S Grades

69 qualified safeties · composite of coverage quality (passer rating allowed, target rate, PBU rate) and tackling (tackles/snap, missed tackle rate, backfield disruption) (data 2018+) (see methodology)

QB RB WR TE OL CB S EDGE iDL LB K P

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Kevin Byard	TEN	84.7	100	1,043	34.8	3.8	20.00	0.078	8.0	0.48	81	4	0
2	Harrison Smith	MIN	80.4	99	1,024	63.5	4.7	12.50	0.082	4.5	1.17	84	3	1
3	Michael Thomas	NYG	80.1	97	521	36.9	6.0	19.35	0.092	9.4	0.58	48	2	1
4	Eddie Jackson	CHI	79.3	96	905	40.5	6.0	27.78	0.053	18.6	0.33	48	6	2
5	Jamal Adams	NYJ	78.0	94	1,119	74.7	5.4	20.00	0.099	9.8	1.03	111	1	3
6	Erik Harris	LV	75.8	93	433	58.3	6.0	26.92	0.109	7.8	0.46	47	2	0
7	Reshad Jones	MIA	73.9	91	825	66.7	5.0	21.95	0.082	8.1	0.48	68	3	0
8	Anthony Harris	MIN	69.9	90	623	58.1	2.7	35.29	0.072	6.3	0.00	45	3	0
9	John Johnson	LA	69.5	88	962	81.8	5.8	19.64	0.107	7.2	0.31	103	4	1
10	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	WAS	64.9	87	1,025	69.7	3.8	15.38	0.080	9.9	0.20	82	3	2
11	Minkah Fitzpatrick	MIA	64.0	86	944	64.6	7.3	13.04	0.083	12.4	0.21	78	2	0
12	Adrian Amos	CHI	63.2	84	1,028	73.0	5.3	16.67	0.067	10.4	0.29	69	2	0
13	Kenny Vaccaro	TEN	62.9	83	747	79.9	4.3	12.50	0.072	6.9	0.67	54	1	0
14	Jessie Bates	CIN	62.8	81	1,114	77.7	4.4	14.29	0.098	8.4	0.00	109	3	0
15	Damontae Kazee	ATL	62.5	80	991	82.1	3.0	33.33	0.078	14.4	0.10	77	7	1
16	Adrian Phillips	LAC	61.9	78	684	95.1	9.5	13.85	0.132	4.3	0.58	90	1	1
17	Derwin James	LAC	61.6	77	1,027	82.0	7.1	17.81	0.094	14.9	0.63	97	3	0
18	Karl Joseph	LV	60.5	75	509	95.2	2.8	14.29	0.088	8.2	0.79	45	1	0
19	Duron Harmon	NE	60.0	74	636	77.8	2.8	22.22	0.060	2.6	0.00	38	4	0
20	D.J. Swearinger	ARI	59.6	72	961	64.9	4.9	21.28	0.051	18.3	0.10	49	4	3
21	Xavier Woods	DAL	59.2	71	882	79.0	4.5	22.50	0.062	9.8	0.00	55	2	1
22	Antone Exum	SF	57.5	70	594	85.6	3.2	36.84	0.057	17.1	0.34	34	1	1
23	Jordan Poyer	BUF	56.0	68	1,009	94.6	3.9	15.38	0.084	15.0	0.89	85	4	1
24	Lamarcus Joyner	LA	55.6	67	908	87.7	3.9	8.57	0.083	7.4	0.33	75	1	0
25	Tre Boston	ARI	55.5	65	950	90.7	4.7	20.00	0.082	10.3	0.11	78	3	1
26	Tony Jefferson	BAL	55.3	64	863	91.6	5.9	11.76	0.083	11.1	0.81	72	1	1
27	Malcolm Jenkins	PHI	54.3	62	1,038	89.7	6.6	11.59	0.089	11.5	0.67	92	1	3
28	Will Parks	DEN	53.7	61	572	69.2	4.9	14.29	0.068	15.2	0.00	39	1	1
29	Shawn Williams	CIN	52.2	59	995	101.8	6.0	15.00	0.108	8.5	0.30	107	5	1
30	Eric Reid	CAR	52.0	58	737	99.5	4.7	14.29	0.096	12.3	0.54	71	1	0
31	Clayton Geathers	IND	49.2	57	715	93.5	6.0	6.98	0.120	10.4	0.14	86	0	1
32	Tyrann Mathieu	HOU	49.1	55	1,045	98.6	7.6	10.13	0.084	8.3	0.77	88	2	0
