FS · Los Angeles Chargers · #3
Derwin James
NB1Out · Hamstringwk 6 report- College
- Florida State
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Experience
- 9th season
Tackles
21▼ 72 vs '25
61st of 64 safeties
Passes defended
1▼ 6 vs '25
44th of 64 safeties
Passer rating allowed
101.7▲ 43.1 vs '25
43rd of 64 safeties
Missed tackle rate
12.5%▲ 4.1 vs '25
50th of 64 safeties
Coverage
11 targets
63.6 cmp% · 3.9 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 63 qualifying safeties on the 2026 leaderboard plus James.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs ARIL | 75 | 100.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 66.7 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 2 vs LVL | 52 | 82.5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ BUFL | 66 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 193 | 94.6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 63.6 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Chargers
$75.6Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $25.2M
- Guaranteed
- $41M 54%
- 2026 cap hit
- $24.6M 8.1% 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 | 3 | 193 | 94.6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 101.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 893 | 93.0 | 93 | 43 | 6 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 58.6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 984 | 95.4 | 89 | 37 | 10 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 75.5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,002 | 92.8 | 115 | 42 | 5 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 96.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 836 | 94.5 | 109 | 44 | 4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 82.4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15 | 962 | 93.8 | 113 | 53 | 6 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 63.7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 299 | 99.3 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 103.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,027 | 99.1 | 97 | 48 | 3 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 6 | 11 | 73 | 82.0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 101 | 6,196 | 95.0 | 669 | 297 | 36 | 8.1 | 19.0 | 36 | 56 | 381 | 79.1 | 12 | 47 | 6 | 0 |