SAF · Buffalo Bills · #22

C.J. Gardner-Johnson

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Season

Tackles

26▼ 39 vs '25

48th of 63 safeties

Passes defended

2▼ 2 vs '25

27th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

93.0▲ 1.0 vs '25

33rd of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

18.8%▲ 5.1 vs '25

61st of 63 safeties

Coverage

21 targets

61.9 cmp% · 10.4 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 @ HOUW	79	100.0	8	1	0	2	0.0	0	0	2	50.0	18.5	0	0
Wk 2 vs DETW	65	100.0	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 3 vs LACW	68	98.6	5	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	5	40.0	5.6	1	2
Wk 4 vs NEL	76	100.0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	66.7	13.0	0	0
Wk 5 @ LAW	78	95.1	7	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	8	62.5	7.9	0	0
Wk 6 @ LVW	28	41.8	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	100.0	17.0	0	0
Season	394	90.0	26	7	0	6	0.0	0	0	21	61.9	10.4	1	2

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2026 with Bills

$3.5Mover 1 year

2026 · now

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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	6	394	90.0	26	7	0	18.8	0.0	0	0	21	93.0	1	2	0	0
2025	13	767	89.3	65	32	5	13.7	3.0	6	5	63	92.0	2	4	1	0
2024	16	908	91.3	55	19	2	9.5	0.0	0	2	37	89.0	6	12	1	1
2023	3	187	89.0	16	6	0	10.5	0.0	0	2	8	56.8	1	3	0	0
2022	12	729	92.6	61	19	4	14.1	1.0	2	3	52	78.4	6	8	0	0
2021	12	626	81.7	45	16	4	16.4	2.0	4	5	61	67.7	3	7	0	0
2020	15	861	87.5	66	35	5	14.3	1.0	4	6	94	72.2	1	13	0	0
2019	16	546	51.0	49	23	6	8.2	0.0	4	7	51	93.6	1	8	1	0
Career	93	5,018	82.1	383	157	26	13.2	7.0	20	30	387	81.9	21	57	3	1