Jessie Bates

SS1

Season

Tackles

39▼ 58 vs '25

21st of 63 safeties

Passes defended

4▼ 2 vs '25

8th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

111.4▲ 36.2 vs '25

47th of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

2.5%▼ 5.1 vs '25

5th of 63 safeties

Coverage

26 targets

61.5 cmp% · 8.3 y/tgt · 1 int

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

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 1 @ PITL	67	100.0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	4	50.0	1.8	0	0
Wk 2 vs CARL	62	93.9	6	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	66.7	12.7	0	0
Wk 3 @ GBW	65	98.5	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	5	40.0	10.0	0	1
Wk 4 @ NOW	61	82.4	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	50.0	22.0	0	1
Wk 5 vs BALL	76	100.0	6	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	3	100.0	8.3	0	0
Wk 6 vs CHIL	77	100.0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	100.0	7.0	0	0
Wk 7 vs SFW	64	97.0	9	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	7	57.1	5.3	1	2
Season	472	95.9	39	12	0	1	0.0	0	0	26	61.5	8.3	1	4

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2023 with Falcons

$64Mover 4 years

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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	472	95.9	39	12	0	2.5	0.0	0	0	26	111.4	1	4	2	0
2025	17	1,092	98.9	97	27	1	7.6	0.0	2	2	47	75.2	3	6	1	1
2024	17	1,095	98.4	98	34	2	7.3	1.0	1	4	51	89.1	4	10	4	1
2023	17	1,133	99.5	121	46	2	7.9	0.0	1	2	51	67.1	6	11	3	1
2022	16	1,017	98.2	66	18	1	9.2	0.0	0	0	37	76.1	4	8	1	0
2021	15	953	95.1	83	27	3	7.4	0.0	1	2	45	122.0	1	4	0	0
2020	16	1,050	99.1	108	25	2	12.8	0.0	1	1	46	70.7	3	15	1	0
2019	16	1,059	98.9	95	21	0	15.0	0.0	0	0	48	100.1	3	9	1	0
2018	16	1,114	98.7	109	21	0	8.8	0.0	0	0	49	77.7	3	7	0	1
Career	137	8,985	98.2	816	231	11	9.3	1.0	6	11	400	86.5	28	74	13	4