NFL Projections · Pass Def

Defense · 2026 forecast · full season (17 games) · ST Model

Passing Rushing Receiving Defense Kicking

StatSacks Solo Tackles Assist Tackles TFL INT Pass Def QB Hits Forced Fumbles

Season2026 2025 2024

Projected leaders · Top 100

2026 P50

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Sack	Solo	Ast	TFL	INT	PD ↓	QBH	FF
1	Quinyon Mitchell	CB	PHI	0.0	41	10	0.7	1.4	13.9	0.0	0.4
2	Derek Stingley Jr.	CB	HOU	0.3	40	14	1.9	3.6	13.7	0.6	0.5
3	Kamari Lassiter	CB	HOU	0.0	51	25	5.0	2.5	13.5	0.2	0.5
4	Paulson Adebo	CB	NYG	0.2	66	22	1.0	2.4	12.6	0.4	0.3
5	Brian Branch	S	DET	0.5	58	32	4.6	1.6	12.4	4.4	0.1
6	Marlon Humphrey	CB	BAL	0.1	48	17	2.6	1.9	12.3	2.1	0.5
7	Emmanuel Forbes	CB	LAR	0.3	37	15	1.3	1.6	12.3	0.4	0.6
8	Mike Sainristil	CB	WAS	0.1	49	32	1.0	2.3	12.3	0.2	0.6
9	Tariq Woolen	CB	PHI	0.1	40	12	1.2	1.4	12.3	0.6	0.0
10	Charvarius Ward	CB	IND	0.1	38	19	1.3	1.3	12.2	0.1	0.0
11	Cooper DeJean	CB	PHI	0.2	59	25	3.2	1.4	11.9	0.3	1.0
12	Patrick Surtain II	CB	DEN	0.3	41	13	0.9	0.8	11.9	0.0	0.1
13	DJ Turner	CB	CIN	0.0	40	13	1.5	1.3	11.8	0.2	0.3
14	Nate Wiggins	CB	BAL	0.1	52	18	1.2	1.7	11.8	0.1	0.2
15	Michael Jackson	CB	CAR	0.1	43	18	2.1	1.9	11.7	0.4	0.2
16	Terrion Arnold	CB	DET	0.1	45	15	0.5	1.3	11.7	0.3	0.3
17	Riley Moss	CB	DEN	0.5	56	22	1.7	1.4	11.6	1.3	0.1
18	Sauce Gardner	CB	IND	0.2	42	13	1.5	1.3	11.6	0.1	0.1
19	Denzel Ward	CB	CLE	0.1	39	11	1.3	1.1	11.5	0.1	0.2
20	Tykee Smith	S	TB	0.6	55	36	4.4	1.4	11.4	2.9	0.2
21	Tyrique Stevenson	CB	CHI	0.4	49	24	1.3	2.1	11.4	0.2	0.5
22	Joey Porter Jr.	CB	PIT	0.1	46	20	0.8	1.3	11.3	0.1	0.1
23	Kool-Aid McKinstry	CB	NO	0.3	53	17	2.6	1.1	11.1	0.6	0.4
24	Tyson Campbell	CB	CLE	0.1	52	29	2.0	1.0	11.1	0.4	0.1
25	Will Johnson	CB	ARI	0.0	41	14	1.9	1.4	10.9	0.4	0.1
26	Daxton Hill	CB	CIN	1.0	53	34	2.2	2.2	10.8	1.1	0.8
27	Dee Alford	CB	BUF	0.3	52	17	2.8	1.8	10.7	0.8	0.3
28	Cam Taylor-Britt	CB	IND	0.0	41	18	1.4	1.9	10.7	0.2	0.0
