S Grades

83 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)

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Jordan Poyer	BUF	78.3	100	755	60.1	4.1	25.81	0.073	5.2	0.53	55	4	1
2	Harrison Smith	MIN	76.3	99	913	73.0	4.3	25.64	0.087	2.5	0.11	79	5	1
3	Ryan Neal	SEA	74.6	98	710	63.9	7.3	15.38	0.089	8.7	0.70	63	1	2
4	Derwin James	LAC	74.0	96	836	82.4	6.9	10.34	0.130	4.4	0.96	109	2	2
5	Donovan Wilson	DAL	73.4	95	960	69.0	4.1	5.13	0.101	8.5	1.25	97	1	2
6	Marcus Williams	BAL	73.3	94	638	71.1	4.7	26.67	0.091	6.5	0.31	58	4	0
7	Tashaun Gipson	SF	72.9	93	1,036	63.8	3.4	22.86	0.055	3.4	0.14	57	5	0
8	Vonn Bell	CIN	71.9	92	1,024	64.0	5.2	15.09	0.066	8.1	0.49	68	4	2
9	Jayron Kearse	DAL	71.8	90	815	81.3	5.0	12.20	0.090	2.7	0.98	73	1	1
10	Darrick Forrest	WAS	70.4	89	850	75.4	6.5	16.36	0.095	3.6	0.12	81	4	2
11	Eddie Jackson	CHI	69.2	88	698	66.4	4.9	17.65	0.110	10.5	0.14	77	4	2
12	Minkah Fitzpatrick	PIT	67.4	87	939	84.1	5.8	20.37	0.096	5.3	0.11	90	6	0
13	DeAndre Houston-Carson	CHI	67.2	86	413	51.1	4.1	5.88	0.092	7.3	0.48	38	1	1
14	Julian Love	NYG	66.1	84	1,006	89.8	5.0	10.00	0.111	4.3	0.70	112	2	1
15	Devin McCourty	NE	64.3	83	1,098	72.1	3.4	21.62	0.057	7.4	0.00	63	4	0
16	Rayshawn Jenkins	JAX	64.0	82	1,126	78.6	4.9	21.82	0.097	14.2	0.27	109	3	3
17	Tyrann Mathieu	NO	63.6	81	1,129	77.4	5.2	13.56	0.075	6.6	0.27	85	3	1
18	Grant Delpit	CLE	63.6	80	1,086	89.6	3.8	24.39	0.087	8.7	0.28	94	4	0
19	Jessie Bates	CIN	62.1	78	1,017	76.1	3.6	21.62	0.065	9.6	0.10	66	4	1
20	Jordan Whitehead	NYJ	61.9	77	1,130	81.5	3.7	19.05	0.073	8.9	0.27	82	2	0
21	Talanoa Hufanga	SF	61.0	76	1,029	91.4	5.3	16.36	0.086	8.2	0.68	89	4	2
22	Kevin Byard	TEN	59.7	75	1,139	77.8	6.2	8.45	0.084	4.0	0.00	96	4	0
23	Kerby Joseph	DET	59.5	73	878	84.8	4.6	20.00	0.087	8.4	0.00	76	4	2
24	C.J. Gardner-Johnson	PHI	58.9	72	729	78.4	7.1	15.38	0.084	15.3	0.69	61	6	0
25	Marcus Maye	NO	58.9	71	669	80.3	2.7	11.11	0.078	1.9	0.00	52	0	1
26	Xavier McKinney	NYG	58.3	70	554	93.6	4.2	21.74	0.074	4.7	0.36	41	0	1
27	Richie Grant	ATL	58.1	69	1,117	87.2	5.6	11.29	0.105	6.4	0.09	117	2	1
28	Alohi Gilman	LAC	57.3	67	475	92.0	4.6	13.64	0.116	5.2	0.00	55	1	1
29	Jalen Pitre	HOU	55.4	66	1,089	88.2	5.8	12.70	0.120	12.7	0.37	131	5	0
30	Antoine Winfield Jr.	TB	55.4	65	764	107.0	6.2	6.38	0.090	2.8	1.44	69	1	1
31	John Johnson	CLE	55.2	64	1,055	82.8	4.6	8.16	0.087	9.8	0.43	92	1	2
32	Kyle Dugger	NE	54.8	63	752	95.2	7.3	14.55	0.089	9.5	0.80	67	3	1
33	Kyle Hamilton	BAL	54.7	61	548	93.8	8.9	10.20	0.104	8.1	0.91	57	0	1
34	Andre Cisco	JAX	54.7	60	992	117.4	2.9	34.48	0.068	4.3	0.20	67	3	0
35	Justin Simmons	DEN	53.3	59	809	84.0	5.8	14.89	0.075	11.6	0.25	61	6	3
36	Rodney McLeod Jr.	IND	52.4	58	1,031	98.6	6.6	11.76	0.086	6.3	0.68	89	2	0
37	Jeremy Chinn	CAR	51.6	57	683	93.3	7.3	12.00	0.095	7.1	0.29	65	0	0
38	Jaquan Brisker	CHI	51.2	55	955	98.6	5.0	4.17	0.098	6.9	0.84	94	1	1
39	Rodney Thomas	IND	51.2	54	718	90.3	4.3	19.35	0.068	9.3	0.00	49	4	0
40	Quandre Diggs	SEA	51.2	53	1,156	89.9	3.0	20.00	0.054	8.7	0.00	63	4	1
