DT · Indianapolis Colts · #99

DeForest Buckner

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College: Oregon
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 295 lb
Experience: 11th season

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Season

Sacks

4.0

8th of 118 DL

Pressures

10▼ 10 vs '25

20th of 118 DL

Pressure rate

2.8%▼ 1.4 vs '25

45th of 118 DL

Run stops

17▼ 4 vs '25

6th of 118 DL

Tackling

31 tkl

4 tfl · 22 stops · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures 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 BALL	51	75.0	2	2	0	0	0.5	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 2 @ KCL	64	80.0	5	3	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 3 vs HOUW	48	88.9	7	6	1	0	1.5	2	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 @ WASW	51	79.7	4	3	1	0	0.0	3	3	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 5 @ PITL	47	78.3	6	2	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 6 vs TENL	43	93.5	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 7 @ MINL	49	83.1	5	4	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	–	–	0	0
Season	353	81.9	31	22	4	2	4.0	8	10	0	–	–	0	3

How he compares

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2024 with SF/IND

$46Mover 2 years

Avg. per year: $23M
Guaranteed: $43.3M 94%
2026 cap hit: $26.6M 8.8% of the cap
Signed: 2024
Runs through: 2025

2024

2025

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	7	353	81.9	31	22	4	6.1	4.0	8	10	0	–	0	3	0	0
2025	10	469	70.3	47	28	9	5.0	4.0	13	20	1	79.2	0	0	0	0
2024	12	578	71.3	57	55	8	12.5	6.5	14	19	0	–	0	1	0	0
2023	17	840	71.6	71	60	10	5.6	8.0	21	26	1	79.2	0	7	2	0
2022	17	873	76.7	64	58	10	2.9	8.0	22	29	4	77.1	0	3	2	0
2021	17	844	77.4	56	43	10	7.6	7.0	18	27	2	91.7	0	3	0	0
2020	15	751	78.2	49	43	9	3.8	9.5	26	31	0	–	0	3	2	0
2019	16	810	78.9	62	50	9	6.1	7.5	14	20	1	79.2	0	2	2	0
2018	16	852	79.4	59	49	15	8.5	12.0	20	34	1	91.7	0	3	0	0
2017	16	863	76.6	52	42	4	–	3.0	22	–	–	–	0	5	1	0
2016	15	1,006	92.8	68	53	7	–	6.0	18	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
Career	158	8,239	77.9	616	503	95	6.5	75.5	196	216	10	79.2	0	31	9	0