Luke Gifford

MLB3Out · Groinwk 7 report

Season

Tackles

7▼ 28 vs '25

121st of 124 LBs

Stops

1▼ 2 vs '25

124th of 124 LBs

Yards per run tackle

3.0▲ 0.3 vs '25

48th of 124 LBs

Missed tackle rate

0.0%▼ 9.1 vs '25

1st of 124 LBs

Coverage

1 targets

0.0 cmp% · 0.0 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard plus Gifford.

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 2 vs MIAW	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 3 vs ARIW	–	–	1	–	0	–	0.0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 vs DENW	–	–	2	–	0	–	0.0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 @ SEAW	19	30.2	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 6 vs WASW	4	6.0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Season	24	13.3	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0

2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2026 with 49ers

$5Mover 2 years

2026 · now

2027

Year 1 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	5	24	13.3	7	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	39.6	0	0	0	0
2025	17	172	17.8	35	3	0	9.1	0.0	0	0	14	149.1	0	1	0	0
2024	11	203	61.9	44	14	1	5.0	0.0	0	0	17	85.4	1	2	0	0
2023	6	8	3.6	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0
2022	11	41	8.7	16	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	3	78.5	0	0	1	0
2021	8	32	9.1	9	6	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	4	77.1	0	0	0	0
2020	5	1	1.0	6	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
2019	3	–	–	6	–	0	–	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
Career	66	481	18.3	129	27	2	5.5	0.0	0	0	40	107.6	1	3	1	0