41	Logan Ryan	TB	50.9	52	446	93.4	4.7	14.29	0.078	7.9	0.22	35	1	1
42	Adrian Amos	GB	50.7	51	977	107.7	5.1	10.00	0.097	4.0	0.61	95	1	0
43	Malik Hooker	DAL	49.6	49	861	82.9	3.1	11.11	0.066	10.9	0.12	57	3	0
44	Nasir Adderley	LAC	49.3	48	882	83.6	4.3	10.53	0.063	9.7	0.11	56	2	1
45	Jason Pinnock	NYG	49.2	47	459	141.1	3.1	21.43	0.076	0.0	0.76	35	0	1
46	Johnathan Abram	SEA	49.0	46	596	83.5	9.1	5.56	0.092	5.2	0.00	55	0	0
47	Joshua Kalu	TEN	48.5	45	494	98.3	7.1	14.29	0.079	4.9	0.20	39	1	1
48	Chuck Clark	BAL	47.7	43	1,093	98.0	3.9	9.30	0.081	4.3	0.00	89	0	1
49	Budda Baker	ARI	47.6	42	968	98.1	4.1	17.50	0.099	12.7	0.10	96	2	1
50	Taylor Rapp	LA	47.6	41	977	98.3	5.4	11.32	0.086	6.7	0.20	84	2	0
51	Xavier Woods	CAR	47.1	40	1,000	92.4	5.5	10.91	0.079	7.1	0.00	79	0	0
52	Rudy Ford	GB	46.2	39	442	106.7	4.5	15.00	0.097	8.5	0.00	43	3	1
53	Jaylinn Hawkins	ATL	43.8	37	955	106.4	4.0	15.79	0.084	8.0	0.00	80	2	1
54	Lamarcus Joyner	NYJ	43.7	36	873	110.6	3.6	19.35	0.063	5.2	0.00	55	3	0
55	Eric Rowe	MIA	43.7	35	569	104.5	8.4	4.17	0.088	3.8	0.88	50	0	2
56	Terrell Edmunds	PIT	43.4	34	886	116.2	3.7	15.15	0.076	8.2	0.56	67	0	0
57	Jimmie Ward	SF	42.3	33	510	87.4	13.9	7.04	0.092	7.8	0.20	47	3	1
58	Brandon Stephens	BAL	41.9	31	453	88.9	13.0	11.86	0.075	10.5	0.11	34	0	0
59	Jalen Thompson	ARI	41.6	30	1,097	113.1	5.1	14.29	0.084	4.2	0.09	92	1	0
60	Adrian Phillips	NE	41.1	29	704	108.6	5.1	8.33	0.078	5.2	0.28	55	0	0
61	Jevon Holland	MIA	40.1	28	1,129	113.9	4.3	14.29	0.077	5.4	0.13	87	2	1
62	Kam Curl	WAS	39.9	27	727	116.6	5.4	0.00	0.109	4.8	0.69	79	0	0
63	Bobby McCain	WAS	38.4	25	971	111.9	5.4	9.62	0.072	2.8	0.21	70	0	1
64	Mike Edwards	TB	38.3	24	814	110.4	5.9	6.25	0.092	6.3	0.37	75	2	0
65	Juan Thornhill	KC	38.2	23	1,044	114.5	4.5	19.15	0.063	12.0	0.48	66	3	0
66	Amani Hooker	TEN	38.2	22	522	101.6	7.7	7.50	0.075	4.9	0.00	39	1	1
67	DeShon Elliott	DET	38.1	20	864	125.3	4.4	7.89	0.102	5.4	0.46	88	1	1
68	Keanu Neal	TB	37.1	19	581	121.9	4.8	14.29	0.096	11.1	0.26	56	1	0
69	Justin Reid	KC	36.7	18	1,113	106.1	5.2	12.07	0.066	9.8	0.27	74	0	0
70	Will Harris	DET	35.8	17	660	106.0	9.2	6.56	0.080	3.6	0.30	53	1	1
71	Geno Stone	BAL	35.2	16	451	104.2	4.9	4.55	0.067	11.8	0.00	30	0	1
72	Jonathan Owens	HOU	33.5	14	971	128.5	4.3	9.52	0.114	6.7	0.10	111	0	0
73	Darnell Savage	GB	31.8	13	819	114.2	5.4	11.36	0.065	10.2	0.24	53	1	0
74	Camryn Bynum	MIN	30.7	12	1,161	123.0	3.8	13.64	0.065	6.3	0.00	75	2	0
75	Damar Hamlin	BUF	28.9	11	846	142.3	4.1	5.71	0.097	7.9	0.77	82	0	1
76	Kareem Jackson	DEN	28.3	10	1,139	100.2	5.2	5.08	0.080	15.0	0.09	91	0	0
77	Duron Harmon	LV	26.3	8	1,078	120.0	5.3	8.77	0.073	7.1	0.00	79	2	2
78	Andrew Adams	TEN	26.1	7	727	103.3	7.8	5.26	0.076	14.1	0.00	55	1	0
79	Nick Scott	LA	25.0	6	984	118.5	5.9	8.62	0.082	11.0	0.10	81	2	2
80	Myles Hartsfield	CAR	24.6	5	813	120.8	6.0	4.08	0.071	6.5	0.12	58	0	1
81	Tre'von Moehrig	LV	23.4	4	908	129.7	5.1	10.87	0.058	8.6	0.22	53	0	0
82	Marcus Epps	PHI	21.0	2	1,096	139.1	4.7	11.54	0.080	10.2	0.36	88	0	1
83	Julian Blackmon	IND	16.0	1	718	138.6	5.4	5.13	0.064	16.4	0.42	46	1	0

