Drew Brees

New Orleans Saints#9QBActive

HT/WT

6' 0", 209 lbs

Birthdate

1/15/1979 (47)

College

Purdue

Draft

2001: Rd 2, Pk 32 (LAC)

How Drew Brees performed against the coverage shell, personnel, box count, and pass rush the defense actually showed — not the offense's own play call. Sourced from nflverse's participation data, which charts a subset of snaps, so samples here run thinner than the Splits tab.

By Coverage Shell — 2020

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Cover 3	159	1,383	6	+0.33	58.5%
Cover 1	123	782	8	+0.00	43.9%
Cover 4	61	360	7	+0.27	52.5%
Cover 2	57	471	1	+0.23	45.6%
Cover 6	38	253	0	+0.11	50.0%
Unknown	15	-89	0	-2.23	0.0%
2-Man	13	63	0	-0.38	30.8%
Cover 0	11	29	5	+0.30	45.5%

Man vs. Zone — 2020

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Zone Coverage	315	2,467	14	+0.27	54.0%
Man Coverage	147	874	13	-0.01	42.9%
Unknown	15	-89	0	-2.23	0.0%

By Defensive Personnel — 2020

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Nickel	285	1,827	14	+0.04	47.0%
Dime	98	746	4	+0.20	48.0%
Base (3-4)	52	308	5	+0.02	50.0%
Base (4-3)	36	329	2	+0.38	63.9%
Quarter	3	18	1	+0.93	33.3%
Base	2	21	0	+0.60	50.0%

By Box Count — 2020

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
6 in the Box	237	1,450	11	-0.02	45.6%
Light Box (≤5)	118	909	5	+0.24	48.3%
7 in the Box	89	713	6	+0.25	58.4%
Stacked Box (8+)	33	180	5	+0.17	48.5%

By Pass Rush — 2020

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
4 Rushers	297	1,892	11	+0.07	47.8%
5 Rushers	83	533	4	+0.03	50.6%
3 or Fewer Rushers	63	631	6	+0.50	55.6%
6+ Rushers (Blitz)	31	196	6	-0.08	45.2%
Unknown	3	0	0	-0.51	0.0%