S Grades

86 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	Kyle Hamilton	BAL	89.4	100	937	38.8	6.6	20.97	0.080	9.6	1.28	75	4	1
2	Julian Blackmon	IND	79.0	99	986	47.5	4.6	17.78	0.076	5.1	0.20	75	4	0
3	Jessie Bates	ATL	75.1	98	1,133	67.1	4.5	21.57	0.107	8.3	0.18	121	6	3
4	Rayshawn Jenkins	JAX	72.9	97	1,100	63.5	5.5	15.00	0.086	9.5	0.64	95	2	0
5	Antoine Winfield Jr.	TB	69.5	95	1,100	102.0	4.4	25.00	0.100	6.0	1.00	110	3	6
6	Xavier McKinney	NYG	69.5	94	1,128	69.8	5.8	16.92	0.093	7.1	0.13	105	3	1
7	Jabrill Peppers	NE	69.4	93	955	72.7	3.7	22.86	0.079	10.7	0.63	75	2	1
8	Brian Branch	DET	69.1	92	738	78.4	9.2	19.12	0.091	8.2	0.95	67	3	1
9	Tony Adams	NYJ	67.3	91	879	67.4	3.2	17.86	0.080	9.1	0.46	70	3	0
10	Jason Pinnock	NYG	67.2	90	1,011	74.8	4.2	14.29	0.077	8.2	0.79	78	2	2
11	Talanoa Hufanga	SF	67.1	88	577	60.1	3.3	15.79	0.083	4.0	0.17	48	3	0
12	Tyrann Mathieu	NO	67.1	87	1,097	60.6	4.2	19.57	0.061	9.5	0.00	67	4	0
13	Jalen Thompson	ARI	67.1	86	938	80.3	5.0	19.15	0.076	6.6	0.64	71	4	1
14	Rudy Ford	GB	66.3	85	626	65.0	4.5	21.43	0.101	10.0	0.00	63	2	0
15	Daxton Hill	CIN	64.9	84	1,091	94.2	4.6	22.00	0.095	7.1	0.60	104	2	0
16	DeAndre Houston-Carson	HOU	64.2	83	484	60.2	4.1	25.00	0.074	12.2	0.21	36	2	0
17	Marcus Maye	NO	64.1	81	445	67.9	2.9	15.38	0.074	5.7	0.67	33	2	0
18	Xavier Woods	CAR	63.8	80	796	65.4	5.2	17.07	0.067	11.7	0.38	53	2	0
19	Jordan Battle	CIN	63.6	79	525	104.7	4.2	22.73	0.118	7.5	0.95	62	1	0
20	Tre'von Moehrig	LV	63.2	78	1,106	79.5	4.0	18.18	0.065	5.3	0.27	72	3	0
21	Tashaun Gipson	SF	62.9	77	976	62.0	2.7	11.54	0.055	5.3	0.20	54	1	0
22	Brandon Jones	MIA	62.7	76	463	75.6	3.2	26.67	0.102	13.0	0.43	47	2	1
23	Kyle Dugger	NE	62.5	74	1,115	78.3	5.7	11.11	0.089	7.5	0.58	99	2	1
24	Geno Stone	BAL	62.1	73	951	63.8	4.6	20.45	0.062	13.2	0.00	59	7	0
25	Jordan Whitehead	NYJ	61.7	72	1,078	76.5	3.3	25.00	0.080	13.1	0.14	86	4	0
26	Jayron Kearse	DAL	61.0	71	820	81.7	4.5	10.81	0.079	3.0	0.43	65	1	0
27	Taylor Rapp	BUF	60.8	70	421	80.4	3.6	13.33	0.105	6.4	0.36	44	1	0
28	John Johnson	LA	60.6	69	518	81.1	5.0	23.08	0.081	4.5	0.00	42	2	0
29	Kerby Joseph	DET	60.3	67	911	70.2	6.0	20.00	0.086	14.3	0.00	78	4	0
30	Terrell Edmunds	TEN	60.3	66	476	80.6	6.3	6.67	0.097	6.1	0.95	46	1	1
31	Mike Edwards	KC	58.4	65	621	77.2	5.0	16.13	0.077	9.4	0.32	48	1	0
32	Julian Love	SEA	57.0	64	937	88.4	6.8	15.63	0.118	8.3	0.11	111	4	2
33	Grant Delpit	CLE	56.7	63	742	99.8	4.4	9.09	0.096	7.8	1.15	71	1	0
34	Justin Reid	KC	55.6	62	981	89.7	6.3	11.29	0.089	7.4	0.71	87	1	1
35	Justin Simmons	DEN	54.7	60	985	89.1	4.9	16.67	0.068	6.9	0.30	67	3	2
36	Minkah Fitzpatrick	PIT	54.6	59	550	80.6	5.8	9.38	0.102	8.2	0.18	56	0	0
