Jonas Sanker
23-Year-Old
2024 Defense Stats
TCKL
60
SACKS
0.0
INT
1
FF
0
TD
0
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Sanker is coming off a four-year college career at Virginia, where he started 33 games and totaled more than 200 tackles across his final two seasons. The 2025 third-round pick also was a first-team all-conference selection as a junior and senior. He profiles as a versatile safety who will be a productive tackler, but he'll likely take some time to develop. With Tyran Mathieu retiring late in the offseason, Sanker figures to back up free safety Julian Blackmon in 2025. Read Past Outlooks
Ready for Sunday
Sanker (head) has no injury designation ahead of Sunday's matchup against the Buccaneers, Mike Triplett of NewOrleans.Football reports.
ANALYSIS
The rookie safety from Virginia didn't practice Thursday due to a head injury, but following Friday's full session, he'll suit up Sunday. Sanker has appeared in all 12 of the Saints' games this season, recording 60 total tackles and four passes defensed, including one interception. Now fully healthy, he's expected to operate as New Orleans' top free safety in Week 14.
The rookie safety from Virginia didn't practice Thursday due to a head injury, but following Friday's full session, he'll suit up Sunday. Sanker has appeared in all 12 of the Saints' games this season, recording 60 total tackles and four passes defensed, including one interception. Now fully healthy, he's expected to operate as New Orleans' top free safety in Week 14.
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Height
6' 1"Weight
211 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.48 secVertical Jump
36.5 inBroad Jump
128 inBench Press
12 repsHand Length
9.75 inArm Length
32.25 in
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Absent from practice
Sanker (head) did not participate at practice Thursday.
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Records five stops in loss to Bears
Sanker finished Sunday's Week 7 loss to Chicago with five tackles (three solo).
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Seven stops, recovers fumble in win
Sanker recorded seven total tackles (six solo) and recovered a fumble in Sunday's 26-14 win over the Giants.
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Notches first career INT
Sanker recorded three defensed passes, including an interception, and five tackles (four solo) in Sunday's Week 4 loss to the Bills.
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Saints pick up third-round safety
The Saints selected Sanker in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft, 93rd overall.
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Slated to make first NFL start
Sanker is expected to make the first start of his NFL career against the 49ers on Sunday due to Julian Blackmon being sidelined with a shoulder injury, Katherine Terrell of ESPN reports.
ANALYSIS
Blackmon underwent surgery on his shoulder this past week to repair a torn labrum that he suffered during the Saints' Week 1 loss to the Cardinals. The recovery timeline is long enough for Blackmon to potentially miss the entire season, and his absence paves the way for Sanker -- the Saints' third-round pick of the 2025 NFL Draft -- to start at safety alongside Justin Reid. Sanker played 22 snaps on special teams and one on defense in Week 1 but did not record a tackle.
Blackmon underwent surgery on his shoulder this past week to repair a torn labrum that he suffered during the Saints' Week 1 loss to the Cardinals. The recovery timeline is long enough for Blackmon to potentially miss the entire season, and his absence paves the way for Sanker -- the Saints' third-round pick of the 2025 NFL Draft -- to start at safety alongside Justin Reid. Sanker played 22 snaps on special teams and one on defense in Week 1 but did not record a tackle.