S Grades

62 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	Justin Simmons	DEN	81.1	100	1,055	43.6	5.0	28.30	0.081	8.6	0.19	85	4	0
2	Harrison Smith	MIN	79.6	98	970	41.7	3.4	33.33	0.082	11.1	0.41	80	3	3
3	Anthony Harris	MIN	78.4	97	909	44.2	2.5	47.83	0.064	4.9	0.11	58	6	0
4	Jamal Adams	NYJ	78.3	95	961	75.2	4.0	18.42	0.077	5.1	1.61	74	1	2
5	Earl Thomas	BAL	68.7	94	893	24.3	2.8	16.00	0.053	14.5	0.34	47	2	1
6	Kevin Byard	TEN	67.5	92	1,099	69.1	4.3	19.15	0.070	2.5	0.00	77	5	0
7	Chuck Clark	BAL	66.3	90	747	75.1	4.7	25.71	0.092	9.2	0.27	69	1	2
8	Malcolm Jenkins	PHI	65.7	89	1,015	80.5	5.5	14.29	0.080	6.9	0.84	81	0	4
9	Duron Harmon	NE	62.5	87	657	39.7	2.3	33.33	0.032	8.7	0.15	21	2	0
10	Tyrann Mathieu	KC	62.2	85	1,080	58.1	7.2	15.38	0.066	16.5	0.46	71	4	0
11	Tashaun Gipson	HOU	61.3	84	869	56.5	4.1	22.22	0.055	14.3	0.12	48	3	0
12	Adrian Amos	GB	61.1	82	1,036	85.5	4.9	15.69	0.077	5.9	0.48	80	2	0
13	Devin McCourty	NE	60.6	81	946	64.7	3.3	22.58	0.055	8.8	0.00	52	5	2
14	Eddie Jackson	CHI	60.3	79	1,061	57.6	4.1	11.63	0.057	15.5	0.57	60	2	1
15	Juston Burris	CLE	58.4	77	409	89.1	4.4	38.89	0.076	13.9	0.49	31	2	1
16	Tre Boston	CAR	57.1	76	1,104	74.9	3.3	30.56	0.061	16.3	0.09	67	3	0
17	Jaquiski Tartt	SF	56.9	74	674	66.8	3.4	8.70	0.068	8.0	0.22	46	0	1
18	Bradley McDougald	SEA	56.4	73	941	58.8	6.1	10.53	0.072	15.0	0.16	68	2	1
19	Jimmie Ward	SF	56.2	71	806	109.3	3.7	26.67	0.076	4.7	0.37	61	0	0
20	Xavier Woods	DAL	56.1	69	978	79.1	3.4	15.15	0.078	9.5	0.10	76	2	2
21	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	CHI	55.8	68	1,067	67.0	4.1	11.36	0.070	10.7	0.00	75	2	0
22	Jabrill Peppers	NYG	53.9	66	705	86.4	4.8	14.71	0.098	13.8	0.43	69	1	3
23	Jeff Heath	DAL	53.8	65	719	94.2	7.2	13.46	0.088	4.5	0.42	63	0	0
24	Damontae Kazee	ATL	53.6	63	803	66.3	5.4	6.98	0.088	13.4	0.12	71	3	1
25	Erik Harris	LV	53.4	61	900	90.8	4.2	21.05	0.074	9.5	0.11	67	3	0
26	Darnell Savage	GB	53.3	60	865	71.1	3.5	16.67	0.060	13.3	0.12	52	2	2
27	Daniel Sorensen	KC	52.2	58	563	74.6	9.9	7.14	0.099	8.2	0.18	56	2	0
28	Minkah Fitzpatrick	PIT	52.1	56	1,046	93.0	3.1	28.13	0.062	12.2	0.10	65	5	2
29	Rodney McLeod Jr.	PHI	50.6	55	1,012	81.6	3.2	18.75	0.073	14.9	0.10	74	2	2
30	Vonn Bell	NO	50.5	53	871	98.9	5.9	9.80	0.098	9.6	0.63	85	1	2
31	Tavon Wilson	DET	50.1	52	840	92.2	5.6	10.64	0.108	12.5	0.36	91	0	0
32	Darian Thompson	DAL	49.6	50	424	134.4	3.8	18.75	0.099	12.5	1.06	42	0	0
33	Jarrod Wilson	JAX	48.8	48	1,051	97.3	3.9	9.76	0.070	8.6	0.48	74	2	1
34	Quandre Diggs	SEA	48.0	47	606	62.9	1.8	27.27	0.066	21.6	0.00	40	3	1
35	Andrew Adams	TB	48.0	45	616	117.9	3.1	15.79	0.075	8.0	0.49	46	1	1
36	Ricardo Allen	ATL	47.5	44	950	105.6	5.5	15.38	0.085	9.0	0.42	81	2	0
37	Marcus Maye	NYJ	47.4	42	1,092	103.8	2.9	21.88	0.059	8.6	0.09	64	1	0
38	Rayshawn Jenkins	LAC	46.8	40	964	101.0	1.7	25.00	0.054	13.3	0.21	52	3	0
39	Marcus Williams	NO	45.7	39	949	105.4	4.1	33.33	0.057	14.3	0.00	54	4	1
40	Micah Hyde	BUF	45.0	37	969	77.6	3.3	6.25	0.066	14.7	0.10	64	1	2
41	Jordan Poyer	BUF	43.9	35	977	117.8	3.7	8.33	0.093	9.0	0.51	91	2	3
42	Eric Weddle	LA	43.1	34	1,031	101.6	4.3	9.09	0.093	9.4	0.00	96	0	0