37	Markquese Bell	DAL	53.9	58	649	100.7	6.5	9.52	0.129	4.5	0.46	84	0	2
38	Derwin James	LAC	53.9	57	1,002	96.0	6.0	11.67	0.115	9.4	0.70	115	1	0
39	Donovan Wilson	DAL	53.6	56	732	97.1	3.7	11.11	0.107	7.1	0.27	78	2	1
40	Jordan Fuller	LA	50.9	55	1,059	93.8	5.1	14.81	0.079	5.6	0.09	84	3	3
41	Kareem Jackson	HOU	50.5	53	519	87.6	4.8	12.00	0.096	9.1	0.00	50	2	0
42	Brandon Stephens	BAL	50.2	52	1,079	80.6	10.0	10.19	0.065	2.8	0.19	70	2	0
43	Reed Blankenship	PHI	49.8	51	943	99.9	7.0	16.67	0.117	9.1	0.21	110	3	0
44	Vonn Bell	CAR	48.5	50	778	79.2	3.5	7.41	0.081	11.3	0.00	63	1	0
45	Harrison Smith	MIN	48.4	49	1,113	83.3	4.7	5.77	0.074	9.9	0.45	82	0	3
46	Jonathan Owens	GB	48.3	48	775	111.6	3.6	10.71	0.102	4.8	0.26	79	0	1
47	K'Von Wallace	TEN	47.9	47	807	96.1	5.3	13.95	0.093	8.5	0.12	75	1	0
48	Jordan Howden	NO	46.5	45	568	99.3	4.8	18.52	0.074	10.6	0.18	42	0	1
49	Kam Curl	WAS	46.3	44	1,089	106.1	4.3	10.64	0.099	6.9	0.37	108	0	1
50	Jordan Poyer	BUF	46.2	43	987	99.7	4.9	8.33	0.093	6.1	0.30	92	0	1
51	Quentin Lake	LA	44.3	42	453	93.4	11.3	11.76	0.099	6.3	0.22	45	0	0
52	P.J. Locke	DEN	44.3	41	539	107.1	6.5	14.29	0.096	14.8	0.93	52	1	2
53	Budda Baker	ARI	44.2	40	764	106.8	3.9	0.00	0.099	7.3	0.65	76	0	0
54	Quandre Diggs	SEA	43.6	38	1,155	101.5	2.6	16.67	0.076	12.0	0.09	88	1	0
55	Jimmie Ward	HOU	43.0	37	507	97.4	6.7	8.82	0.093	6.0	0.00	47	1	1
56	Jevon Holland	MIA	42.3	36	708	111.9	4.8	11.76	0.093	7.0	0.28	66	1	3
57	Keanu Neal	PIT	42.3	35	430	85.7	7.9	5.88	0.105	15.1	0.23	45	1	0
58	Micah Hyde	BUF	41.7	34	797	100.7	4.6	18.92	0.056	11.8	0.13	45	2	0
59	Jaquan Brisker	CHI	41.6	33	895	110.6	6.7	15.00	0.105	9.6	0.45	94	1	2
60	Alohi Gilman	LAC	41.5	31	928	102.5	5.1	21.28	0.069	13.5	0.11	64	2	3
61	Marcus Williams	BAL	40.2	30	636	117.2	5.8	21.62	0.075	7.7	0.16	48	1	0
62	Tracy Walker III	DET	39.6	29	541	119.6	4.8	7.69	0.102	9.8	0.55	55	0	1
63	Percy Butler	WAS	38.9	28	836	129.1	3.2	29.63	0.067	11.1	0.12	56	0	1
64	Camryn Bynum	MIN	38.6	27	1,122	98.5	8.1	9.89	0.108	9.0	0.13	121	2	3
65	Malik Hooker	DAL	38.4	26	826	109.9	2.9	12.50	0.057	9.6	0.12	47	1	1
66	Kevin Byard	PHI	38.3	24	1,118	102.1	5.6	4.76	0.098	4.3	0.00	110	1	0
67	Amani Hooker	TEN	37.5	23	868	110.1	6.6	12.28	0.093	9.0	0.35	81	1	1
68	Christian Izien	TB	37.4	22	719	83.5	8.1	3.45	0.082	10.6	0.00	59	2	1
69	Jamal Adams	SEA	37.0	21	518	121.7	4.6	8.33	0.081	17.6	1.16	42	0	0
70	Darnell Savage	GB	35.9	20	558	106.9	4.1	4.35	0.088	14.0	0.18	49	0	0
71	Josh Metellus	MIN	35.7	19	1,065	101.8	7.4	6.33	0.096	11.3	0.70	102	1	4
72	Nick Scott	CIN	34.4	17	571	99.6	5.8	0.00	0.082	7.8	0.00	47	0	0
