CB · Dallas Cowboys · #26
DaRon Bland
LCB1- College
- Fresno State
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 202 lb
- Experience
- 5th season
Passer rating allowed
118.2▲ 12.4 vs '25
76th of 86 CBs
Y/TGT
9.2▲ 1.0 vs '25
71st of 86 CBs
Completion % allowed
67.7%▲ 4.2 vs '25
69th of 86 CBs
Passes defended
4▼ 2 vs '25
46th of 86 CBs
Tackling
28 tkl
8 stops · 3 mtkl · 0 ff
Ranks compare against the 86 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ NYGL | 69 | 100.0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100.0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs WASW | 67 | 94.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.9 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 3 vs BALL | 64 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ HOUW | 55 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 75.0 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs TBL | 72 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 75.0 | 12.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 6 @ GBL | 73 | 97.3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wk 7 @ PHIW | 58 | 87.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 458 | 97.0 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 67.7 | 9.2 | 0 | 4 |
How he compares
2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2025 with Cowboys
$90Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $22.5M
- Guaranteed
- $36.3M 40%
- 2026 cap hit
- $8.4M 2.5% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 458 | 97.0 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 118.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 746 | 93.5 | 72 | 24 | 3 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 105.8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 436 | 96.0 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 112.9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 966 | 90.3 | 64 | 25 | 3 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 60.0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 12 | 596 | 73.9 | 53 | 17 | 1 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 82.2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 55 | 3,202 | 88.9 | 258 | 86 | 9 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 283 | 89.5 | 15 | 37 | 1 | 6 |