SAF · Houston Texans · #6
Reed Blankenship
FS1Out · Concussionwk 7 report- College
- Middle Tennessee State
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 203 lb
- Experience
- 5th season
Tackles
44▼ 39 vs '25
10th of 63 safeties
Passes defended
3▼ 1 vs '25
15th of 63 safeties
Passer rating allowed
109.8▲ 17.0 vs '25
46th of 63 safeties
Missed tackle rate
4.3%▼ 7.3 vs '25
16th of 63 safeties
Coverage
33 targets
72.7 cmp% · 9.5 y/tgt · 1 int
Ranks compare against the 63 qualifying safeties on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs BUFL | 52 | 89.7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100.0 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs CINL | 58 | 96.7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 50.0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ INDL | 62 | 87.3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 66.7 | 7.6 | 1 | 2 |
| Wk 4 vs DALL | 73 | 93.6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ TENW | 61 | 96.8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.7 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 6 @ JAXW | 34 | 47.9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75.0 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 340 | 84.8 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 72.7 | 9.5 | 1 | 3 |
How he compares
2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Texans
$24.8Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $8.3M
- Guaranteed
- $16.5M 67%
- 2026 cap hit
- $4.2M 1.3% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2028
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 1 of 3 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 340 | 84.8 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 109.8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,008 | 95.5 | 83 | 27 | 1 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 92.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 821 | 88.9 | 74 | 21 | 0 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 72.5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 943 | 89.4 | 110 | 27 | 2 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 99.9 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 291 | 66.1 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 66.9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 61 | 3,403 | 87.8 | 344 | 105 | 4 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 91.9 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 0 |