Josh Metellus

SS1

Season

Tackles

37▼ 47 vs '25

23rd of 63 safeties

Passes defended

3▼ 3 vs '25

15th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

103.4▲ 8.4 vs '25

44th of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

5.1%▼ 2.4 vs '25

23rd of 63 safeties

Coverage

25 targets

60.0 cmp% · 9.1 y/tgt · 0 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 vs GBW	68	100.0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	7	57.1	13.7	0	0
Wk 2 @ CHIW	74	100.0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	4	50.0	1.8	0	1
Wk 3 @ TBW	69	100.0	9	3	0	0	0.5	1	1	8	50.0	9.9	0	1
Wk 4 vs MIAW	39	100.0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	66.7	4.7	0	1
Wk 5 @ NOW	45	100.0	5	2	0	2	0.0	0	1	2	100.0	12.0	0	0
Wk 7 vs INDW	59	96.7	7	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	8.0	0	0
Season	354	99.4	37	16	0	2	0.5	1	2	25	60.0	9.1	0	3

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2025 with Vikings

$36Mover 3 years

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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	354	99.4	37	16	0	5.1	0.5	1	2	25	103.4	0	3	0	0
2025	14	868	96.6	84	23	1	7.5	0.5	2	4	47	95.0	2	6	0	0
2024	17	991	87.2	92	35	2	2.8	0.0	6	11	73	90.4	2	5	1	0
2023	17	1,065	94.2	102	59	5	10.2	2.5	10	24	79	101.8	1	5	4	0
2022	16	258	32.0	39	9	1	5.6	0.0	0	0	19	83.9	1	5	0	0
2021	12	54	16.2	13	4	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	5	61.3	0	1	0	0
2020	9	16	5.0	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	135.4	0	0	0	0
Career	91	3,606	72.4	376	146	9	6.6	3.5	19	42	249	97.8	6	25	5	0