33	Antoine Bethea	ARI	48.7	54	1,111	93.2	5.1	7.02	0.104	14.2	0.63	115	0	1
34	Jabrill Peppers	CLE	48.4	52	764	101.5	6.4	10.20	0.101	12.5	0.79	77	1	0
35	Jeff Heath	DAL	48.3	51	998	84.3	6.0	8.33	0.079	15.1	0.50	79	1	1
36	Eric Weddle	BAL	46.1	49	1,016	92.4	3.8	7.69	0.062	10.0	0.30	63	0	0
37	T.J. McDonald	MIA	45.6	48	952	92.7	4.8	10.87	0.086	12.8	0.11	82	3	0
38	Jaquiski Tartt	SF	44.9	46	437	97.6	6.6	6.90	0.087	11.6	0.46	38	1	0
39	Montae Nicholson	WAS	44.2	45	466	91.5	3.2	6.67	0.079	15.9	0.00	37	0	0
40	Bradley McDougald	SEA	44.0	43	874	110.1	6.9	15.00	0.087	8.4	0.46	76	3	3
41	Josh Jones	GB	43.7	42	501	110.1	5.4	7.41	0.098	12.5	0.60	49	0	0
42	Eric Murray	KC	43.5	41	702	97.4	5.3	5.41	0.077	6.9	0.14	54	1	0
43	Marcus Williams	NO	42.0	39	955	106.6	3.2	9.68	0.060	6.6	0.10	57	2	1
44	Malik Hooker	IND	41.9	38	912	111.1	2.1	21.05	0.046	10.6	0.00	42	2	0
45	Micah Hyde	BUF	41.6	36	881	92.0	5.2	10.87	0.060	13.1	0.11	53	2	0
46	Mike Adams	CAR	40.1	35	939	117.2	4.4	14.63	0.075	9.1	0.32	70	3	0
47	Tashaun Gipson	JAX	39.8	33	1,006	96.4	4.6	15.22	0.051	13.6	0.00	51	1	0
48	Patrick Chung	NE	39.7	32	887	93.5	9.0	3.75	0.092	6.8	0.17	82	1	0
49	Budda Baker	ARI	39.7	30	938	106.2	7.6	1.41	0.101	9.5	0.96	95	0	1
50	Landon Collins	NYG	39.3	29	804	113.0	7.3	6.78	0.109	9.3	0.62	88	0	1
51	Corey Graham	PHI	38.9	28	655	129.2	4.4	17.24	0.082	6.9	0.15	54	1	0
52	Justin Simmons	DEN	38.5	26	1,077	94.5	7.1	5.26	0.087	8.7	0.00	94	3	0
53	Jordan Richards	ATL	38.0	25	428	104.7	7.0	10.00	0.084	12.2	0.00	36	0	0
54	Derrick Kindred	CLE	37.6	23	497	107.8	4.6	4.35	0.091	13.5	0.00	45	1	1
55	Jahleel Addae	LAC	37.1	22	1,025	97.9	3.9	7.50	0.067	15.9	0.20	69	1	0
56	Devin McCourty	NE	35.4	20	1,004	113.9	5.2	7.69	0.079	6.0	0.10	79	1	1
57	Barry Church	JAX	35.0	19	670	111.5	4.5	6.67	0.055	14.0	0.45	37	1	0
58	Vonn Bell	NO	34.2	17	752	118.1	8.5	4.69	0.110	7.8	0.66	83	0	1
59	Justin Evans	TB	33.9	16	605	131.7	4.3	7.69	0.088	8.6	0.17	53	1	0
60	Ron Parker	KC	33.8	14	1,027	118.4	4.7	10.42	0.072	8.6	0.19	74	2	0
61	Darian Stewart	DEN	33.2	13	874	108.0	4.0	8.57	0.064	15.2	0.11	56	2	0
62	Glover Quin	DET	33.1	12	829	121.1	5.1	7.14	0.086	9.0	0.24	71	0	0
63	Sharrod Neasman	ATL	32.7	10	436	127.3	7.6	12.12	0.099	14.0	0.46	43	0	0
64	Isaiah Johnson	TB	32.6	9	404	140.4	6.4	7.69	0.119	5.9	0.00	48	1	0
65	Tedric Thompson	SEA	32.6	7	656	126.7	3.4	13.64	0.084	16.7	0.00	55	1	1
66	Marcus Gilchrist	LV	32.5	6	871	102.3	7.0	9.84	0.062	11.5	0.00	54	3	0
67	Sean Davis	PIT	30.5	4	979	112.4	5.0	14.29	0.077	16.7	0.00	75	1	0
68	Rafael Bush	BUF	28.6	3	452	125.3	8.2	0.00	0.095	12.2	0.77	43	0	0
69	Kentrell Brice	GB	12.5	1	646	155.5	5.0	6.25	0.074	27.3	0.31	48	0	0

