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Jonas Sanker New Orleans Saints · #7

Safety · 6' 1", 211 lbs · Charlottesville, VA · Age 24

Jonas Sanker is a Safety for the New Orleans Saints, drafted 93rd overall, 2025. In 2026 he recorded 26 tackles.

SafetyDrafted 93rd overall2-yr veteran
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New Orleans Saints · #7 · Safety
Jonas Sanker
Season avg26 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg106 tkl · 0 sacks · 2 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
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Scouting report

Jonas Sanker — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

C+
Safety · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Jonas Sanker is a Safety for the New Orleans Saints, drafted 93rd overall, 2025. In 2026 he recorded 26 tackles.
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Coverage
C
Ball skills
B
Run support
C-
Coverage
Average · defense
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C
Ball skills
Solid · defense
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A
Tackling
Elite · defense
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C
Splash plays
Solid · defense
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C+
Blitz
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Jonas Sanker stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #730 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
65Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jonas Sanker — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A+
Tackling
26 TKL
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Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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Coverage
0 PD
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Splash
0 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Jonas Sanker

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
2
pd
0–4
1
int
0–1
45
tackles
23–66
0
ff
0–0
8
games
3–14
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the pd line vs last season
Last season 0 → projected 2 pd
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season+2.0 pd
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 24 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 17 / 4
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Jonas Sanker career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklPDINTFFSack
202517806200
2026 in progress · 4 games4260000
Career211066200.0
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the New Orleans Saints built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
82off index
98def index
+46net
95%playoff odds
66roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B+ (82), defense A+ (98) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 71, pass rush 99, coverage 97.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Jonas Sanker

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2002-11-23

The beginning

Jonas Sanker is a Safety for the New Orleans Saints, in his 2nd NFL season.

New Orleans Saints

Turning pro

Drafted 93rd overall, 2025 as a Safety.

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Jonas Sanker is a New Orleans Saints safety, drafted 93rd overall, 2025.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has recorded 106 tackles, 0 sacks and 2 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 26 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2026.

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Sanker's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 1"
Weight
211 lbs
Draft
93rd overall, 2025
Born
Charlottesville, VA
Age
24
Jersey
#7
Background

Jonas Sanker is from Charlottesville, VA and is 24 years old. He was drafted 93rd overall, 2025 and plays safety at 6' 1", 211 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has recorded 106 tackles, 0 sacks and 2 interceptions. Sanker is currently on the New Orleans Saints roster.

The person

Jonas Sanker is a role and nickel defensive back who has recorded 106 tackles with 2 interceptions and 6 passes defensed across 2 seasons (2025–2026).

Coverage production2 career interceptions and 6 passes defensed.
Tackling106 career tackles from the secondary.
Draft pedigree93rd overall, 2025.
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FAQ

Jonas Sanker — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jonas Sanker, answered.

What position does Jonas Sanker play?
Jonas Sanker is a Safety for the New Orleans Saints.
When was Jonas Sanker drafted?
Jonas Sanker was drafted 93rd overall, 2025.
How many seasons has Jonas Sanker played?
2 (2025–2026).
What are Jonas Sanker's career stats?
He has recorded 106 tackles, 0 sacks and 2 interceptions.
Jonas Sanker career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Target share
0%
WOPR 0.00

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
2
since 2025
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk3 · Knee2025 Wk14 · Head

Home surface: sportturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 2 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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