FS · New York Jets · #29
Minkah Fitzpatrick
FS1- College
- Alabama
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 202 lb
- Experience
- 9th season
Tackles
36▼ 44 vs '25
28th of 63 safeties
Passes defended
2▼ 4 vs '25
27th of 63 safeties
Passer rating allowed
95.8▲ 4.8 vs '25
35th of 63 safeties
Missed tackle rate
2.7%▼ 6.7 vs '25
6th of 63 safeties
Coverage
12 targets
58.3 cmp% · 14.3 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
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ TENW | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ CHIL | 93 | 100.0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.3 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wk 5 vs CLEW | 68 | 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 6 @ NEL | 68 | 100.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs MIAL | 65 | 100.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 63.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 300 | 87.2 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 58.3 | 14.3 | 1 | 2 |
How he compares
2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Jets
$40Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $13.3M
- Guaranteed
- $20.5M 51%
- 2026 cap hit
- $7.4M 2.3% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2028
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 1 of 3 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 5 | 300 | 87.2 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 95.8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 845 | 95.6 | 80 | 22 | 4 | 9.4 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 91.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,083 | 99.2 | 88 | 22 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 123.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 550 | 78.5 | 56 | 22 | 1 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 80.6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15 | 939 | 99.4 | 90 | 36 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 84.1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,083 | 99.4 | 116 | 21 | 1 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 81.3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,020 | 99.1 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 65.7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,046 | 96.9 | 65 | 17 | 1 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 93.0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 16 | 944 | 86.7 | 78 | 22 | 2 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 64.6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 125 | 7,810 | 94.6 | 683 | 180 | 12 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 4 | 9 | 370 | 80.9 | 22 | 62 | 6 | 4 |