S · Los Angeles Chargers · #23

Tony Jefferson

SS1

College: Oklahoma
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 211 lb
Experience: 14th season

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Season

Tackles

24▼ 32 vs '25

53rd of 63 safeties

Passes defended

2▼ 5 vs '25

27th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

114.6▲ 52.3 vs '25

50th of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

4.0%▼ 7.7 vs '25

11th of 63 safeties

Coverage

13 targets

69.2 cmp% · 7.0 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 63 qualifying safeties on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2026 game log

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 vs ARIL	39	52.0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	50.0	2.0	0	1
Wk 2 vs LVL	48	76.2	6	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	66.7	8.7	0	0
Wk 3 @ BUFL	37	56.1	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	50.0	12.0	0	1
Wk 4 @ SEAL	44	73.3	3	2	1	1	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	13.0	0	0
Wk 5 vs DENL	42	67.7	5	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	50.0	6.0	0	0
Wk 6 @ KCL	45	73.8	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	100.0	4.0	0	0
Season	255	65.9	24	14	1	1	0.0	0	0	13	69.2	7.0	0	2

How he compares

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2026 with Chargers

$1.5Mover 1 year

Avg. per year: $1.5M
Guaranteed: $1.4M 93%
2026 cap hit: $1.8M 0.6% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2026

2026 · now

Year 1 of 1 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	6	255	65.9	24	14	1	4.0	0.0	0	0	13	114.6	0	2	0	0
2025	13	490	62.2	56	19	1	11.7	0.0	2	3	22	62.3	4	7	0	0
2024	6	224	60.9	27	9	1	7.1	0.0	0	0	14	125.3	0	0	0	0
2022	9	164	27.0	23	10	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	15	90.8	0	1	0	0
2021	6	91	28.5	17	8	1	5.6	1.0	1	1	10	73.8	0	1	0	0
2019	5	281	94.0	21	7	0	16.0	0.0	0	1	14	141.4	0	3	0	0
2018	14	863	96.3	72	34	6	10.8	1.0	2	2	51	91.6	1	6	1	0
2017	16	1,085	99.3	77	30	7	–	2.5	5	–	–	–	1	2	1	0
2016	14	929	99.7	91	44	12	–	2.0	4	–	–	–	0	5	2	0
2015	16	755	72.0	74	23	4	–	2.0	3	–	–	–	2	5	3	1
2014	16	680	64.3	74	29	2	–	1.0	3	–	–	–	0	1	1	0
2013	10	198	41.3	22	7	1	–	0.0	2	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
Career	131	6,015	72.7	578	234	36	9.2	9.5	22	7	139	98.5	8	33	8	1