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Khalen Saunders

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#50

Experience: 7 years

Height: 6-0

Age: 28

Weight: 324 lbs

College: Western Illinois

2024 SEASON

  • Solo
    17
  • SCK
    2
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    1
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WK OPP RESULT TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
13 Rams L 14 - 21 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 @Giants W 14 - 11 4 1 5 3 1 0 0 0
15 Commanders L 19 - 20 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
16 @Packers L 0 - 34 1 3 4 1 0 0 2 0
17 Raiders L 10 - 25 3 4 7 3 0 0 0 0
18 @Buccaneers L 19 - 27
1 Panthers W 47 - 10
2 @Cowboys W 44 - 19
3 Eagles L 12 - 15
4 @Falcons L 24 - 26 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 @Chiefs L 13 - 26 2 5 7 2 0 0 1 1 37 37 37 0 0
6 Buccaneers L 27 - 51 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
7 Broncos L 10 - 33
8 @Chargers L 8 - 26 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 0
9 @Panthers L 22 - 23 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
10 Falcons W 20 - 17 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
11 Browns W 35 - 14 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2019 Kansas City Chiefs 12 4 13 9 22 11 1 0 1 0
2020 Kansas City Chiefs 3 1 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
2021 Kansas City Chiefs 7 0 2 6 8 1 0 0 0 0
2022 Kansas City Chiefs 16 0 22 26 48 18 3.5 0 1 0
2023 New Orleans Saints 17 17 24 33 57 19 0 0 1 0
2024 New Orleans Saints 13 10 18 25 43 17 2 0 3 1 37 37 37 0 0
TOTAL 68 32 82 99 181 69 6.5 0 6 1 37 37 37 0 0 0

Biography

NFL CAREER – Originally selected by the Chiefs in the third round (84th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft out of Western Illinois, Khalen Saunders enters his seventh NFL season and third with New Orleans in 2024. The St. Louis native has appeared in 68 career regular season games with 32 starts, recording 181 tackles (82 solo), 6.5 sacks, six passes defensed, one interception and seven stops for loss. The seventh-year pro has also appeared in six postseason contests, posting eight tackles (six solo) and one sack as a member of Kansas City's Super Bowl LIV and LVII Championship teams. In 2024, Saunders appeared in 13 games with ten starts and totaled 43 tackles (18 solo), two sacks, three stops for loss, a 37-yard interception return and three pass breakups.

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