CB · Pittsburgh Steelers · #26

Brandin Echols

NB2
College
Kentucky
Height
5'10"
Weight
179 lb
Experience
6th season
Passer rating allowed
95.8▲ 9.3 vs '25
45th of 82 CBs
Y/TGT
7.0▲ 0.2 vs '25
39th of 82 CBs
Completion % allowed
100.0%▲ 30.0 vs '25
82nd of 82 CBs
Passes defended
0▼ 6 vs '25
78th of 82 CBs
Tackling
4 tkl
0 stops · 1 mtkl · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 81 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard plus Echols.

Week-by-week

Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2025: 40Week 21Week 30Week 40Week 50Week 6

2026 game log

UsageTacklingPass rushCoverage
Game
Wk 2 @ NEL58.900000.0000––00
Wk 3 vs CINW814.020000.0001100.07.000
Wk 4 @ CLEL23.000000.0000––00
Wk 5 vs INDW23.020000.0000––00
Wk 6 @ TBW34.000010.0000––00
Season206.240010.0001100.07.000

How he compares

2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

1.04.68.211.815.312.050.288.5126.8165.1RamseyHumphreyDouglasLewisJohnsonReedReavesWardHughesWardNixonMurphyLewisDeanRodgersHendersonJohnsonSneedRobertsonLenoirSamuel Jr.Surtain IIStokesCampbellStephensNewsome IIWoolenJobeGardnerMcDuffieWatsonStingley Jr.JonesMcCollumBlandBenfordMcMillianHillFlottEvansTaylorMcCrearyTurner IIMossBanksGonzalezBrentsWitherspoonWigginsLassiterGreenJonesStillHartBrownlee Jr.HardenWallaceMeltonPhillipsDeJeanMcKinstryMitchellThomasWalleyParrishRileyMarshall Jr.BurkeHarrisWilliamsHairstonHunterBarronMassesScottMuhammadLee IIIIgbinosunCisseJohnsonDelaneBrandin Echols↑ RTGY/TGT →

Contract

signed 2025 with Steelers

$6Mover 2 years
Avg. per year
$3M
Guaranteed
$1.8M 31%
2026 cap hit
$3.9M 1.2% of the cap
Signed
2025
Runs through
2026
2025
2026 · now
Year 2 of 2 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallTacklingPass rushCoverage
Season
20265206.240033.30.000195.80000
20251652246.94822316.11.0227086.52610
20241340754.236918.10.0004090.02300
20231214317.1105011.10.0009126.41201
202212698.881012.50.0001497.90200
20211476076.85916114.90.0007579.82901
Career721,92140.016553513.91.02220987.472212