DeShon Elliott

SS1Questionable · Kneewk 7 report

Season

Tackles

1▼ 37 vs '25

64th of 64 safeties

Passes defended

0▼ 2 vs '25

55th of 64 safeties

Passer rating allowed

118.8▲ 72.6 vs '25

54th of 64 safeties

Missed tackle rate

0.0%▼ 7.3 vs '25

1st of 64 safeties

Coverage

1 targets

100.0 cmp% · 24.0 y/tgt · 0 int

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

Week-by-week

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

	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 7 @ NOW	19	32.8	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	24.0	0	0

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2025 with Steelers

$12.5Mover 2 years

2025

2026 · now

Year 2 of 2 ·

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	1	19	32.8	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	118.8	0	0	0	0
2025	5	281	77.8	38	11	1	7.3	1.0	3	3	19	46.2	1	2	1	0
2024	15	823	86.6	96	43	5	2.8	0.0	2	3	57	86.4	1	6	2	0
2023	15	928	93.9	75	25	0	9.4	0.0	0	0	37	141.0	1	7	0	0
2022	14	864	91.2	88	30	4	5.0	0.0	3	3	38	125.3	1	3	1	0
2021	6	305	81.8	22	8	2	17.9	1.0	3	6	15	120.6	1	2	0	0
2020	16	1,046	97.9	78	21	3	12.1	2.5	5	7	39	113.4	0	4	2	0
2019	4	40	16.7	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	2	81.3	0	1	0	0
Career	76	4,306	86.4	404	138	15	7.7	4.5	16	22	208	111.8	5	25	6	0