Christian Benford

LCB1

Season

Passer rating allowed

106.6▲ 24.0 vs '25

65th of 86 CBs

Y/TGT

6.2▼ 0.2 vs '25

30th of 86 CBs

Completion % allowed

61.1%▲ 6.7 vs '25

52nd of 86 CBs

Passes defended

5▲ 1 vs '25

30th of 86 CBs

Tackling

28 tkl

6 stops · 2 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

	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 @ HOUW	79	100.0	5	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	11	63.6	6.8	0	0
Wk 2 vs DETW	64	98.5	8	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	6	50.0	7.2	0	2
Wk 3 vs LACW	52	75.4	3	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	3	66.7	9.7	0	1
Wk 5 @ LAW	77	93.9	10	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	9	77.8	4.7	0	0
Wk 6 @ LVW	64	97.0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	7	42.9	4.9	0	2
Season	336	93.1	28	6	0	2	0.0	0	0	36	61.1	6.2	0	5

2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2025 with Bills

$69Mover 4 years

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2026 · now

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2028

Year 2 of 4 ·

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	336	93.1	28	6	0	6.7	0.0	0	0	36	106.6	0	5	0	0
2025	14	796	96.0	42	17	4	4.4	2.0	2	2	57	82.6	2	4	0	1
2024	15	933	95.3	60	20	3	3.0	1.0	1	1	58	86.6	2	10	2	0
2023	15	824	90.7	49	13	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	54	90.8	2	10	2	0
2022	9	363	61.5	23	9	1	22.2	0.0	0	0	28	84.1	1	5	0	0
Career	58	3,252	88.7	202	65	11	5.6	3.0	3	3	233	89.4	7	34	4	1