Low-volume safeties (23)

Fewer than 400 defensive snaps. Grades still computed on the same 0-100 scale but treat them as noisy.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Andrew Adams	TB	72.9	90	370	39.9	10.5	23.08	0.100	17.8	0.00	37	4	0
2	Earl Thomas	SEA	70.9	90	237	47.2	3.8	55.56	0.089	0.0	0.00	21	3	0
3	Jarrod Wilson	JAX	70.9	90	222	39.6	3.2	28.57	0.090	0.0	0.90	20	0	1
4	George Odum	IND	68.4	87	204	63.5	5.9	16.67	0.176	10.0	0.49	36	1	0
5	Ricardo Allen	ATL	67.1	87	205	24.5	9.3	15.79	0.068	12.5	0.00	14	1	0
6	Jayron Kearse	MIN	64.8	86	202	80.5	8.4	11.76	0.153	3.1	0.74	31	0	0
7	Lano Hill	SEA	63.8	84	320	49.5	4.1	7.69	0.072	8.0	0.63	23	0	0
8	Mike Mitchell	IND	58.7	70	224	57.6	5.4	8.33	0.112	10.7	0.00	25	1	2
9	Morgan Burnett	PIT	58.6	70	389	77.4	7.7	20.00	0.069	6.9	0.26	27	0	0
10	Doug Middleton	NYJ	53.5	59	231	123.8	4.3	30.00	0.117	3.6	0.00	27	0	0
11	Jermaine Whitehead	CLE	52.7	59	227	108.5	6.6	13.33	0.106	14.3	1.32	24	0	0
12	Marcus Maye	NYJ	52.5	59	393	86.9	3.3	15.38	0.087	12.8	0.13	34	1	1
13	Tavon Wilson	DET	52.3	59	304	94.5	6.9	0.00	0.115	10.3	0.99	35	0	0
14	Andre Hal	HOU	52.1	58	237	97.9	4.6	45.45	0.055	13.3	0.00	13	3	0
15	Daniel Sorensen	KC	45.2	46	354	92.8	5.1	11.11	0.068	11.1	0.00	24	1	0
16	Andrew Sendejo	MIN	43.3	39	324	137.5	3.1	10.00	0.074	0.0	0.00	24	0	0
17	Kendrick Lewis	TEN	41.5	35	275	114.0	5.1	7.14	0.091	16.7	0.36	25	0	0
18	Chuck Clark	BAL	40.6	35	252	102.5	6.0	6.67	0.083	16.0	0.00	21	1	0
19	Marqui Christian	LA	39.9	33	348	88.5	10.6	2.70	0.098	10.5	0.00	34	0	0
20	Kurt Coleman	NO	34.8	17	359	126.9	3.6	0.00	0.081	14.7	0.00	29	0	1
21	Jimmie Ward	SF	33.9	16	388	114.4	5.7	0.00	0.062	4.0	0.00	24	0	1
22	Adrian Colbert	SF	32.4	4	320	132.4	4.1	7.69	0.059	17.4	0.00	19	0	0
23	Reggie Nelson	LV	28.8	3	370	122.3	5.9	9.09	0.073	20.6	0.00	27	2	0