Player facts
- Team
New Orleans Saints- Position
- Safety
- Number
- 7
- Born
- Nov 23, 2002 (age 23)
- Birthplace
- Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 211 lbs
- College
- Virginia
- Experience
- 2 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 33 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 33 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 113 | 68 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
vs  MIN | L 23-13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  ATL | L 45-24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  LV | L 35-27 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  BAL | W 24-17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  DET | L 31-30 OT | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Jonas Sanker (YO-nas; born November 23, 2002) is an American professional football safety for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers and was selected by the Saints in the third round of the 2025 NFL draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jonas Sanker, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Sanker was born on November 23, 2002 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended The Covenant School in Virginia. Coming out of high school, he was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college football for the Boston College Eagles. However, Sanker later flipped his commitment to play for the Virginia Cavaliers.
College career
As a freshman in 2021, Sanker notched five tackles. In week 4 of the 2022 season, he recorded his first career interception versus Syracuse. Sanker finished the 2022 season totaling 63 tackles with half a tackle being for a loss, two pass deflections, an interception, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble. In 2023, he led the Cavaliers in tackles with 107 while also making four for a loss, 11 pass deflections, two fumble recoveries, and three forced fumbles. For his performance in the 2023 season, Sanker was named first-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
From Wikipedia’s article on Jonas Sanker, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Saints’ next games
Recent results
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikipediaJonas Sanker on Wikipedia