29	Kerby Joseph	S	DET	0.1	50	18	1.5	2.8	10.6	0.3	0.2
30	Azareye'h Thomas	CB	NYJ	0.1	36	16	1.6	0.9	10.5	0.6	0.4
31	Denzel Burke	CB	ARI	0.0	43	17	1.8	1.9	10.5	0.2	0.1
32	Josh Jobe	CB	SEA	0.1	43	12	0.8	0.7	10.4	0.9	0.1
33	Jalen Pitre	S	HOU	0.0	47	31	3.3	1.6	10.3	0.3	0.1
34	DaRon Bland	CB	DAL	0.3	51	30	2.0	3.0	10.2	0.3	0.5
35	Cam Hart	CB	LAC	0.1	41	14	0.5	1.2	10.2	0.5	0.1
36	Montaric Brown	CB	JAX	0.0	48	14	2.1	1.0	10.2	0.1	0.0
37	Andru Phillips	CB	NYG	0.4	46	20	5.7	1.4	10.2	0.4	0.4
38	Alontae Taylor	CB	TEN	0.9	51	22	4.5	1.8	10.2	2.1	0.1
39	Jaycee Horn	CB	CAR	0.1	39	16	2.0	2.1	10.1	0.6	0.4
40	Renardo Green	CB	SF	0.0	41	23	0.8	1.1	10.1	0.0	0.2
41	Greg Newsome	CB	NYG	0.1	40	13	1.8	1.3	10.0	0.1	0.0
42	Devon Witherspoon	CB	SEA	0.4	56	30	3.4	1.6	10.0	3.0	0.3
43	Quincy Riley	CB	NO	0.0	40	9	1.0	1.1	10.0	0.3	0.1
44	Cordale Flott	CB	TEN	0.1	35	15	2.3	1.1	9.8	0.0	0.5
45	Deonte Banks	CB	NYG	0.0	41	13	1.5	1.1	9.7	0.1	0.0
46	Donte Jackson	CB	LAC	0.0	36	11	1.1	2.3	9.7	0.1	0.2
47	Nick Emmanwori	S	SEA	1.8	63	28	6.0	1.4	9.6	3.7	0.5
48	Julian Love	S	SEA	0.0	57	32	1.9	2.1	9.5	0.5	0.4
49	Xavier McKinney	S	GB	0.3	54	42	1.5	1.6	9.5	0.5	0.2
50	Ahkello Witherspoon	CB	WAS	0.5	38	12	1.5	0.7	9.5	0.7	0.2
51	Calen Bullock	S	HOU	0.2	44	19	0.6	2.5	9.5	0.2	0.5
52	Marcus Jones	CB	NE	0.7	43	17	4.6	1.3	9.4	1.2	0.5
53	Carlton Davis	CB	NE	0.1	40	24	2.6	0.7	9.4	0.7	0.2
54	Foyesade Oluokun	LB	JAX	1.2	73	64	5.9	0.5	9.4	2.1	0.8
55	Jaylon Jones	CB	IND	0.3	39	20	1.4	1.2	9.4	0.5	0.3
56	Benjamin St-Juste	CB	GB	0.2	38	15	0.7	0.6	9.3	0.1	0.3
57	Christian Gonzalez	CB	NE	0.1	52	16	1.4	1.7	9.3	0.4	0.3
58	Jacob Parrish	CB	TB	0.5	52	26	5.4	1.8	9.3	1.6	0.5
59	Amik Robertson	CB	WAS	0.1	39	12	2.5	1.4	9.3	0.2	0.6
60	Keisean Nixon	CB	GB	0.4	46	19	2.6	1.5	9.2	1.1	0.2
61	Byron Murphy	CB	MIN	0.1	47	21	2.2	1.6	9.2	0.4	0.2
62	James Pierre	CB	MIN	0.2	26	15	0.6	0.3	9.1	0.1	0.3
63	Kader Kohou	CB	KC	0.0	46	13	2.9	1.3	9.1	1.3	0.2
64	Xavier Watts	S	ATL	0.4	52	31	1.3	2.6	9.1	1.3	0.5
