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 — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Cover 1	124	1,023	8	+0.27	54.0%
Cover 3	116	867	8	+0.28	57.8%
Cover 4	58	468	4	+0.29	55.2%
Cover 2	55	412	1	+0.19	50.9%
Cover 6	37	291	0	+0.19	45.9%
Unknown	16	-120	0	-2.04	0.0%
Cover 0	13	50	7	+0.43	61.5%
2-Man	6	59	0	+0.52	66.7%
Prevent	2	17	0	+0.91	100.0%

Man vs. Zone — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Zone Coverage	268	2,055	13	+0.26	54.5%
Man Coverage	143	1,132	15	+0.29	55.2%
Unknown	16	-120	0	-2.04	0.0%

By Defensive Personnel — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
Nickel	309	2,152	21	+0.15	51.5%
Base (4-3)	42	337	3	+0.27	54.8%
Base (3-4)	39	367	4	+0.40	69.2%
Dime	30	178	0	+0.11	43.3%
Quarter	6	33	0	+0.14	50.0%

By Box Count — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
6 in the Box	193	1,399	12	+0.22	52.3%
7 in the Box	110	759	9	+0.09	54.5%
Light Box (≤5)	96	667	4	+0.16	50.0%
Stacked Box (8+)	28	242	3	+0.36	57.1%

By Pass Rush — 2019

Split	Plays	Yds	TD	EPA/Play	Success
4 Rushers	248	1,741	12	+0.11	50.4%
5 Rushers	96	659	7	+0.25	56.3%
3 or Fewer Rushers	56	481	4	+0.33	58.9%
6+ Rushers (Blitz)	22	186	5	+0.45	54.5%
Unknown	5	0	0	-0.28	20.0%