Khalen Saunders

Saunders, Khalen
Position: DT
Height: 6-0 Weight: 324
Born: August 9, 1996 St. Louis, MO
High School: Parkway Central (Chesterfield, MO)

Year	College	Participation
2014	Western Illinois	Redshirted
2015	Western Illinois	Lettered
2016	Western Illinois	Lettered
2017	Western Illinois	Lettered
2018	Western Illinois	Lettered

Draft: 3rd round (84th overall) 2019 Kansas City Chiefs

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2019 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2019 KC NFL	99	LDT	12	4
2020 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2020 KC NFL	99	LDT-RDT	3	1
2021 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2021 KC NFL	99	RDT	7	0
2022 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2022 KC NFL	99	RDT	16	0
2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL	99	RDT	17	17
2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL	50	RDT	14	10
2025 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2025 JAC NFL	96	NT	2	0
2025 New York Jets (NFL)2025 NYJ NFL	99	DT	7	0
2025 Year (NFL)2025 Year NFL			9	0
6 Years (NFL)6 Years NFL			69	32

Team	Date	Transaction
2019 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)Kansas City Chiefs	4/26/2019	Draft
2019 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)Kansas City Chiefs	6/4/2019	Signed
2020 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)Kansas City Chiefs	9/19/2020	Injured Reserve
2020 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)Kansas City Chiefs	10/24/2020	Activated
2021 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)Kansas City Chiefs	11/30/2021	Injured Reserve
2021 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)Kansas City Chiefs	1/25/2022	Activated
2022 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)Kansas City Chiefs	3/15/2023	Unrestricted Free Agent
2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)New Orleans Saints	3/17/2023	Signed
2025 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)Jacksonville Jaguars	8/18/2025	Traded
2025 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)Jacksonville Jaguars	11/13/2025	Released
2025 New York Jets (NFL)New York Jets	11/17/2025	Signed
2025 New York Jets (NFL)New York Jets	3/11/2026	Unrestricted Free Agent
2026 Tennessee Titans (NFL)Tennessee Titans	8/2/2026	Signed

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
2019 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2019 KC NFL	308	0	0.0	305	27.2	3	0.7
2020 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2020 KC NFL	78	0	0.0	74	6.9	4	0.9
2021 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2021 KC NFL	144	0	0.0	144	12.9	0	0.0
2022 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2022 KC NFL	477	2	0.2	421	36.7	54	11.7
2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL	540	16	1.4	523	47.2	1	0.2
2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL	463	0	0.0	461	39.1	2	0.4
2025 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2025 JAC NFL	25	0	0.0	25	2.3	0	0.0
2025 New York Jets (NFL)2025 NYJ NFL	171	0	0.0	141	12.5	30	6.4
2025 Year (NFL)2025 Year NFL	196	0		166		30
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2206	18		2094			0.7

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL	1	37	37.0	37	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	37	37.0	37	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
2019 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2019 KC NFL	1.0	0.0
2022 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2022 KC NFL	3.5	22.5
2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL	2.0	18.0
2025 New York Jets (NFL)2025 NYJ NFL	1.0	1.0
2025 Year (NFL)2025 Year NFL	1.0	1.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	7.5	41.5

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
2019 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2019 KC NFL	22	22	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
2020 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2020 KC NFL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2021 KC NFL	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2022 KC NFL	48	48	0	0	8	3	0	1	0
2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL	57	57	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL	43	43	0	0	5	3	0	3	0
2025 Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)2025 JAC NFL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025 New York Jets (NFL)2025 NYJ NFL	9	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
2025 Year (NFL)2025 Year NFL	12	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	193	193	0	0	18	8	0	6	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL	1	0	1	6	0	1	0
2025 New York Jets (NFL)2025 NYJ NFL	1	0	1	15	0	0	0
2025 Year (NFL)2025 Year NFL	1	0	1	15	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	2	2	21	0	1	0