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 — 2018

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Cover 1	199	1,574	13	+0.31	54.8%
Cover 3	168	1,435	5	+0.31	56.0%
Cover 4	71	589	2	+0.20	53.5%
Cover 2	57	432	1	+0.34	57.9%
Cover 6	33	312	0	+0.36	54.5%
Cover 0	31	140	15	+0.87	71.0%
Unknown	24	-144	0	-1.48	8.3%
2-Man	7	60	0	+0.02	42.9%

Man vs. Zone — 2018

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Zone Coverage	329	2,768	8	+0.29	55.6%
Man Coverage	237	1,774	28	+0.37	56.5%
Unknown	24	-144	0	-1.48	8.3%

By Defensive Personnel — 2018

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Nickel	351	2,531	24	+0.24	54.4%
Dime	109	887	6	+0.34	51.4%
Base (4-3)	93	750	3	+0.30	58.1%
Base (3-4)	29	214	0	+0.12	48.3%
Quarter	4	13	0	-0.84	25.0%
Goal Line	2	2	2	+0.60	100.0%
Heavy	2	1	1	+0.28	50.0%

By Box Count — 2018

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
6 in the Box	220	1,627	11	+0.26	53.6%
7 in the Box	172	1,306	15	+0.35	57.0%
Light Box (≤5)	153	1,226	4	+0.16	51.0%
Stacked Box (8+)	45	239	6	+0.19	55.6%

By Pass Rush — 2018

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
4 Rushers	372	2,949	18	+0.25	53.5%
5 Rushers	110	778	5	+0.25	55.5%
3 or Fewer Rushers	61	339	4	+0.15	49.2%
6+ Rushers (Blitz)	45	330	9	+0.48	62.2%
Unknown	2	2	0	-0.95	50.0%