Low-volume safeties (19)

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

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Caden Sterns	DEN	76.2	98	275	8.1	6.2	23.53	0.058	11.1	0.00	16	2	0
2	Andrew Wingard	JAX	75.1	98	217	26.4	4.1	11.11	0.147	3.0	0.46	32	1	1
3	Josh Metellus	MIN	69.3	88	258	83.9	7.4	26.32	0.151	4.9	0.39	39	1	0
4	Reed Blankenship	PHI	64.8	83	291	66.9	3.8	18.18	0.113	2.9	0.00	33	1	0
5	Damontae Kazee	PIT	64.7	83	273	45.5	4.0	18.18	0.070	0.0	0.00	19	2	0
6	Brandon Jones	MIA	63.8	81	350	78.0	9.1	9.38	0.126	8.3	0.86	44	0	1
7	Dane Belton	NYG	59.6	73	390	65.5	7.9	9.68	0.077	9.1	0.26	30	2	0
8	Verone McKinley III	MIA	57.1	66	253	22.5	2.0	20.00	0.059	11.8	0.00	15	1	0
9	Ronnie Harrison	CLE	54.8	63	259	76.8	6.6	5.88	0.089	4.2	0.19	23	0	0
10	Jaquan Johnson	BUF	53.2	58	226	96.5	5.3	8.33	0.133	6.3	0.00	30	1	0
11	Tre Norwood	PIT	51.0	52	243	68.3	8.2	0.00	0.086	19.2	0.82	21	0	0
12	Jabrill Peppers	NE	48.2	43	399	107.8	6.0	0.00	0.128	1.9	0.25	51	0	0
13	Juston Burris	CAR	47.0	39	219	87.5	4.6	10.00	0.082	14.3	0.00	18	0	0
14	Will Parks	NYJ	46.3	39	210	80.6	2.9	0.00	0.076	15.8	0.00	16	0	0
15	Roderic Teamer	LV	40.4	28	286	119.8	8.7	0.00	0.133	5.0	0.70	38	0	0
16	Justin Evans	NO	38.3	24	392	95.4	7.7	6.67	0.066	13.3	0.26	26	0	1
17	Bryan Cook	KC	34.5	14	342	138.8	5.8	10.00	0.094	8.6	0.58	32	0	0
18	Dean Marlowe	BUF	31.7	12	209	158.3	3.3	0.00	0.057	14.3	0.00	12	0	0
19	Josh Jones	SEA	24.2	4	375	120.8	5.3	5.00	0.069	23.5	0.00	26	0	0