Willie Gay Jr.

MLB2Questionable · Illnesswk 7 report

Season

Tackles

16▼ 4 vs '25

95th of 124 LBs

Stops

7▼ 1 vs '25

114th of 124 LBs

Yards per run tackle

4.0▼ 0.2 vs '25

90th of 124 LBs

Missed tackle rate

15.8%▲ 15.8 vs '25

109th of 124 LBs

Coverage

11 targets

100.0 cmp% · 11.6 y/tgt · 0 int

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

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 @ LVL	41	60.3	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	100.0	7.0	0	0
Wk 2 @ SFL	32	61.5	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	100.0	16.7	0	0
Wk 3 vs KCL	23	44.2	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	100.0	19.5	0	0
Wk 4 @ MINL	27	35.1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 vs CINL	37	56.9	8	5	0	3	0.0	0	0	4	100.0	6.3	0	0
Season	160	51.0	16	7	0	3	0.0	0	0	11	100.0	11.6	0	0

2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2026 with Dolphins

$1.4Mover 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	5	160	51.0	16	7	0	15.8	0.0	0	0	11	154.7	0	0	0	0
2025	15	131	13.8	20	8	3	0.0	2.0	2	2	10	70.4	0	2	0	0
2024	13	277	31.1	26	13	2	10.7	2.0	1	3	9	119.7	0	3	1	0
2023	16	624	62.2	56	34	4	7.0	1.0	3	5	29	76.4	1	4	1	0
2022	13	608	69.6	79	54	6	9.3	2.5	4	4	52	92.1	1	8	0	1
2021	12	437	57.2	44	28	0	9.4	0.5	1	4	26	87.0	2	4	0	0
2020	16	267	26.7	39	23	3	14.0	1.0	1	2	15	90.0	0	3	1	0
Career	90	2,504	43.2	280	167	18	9.5	9.0	12	20	152	96.6	4	24	3	1