65	Zyon McCollum	CB	TB	0.1	50	24	1.2	1.0	9.1	0.4	0.2
66	Tarheeb Still	CB	LAC	0.1	47	19	2.5	1.6	9.1	1.2	0.3
67	Jarrian Jones	CB	JAX	0.5	40	14	2.6	1.2	9.1	0.3	0.1
68	D.J. Reed	CB	DET	0.3	46	14	2.3	1.5	9.0	0.2	0.2
69	Kyle Hamilton	S	BAL	1.4	56	38	5.9	2.3	8.9	3.8	0.6
70	Ja'Quan McMillian	CB	DEN	0.7	43	18	4.0	1.6	8.9	2.1	0.6
71	A.J. Terrell	CB	ATL	0.6	53	24	2.0	1.1	8.9	0.5	0.5
72	Jourdan Lewis	CB	JAX	0.1	37	22	2.6	1.3	8.7	0.2	0.4
73	Jaylen Watson	CB	LAR	0.6	46	25	2.0	1.1	8.7	0.8	0.3
74	Martin Emerson	CB	NO	0.1	46	17	2.0	0.8	8.7	0.1	0.1
75	Trey Amos	CB	WAS	0.0	38	17	1.7	0.8	8.7	0.2	0.1
76	Camryn Bynum	S	IND	0.3	51	34	1.8	1.9	8.6	0.4	0.4
77	Alohi Gilman	S	KC	0.2	43	34	1.3	1.6	8.6	0.4	0.3
78	Trent McDuffie	CB	LAR	0.6	53	20	2.3	1.5	8.6	2.2	0.8
79	Darrell Baker	CB	MIA	0.1	40	15	0.9	0.7	8.5	0.1	0.2
80	L'Jarius Sneed	CB	KC	0.2	41	18	2.1	1.1	8.5	0.9	0.1
81	Brandon Jones	S	DEN	0.0	54	36	1.3	1.4	8.4	0.9	0.1
82	Eli Apple	CB	SF	0.3	31	14	0.6	1.1	8.4	0.6	0.2
83	Jamel Dean	CB	PIT	0.0	48	15	1.2	1.4	8.3	0.8	0.1
84	Nohl Williams	CB	KC	0.0	44	20	2.0	1.2	8.2	0.1	0.1
85	Christian Benford	CB	BUF	0.1	46	15	2.4	1.7	8.1	1.1	0.2
86	Rock Ya-Sin	CB	DET	0.2	30	17	0.7	0.6	8.1	1.0	0.1
87	Quentin Lake	S	LAR	0.9	54	31	1.8	1.0	8.1	1.0	0.2
88	Antoine Winfield	S	TB	1.9	51	39	3.0	2.5	8.1	3.8	0.7
89	Alijah Huzzie	CB	HOU	0.2	35	14	1.7	0.0	8.1	0.5	0.3
90	Brandon Stephens	CB	NYJ	0.8	48	18	2.4	1.9	8.1	0.3	0.9
91	Mekhi Blackmon	CB	IND	0.3	43	14	1.7	1.2	8.1	0.6	0.6
92	Maxwell Hairston	CB	BUF	0.3	36	11	1.1	1.2	8.1	0.7	0.3
93	Decobie Durant	CB	DAL	0.1	32	13	1.8	1.6	8.0	0.4	0.4
94	Talanoa Hufanga	S	DEN	0.7	57	33	3.4	1.8	8.0	1.6	0.7
95	Mac McWilliams	CB	PHI	0.2	28	10	1.8	0.4	8.0	0.4	0.3
96	Dadrion Taylor-Demerson	S	ARI	0.1	43	26	1.3	1.2	8.0	0.1	0.1
97	Kristian Fulton	CB	KC	0.0	36	13	1.7	0.0	8.0	0.1	0.0
98	Antonio Johnson	S	JAX	0.4	42	19	1.5	2.7	7.9	0.1	0.1
99	Garrett Williams	CB	ARI	0.0	41	23	1.3	1.0	7.8	0.1	0.2
100	Andrew Wingard	S	ARI	0.1	39	29	2.0	0.8	7.8	0.1	0.4