2005 NFL Rookie Sacks Leaders

Every 2005 NFL rookie with sacks, ranked, with the pick each was drafted at.

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Shawne Merriman, the No. 12 pick, led 2005 NFL rookies in sacks with 10.0, ahead of DeMarcus Ware (8.0) and Leroy Hill (6.5). That ranked 14th among all NFL players.

#	Player	Team	SK	Pos	Drafted	G
1	Shawne Merriman	LAC	10.0	DE	Rd 1, No. 12	15
2	DeMarcus Ware	DAL	8.0	OLB	Rd 1, No. 11	16
3	Leroy Hill	SEA	6.5	OLB	Rd 3, No. 98	15
4	Trent Cole	PHI	5.0	OLB	Rd 5, No. 146	14
5	Lofa Tatupu	SEA	4.5	MLB	Rd 2, No. 45	16
6	David Pollack	CIN	4.0	LB	Rd 1, No. 17	12
7	Mike Patterson	PHI	3.5	DT	Rd 1, No. 31	15
7	Luis Castillo	LAC	3.5	DE	Rd 1, No. 28	16
9	C.J. Mosley	MIN	3.0	DT	Rd 6, No. 191	7
9	Erasmus James	MIN	3.0	DE	Rd 1, No. 18	9
11	Darrell Shropshire	ATL	2.0	DT	Rd 7, No. 241	8
11	Chris Canty	DAL	2.0	DE	Rd 4, No. 132	15
11	Derrick Johnson	KC	2.0	LB	Rd 1, No. 15	16
14	Oshiomogho Atogwe	LA	1.5	FS	Rd 3, No. 66	5
14	Shaun Cody	DET	1.5	NT	Rd 2, No. 37	13
14	Thomas Davis	CAR	1.5	OLB	Rd 1, No. 14	13
14	Marcus Spears	DAL	1.5	DE	Rd 1, No. 20	13
14	Odell Thurman	CIN	1.5	LB	Rd 2, No. 48	16
19	Alfred Malone	HOU	1.0	DE	Undrafted	2
19	Manuel Wright	MIA	1.0	DT	Rd 5, No. 1	2
19	Chris McKenzie	HOU	1.0	DB	Undrafted	3
19	Jay Ratliff	DAL	1.0	DE	Rd 7, No. 224	3
19	Andre Frazier	PIT	1.0	LB	Undrafted	4
19	Darryl Blackstock	ARI	1.0	MLB	Rd 3, No. 95	6
19	Marques Harris	LAC	1.0	LB	Undrafted	9

Top 25 of 41 rookies with sacks. A rookie is a player in his first NFL season. Every player's 2005 sacks →