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Darren Sharper

New Orleans Saints

Position: Safety
Height / Weight: 6' 2", 210 lbs
Born: 3/11/1975 in Richmond, VA
Age: 50
College: William & Mary
Draft: 1997: Rd 2, Pk 60 (GB)
Experience: 14th Season
Status: Inactive

Play style & archetype

Based on 2026 play-by-play data.

Archetype

Limited sample

14 NFL seasons and 943 career tackles. Best year: 113 in 1999.

Career statistics

Regular season, by year and team. Career bests are highlighted.

Defense

Season	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
1997	GB	14	13	11	2	0	1	1	0	2	70	35.0	2	50	2	0	0	0
1998	GB	16	73	53	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	9	0	0	0
1999	GB	16	113	84	29	1	0	1	0	3	12	4.0	0	9	6	0	0	0
2000	GB	16	92	72	20	1	0	0	0	9	109	12.1	0	47	17	0	0	0
2001	GB	16	94	70	24	2	1	1	0	6	78	13.0	0	23	17	4	0	0
2002	GB	13	68	51	17	0	0	0	0	7	233	33.3	1	89	9	2	0	0
2003	GB	15	82	69	13	2	2	0	0	5	78	15.6	0	50	13	1	0	0
2004	GB	15	70	57	13	0	2	1	0	4	97	24.3	2	43	7	1	0	0
2005	MIN	14	51	41	10	0	1	1	0	9	276	30.7	2	92	16	3	0	0
2006	MIN	16	68	52	16	1	1	0	0	4	10	2.5	0	10	9	2	4	0
2007	MIN	16	63	49	14	0	1	0	0	4	61	15.3	1	41	8	0	0	0
2008	MIN	16	69	60	9	0	0	2	0	1	12	12.0	0	12	5	1	3	0
2009	NO	14	71	51	20	0.5	0	0	0	9	376	41.8	3	99	15	1	1	0
2010	NO	8	16	11	5	0	0	1	11	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Career		205	943	731	212	7.5	9	8	11	63	1,412	22.4	11	99	134	15	8	0

Returning

Season	Team	GP	ATT	YDS	TD	FC	LNG	ATT	YDS	TD	KRFC	LNG
1997	GB	14	7	32	0	3	23	1	3	0	0	3
1999	GB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	4
2001	GB	16	1	18	0	3	18	0	0	0	0	0
2002	GB	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	GB	15	1	9	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
2009	NO	14	1	6	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Career		205	11	65	0	9	23	2	7	0	0	4

Scoring

Season	Team	GP	PASS	RUSH	REC	RET	TD	2PT	PAT	FG	PTS
1997	GB	14	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	18
2002	GB	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
2004	GB	15	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	18
2005	MIN	14	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	12
2007	MIN	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
2009	NO	14	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	18
Career		205	0	0	0	13	13	0	0	0	78

Darren Sharper — bio & career stats