73	Andre Chachere	ARI	34.0	16	468	130.3	3.8	16.67	0.053	7.4	0.00	25	0	0
74	Marcus Epps	LV	33.7	15	1,031	98.0	3.5	8.33	0.057	16.9	0.29	59	0	1
75	Juan Thornhill	CLE	32.3	14	608	117.1	4.9	3.33	0.077	4.1	0.00	47	0	0
76	Andre Cisco	JAX	30.5	13	848	103.8	5.5	10.64	0.065	15.4	0.18	55	4	1
77	Rodney Thomas	IND	30.0	12	960	110.7	2.8	14.81	0.032	16.2	0.00	31	2	0
78	Damontae Kazee	PIT	28.9	10	772	114.1	5.6	6.98	0.070	6.9	0.00	54	2	0
79	Richie Grant	ATL	28.6	9	943	126.6	6.0	10.53	0.102	10.3	0.53	96	1	2
80	Elijah Hicks	CHI	27.8	8	487	124.8	3.9	5.26	0.066	15.8	0.00	32	0	0
81	DeShon Elliott	MIA	26.4	7	928	141.0	4.0	18.92	0.081	9.6	0.00	75	1	0
82	Eddie Jackson	CHI	26.1	6	645	120.6	4.7	16.67	0.053	19.0	0.00	34	1	0
83	Jalen Pitre	HOU	26.0	5	906	135.4	4.2	13.16	0.076	13.8	0.55	69	0	1
84	Bryan Cook	KC	25.4	3	592	130.4	4.1	8.33	0.064	13.6	0.00	38	1	0
85	Russ Yeast	LA	19.9	2	802	115.7	5.1	12.20	0.069	23.6	0.00	55	0	0
86	Ryan Neal	TB	19.4	1	581	158.3	5.7	0.00	0.112	7.1	0.52	65	0	0

Low-volume safeties (21)

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

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Ashtyn Davis	NYJ	82.0	99	217	35.5	8.8	42.11	0.152	10.8	0.46	33	3	1
2	D'Anthony Bell	CLE	79.9	99	227	24.1	7.9	22.22	0.110	10.7	1.32	25	2	1
3	Nick Cross	IND	73.1	97	292	29.6	3.4	20.00	0.120	5.4	0.34	35	1	0
4	Duron Harmon	CLE	65.6	84	218	87.7	6.0	15.38	0.092	0.0	1.83	20	1	0
5	Ronnie Hickman Jr.	CLE	64.1	80	312	44.9	3.5	27.27	0.074	8.0	0.00	23	1	0
6	Trenton Thompson	PIT	59.2	65	212	46.6	6.1	23.08	0.094	20.0	0.00	20	1	0
7	Andrew Wingard	JAX	58.9	65	329	79.6	5.5	11.11	0.119	7.1	0.30	39	1	1
8	Ji'Ayir Brown	SF	58.5	65	395	81.9	3.8	26.67	0.089	7.9	0.00	35	2	0
9	Anthony Johnson Jr.	GB	55.1	60	303	58.8	3.3	30.00	0.069	19.2	0.00	21	1	0
10	Rodney McLeod Jr.	CLE	54.7	60	280	53.1	4.3	8.33	0.096	20.6	0.36	27	0	0
11	Dane Belton	NYG	54.7	60	296	84.6	6.8	10.00	0.095	12.5	1.01	28	2	0
12	Chamarri Conner	KC	53.8	56	305	81.9	6.6	5.00	0.102	8.8	0.66	31	1	0
13	Johnathan Abram	NO	52.9	55	208	89.3	6.3	7.69	0.125	10.3	0.48	26	1	1
14	DeMarcco Hellams	ATL	49.9	51	369	84.3	5.1	0.00	0.100	7.5	0.27	37	0	0
15	Sydney Brown	PHI	46.6	45	335	111.8	7.2	12.50	0.128	6.5	0.30	43	1	1
16	Sam Franklin Jr.	CAR	44.3	42	289	102.3	5.5	18.75	0.097	15.2	0.00	28	1	0
17	Jeremy Chinn	CAR	40.9	30	286	132.7	4.9	7.14	0.098	9.7	0.70	28	0	0
18	Adrian Amos	HOU	39.7	29	362	108.2	4.7	5.88	0.075	6.9	0.00	27	0	0
19	Dean Marlowe	LAC	38.7	27	297	134.6	5.7	0.00	0.125	7.5	0.67	37	0	0
20	Delarrin Turner-Yell	DEN	37.5	23	210	158.3	5.7	8.33	0.148	6.1	0.00	31	0	0
21	Darrick Forrest	WAS	24.6	2	328	135.4	4.9	0.00	0.076	19.4	0.00	25	0	0