Julian Blackmon

FS1Questionable · Shoulderwk 5 report

Season

Tackles

36▲ 29 vs '25

28th of 63 safeties

Passes defended

2▲ 1 vs '25

27th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

98.9▲ 42.6 vs '25

36th of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

12.2%▲ 12.2 vs '25

49th of 63 safeties

Coverage

17 targets

58.8 cmp% · 11.5 y/tgt · 2 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 @ DETL	77	100.0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	50.0	9.5	0	0
Wk 2 @ BALW	58	100.0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	33.3	7.3	1	1
Wk 3 vs LVL	70	100.0	3	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	2	100.0	10.0	0	0
Wk 4 vs ATLL	57	100.0	10	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	2	100.0	15.0	0	0
Wk 5 vs MINL	71	100.0	5	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	3	66.7	10.3	0	0
Wk 6 @ NYGW	77	100.0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	4	50.0	18.3	1	1
Wk 7 vs PITL	64	100.0	6	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Season	474	100.0	36	6	0	5	0.0	0	0	17	58.8	11.5	2	2

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2026 with Saints

$2.5Mover 1 year

2026 · now

Year 1 of 1 ·

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	474	100.0	36	6	0	12.2	0.0	0	0	17	98.9	2	2	0	0
2025	1	66	100.0	7	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	4	56.3	0	1	0	0
2024	16	1,083	99.7	76	15	1	14.0	0.5	1	1	36	103.2	3	4	0	0
2023	15	986	94.8	75	33	2	4.4	0.0	1	1	45	47.5	4	8	0	0
2022	14	718	75.7	46	17	2	17.6	1.0	1	2	39	138.6	1	2	0	1
2021	6	376	98.7	34	5	2	12.8	0.0	0	0	11	134.7	0	1	1	0
2020	15	916	93.3	38	7	3	16.3	0.0	0	0	27	122.1	2	6	1	0
Career	74	4,619	92.8	312	86	10	11.8	1.5	3	4	179	103.9	12	24	2	1