points AVG PPG Yards AVG YPG Plays Avg/Play 1st Downs Turnovers NFL Rank NFC Rank Totals 388 24.2 5796 362.2 1071 5.4 327 38 27† 25† †Defensive Rankings based on Total Yards given up. Highlights from the 2001 New Orleans Saints Season The 2002 New Orleans Saints Season Offensive Statistics from the 2002 New Orleans Saints Season The 2002 New Orleans Saints Team Roster The 2003 New Orleans Saints Season If You Like It ... Please Share!