Chase Young: Everything you need to know

Young closed the 2025 season with 38 tackles (22 solo), including 10 sacks, and four passes defended across 12 games. He also recorded two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries, including a fumble returned for a touchdown. Young missed the first five games of the season with a calf injury, but he still reached double-digit sacks for the first time in his career. As the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 draft, the 26-year-old didn't live up to expectations over his first four seasons, but he's bounced back during his time with New Orleans. Young has tallied 15.5 sacks in 29 games across the last two years, and he has two seasons remaining on his three-year, $51 million deal with the Saints.

Young logged four tackles (three solo), including 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery for a touchdown during the Saints' 34-26 win over the Titans on Sunday. Young arguably made the play of the game late in the second quarter, when he strip-sacked Cam Ward, recovered the fumble and returned it 33 yards for a touchdown to reduce the Saints' deficit to three points. It was the second defensive touchdown of Young's six-year NFL career, with the first taking place in his rookie season in 2020 while playing for Washington. His performance Sunday put him up to a career-high 8.5 sacks through 11 regular-season games, and he'll look to add to his total this Sunday against the Falcons.

Young posted three tackles (one solo) during the Saints' 17-7 win over the Panthers on Sunday. Young wasn't able to extend his sack streak to four games Sunday, though he led all Saints defensive ends with 39 snaps on defense. Across the five games since returning from a calf injury Week 6, Young has accumulated 13 tackles (seven solo), including 3.0 sacks, three pass defenses, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.