Saints DE Chase Young named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month
The NFL offered at present time that New Orleans Saints defensive halt Breeze Younger has been named the NFC Defensive Participant of the Month.
Younger recorded 19 tackles, six tackles for loss, five sacks, two fumble recoveries, alongside with one returned for a touchdown, and a forced fumble in the months of December and January. Younger grew to change into the third player since 2000 to symbolize at least 15 tackles, five sacks, two fumble recoveries, alongside with one returned for a touchdown, in the final five video games of a season. Younger became scheme to be one of four avid gamers to symbolize at least five sacks over the final five weeks of the season.
This marks the predominant time that Younger has gained the conference honor ensuing from the final month of his rookie advertising and marketing campaign in 2020, and he’s the predominant Saints player to fetch Participant of the Month honors since Blake Gillikin (October 2021) and the predominant Defensive Participant of the Month since Cam Jordan (November 2020).
After lacking the predominant 5 video games as a consequence of a calf injury, Younger returned in Week 6 in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 2025, he recorded 38 tackles (22 solo), a career-excessive ten sacks, a career-excessive 11 stops for a loss, four race breakups, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries (Tied for first in the NFL) through 12 video games starting.