43	Budda Baker	ARI	42.7	32	1,120	125.3	4.9	10.91	0.120	7.6	0.40	134	0	1
44	Jermaine Whitehead	CLE	42.6	31	501	99.6	5.0	8.00	0.078	11.4	0.20	39	1	1
45	Jessie Bates	CIN	42.4	29	1,059	100.1	4.5	18.75	0.090	15.2	0.00	95	3	1
46	Karl Joseph	LV	40.5	27	575	107.5	4.3	12.00	0.077	15.4	0.35	44	1	0
47	Justin Reid	HOU	39.0	26	917	100.2	5.1	10.64	0.077	11.3	0.00	71	2	0
48	Kenny Vaccaro	TEN	38.8	24	1,063	114.7	5.0	9.43	0.071	5.1	0.28	75	1	0
49	Jahleel Addae	HOU	38.3	23	520	96.5	6.3	9.09	0.075	13.3	0.00	39	2	0
50	Montae Nicholson	WAS	38.2	21	873	103.9	3.3	13.79	0.068	14.5	0.00	59	2	0
51	Patrick Chung	NE	37.7	19	642	97.8	6.9	6.82	0.064	8.9	0.16	41	0	0
52	Landon Collins	WAS	37.5	18	1,057	115.4	6.1	6.15	0.103	12.8	0.85	109	0	2
53	Malik Hooker	IND	37.0	16	788	110.8	3.2	12.00	0.062	14.0	0.13	49	2	0
54	Will Parks	DEN	36.3	15	540	94.9	6.9	5.41	0.065	16.7	0.37	35	1	1
55	Shawn Williams	CIN	34.1	13	1,003	118.7	5.1	5.88	0.111	15.3	0.60	111	1	0
56	D.J. Swearinger	NO	31.8	11	485	129.3	4.7	13.04	0.097	17.5	0.00	47	0	0
57	Antoine Bethea	NYG	30.3	10	1,107	143.4	3.6	15.00	0.091	9.8	0.09	101	1	0
58	Eric Reid	CAR	30.3	8	1,093	149.1	6.4	8.57	0.113	6.8	0.91	124	0	1
59	Clayton Geathers	IND	30.0	6	527	128.1	4.6	4.17	0.083	13.7	0.00	44	1	0
60	Lamarcus Joyner	LV	26.3	5	706	110.1	10.1	4.23	0.068	11.1	0.42	48	0	0
61	Terrell Edmunds	PIT	26.2	3	1,036	131.6	4.8	6.00	0.091	10.5	0.10	94	0	0
62	Mike Edwards	TB	24.0	2	614	137.2	8.1	12.00	0.073	15.1	0.65	45	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 Sendejo	MIN	64.2	87	385	79.6	5.5	19.05	0.117	10.0	0.78	45	3	0
2	Jayron Kearse	MIN	62.5	85	270	70.7	7.8	28.57	0.100	3.6	0.00	27	1	0
3	Terrence Brooks	NE	59.4	77	274	55.8	6.6	16.67	0.080	4.3	0.00	22	1	0
4	Morgan Burnett	CLE	58.5	77	368	104.9	5.7	9.52	0.103	9.5	1.63	38	1	0
5	John Johnson	LA	58.3	76	395	77.1	5.8	8.70	0.127	12.3	0.51	50	2	0
6	Will Redmond	GB	56.1	68	271	102.1	2.6	14.29	0.125	10.5	0.37	34	0	0
7	Derwin James	LAC	51.2	55	299	103.3	4.7	7.14	0.107	11.1	0.67	32	0	0
8	Amani Hooker	TEN	50.8	55	332	62.0	3.9	0.00	0.060	4.8	0.00	20	0	0
9	Michael Thomas	NYG	50.0	50	302	122.0	8.6	11.54	0.129	0.0	0.66	39	0	0
10	Adrian Phillips	LAC	47.4	42	281	93.4	6.0	0.00	0.128	14.3	0.36	36	0	0
11	Tedric Thompson	SEA	46.9	40	387	86.8	3.9	13.33	0.049	5.0	0.00	19	2	0
12	Adrian Colbert	MIA	46.1	39	361	81.9	1.7	33.33	0.055	20.0	0.00	20	0	0
13	Marcell Harris	SF	45.9	39	340	118.5	5.0	29.41	0.115	15.2	0.00	39	0	3
14	Deionte Thompson	ARI	44.7	35	252	118.8	2.0	0.00	0.071	10.0	0.00	18	0	0
15	Lano Hill	SEA	44.7	35	300	95.8	2.0	0.00	0.083	16.7	0.00	25	0	0
16	Eric Murray	CLE	42.8	32	361	81.0	5.5	5.00	0.061	26.7	0.83	22	0	0
17	George Odum	IND	41.5	27	282	142.6	5.0	0.00	0.124	2.8	0.00	35	0	2
18	Curtis Riley	LV	41.3	27	275	151.4	4.7	7.69	0.120	13.2	0.73	33	0	1
19	Kemal Ishmael	ATL	39.4	26	283	146.5	6.7	0.00	0.145	8.9	0.71	41	0	1
20	Marqui Christian	LA	39.2	26	371	100.6	6.2	8.70	0.092	19.0	0.27	34	0	0
21	Marquise Blair	SEA	38.4	23	230	126.6	7.4	5.88	0.130	11.8	0.00	30	0	2
22	Jaylen Watkins	LAC	35.9	13	299	110.2	9.7	3.45	0.094	9.7	0.33	28	0	0
23	Tony Jefferson	BAL	34.9	13	281	141.4	5.0	21.43	0.075	16.0	0.00	21	0	0