LB · New York Giants · #5
Kayvon Thibodeaux
LOLB1- College
- Oregon
- Height
- 6'5"
- Weight
- 258 lb
- Experience
- 5th season
Tackles
15▼ 9 vs '25
95th of 109 LBs
Stops
11▼ 8 vs '25
93rd of 109 LBs
Yards per run tackle
3.1▲ 1.0 vs '25
49th of 109 LBs
Missed tackle rate
22.2%
106th of 109 LBs
Coverage
4 targets
50.0 cmp% · 5.3 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 109 qualifying linebackers 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 DALW | 27 | 47.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ LAL | 32 | 51.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs TENW | 40 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs ARIW | 63 | 95.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ WAST | 54 | 87.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs NOL | 61 | 84.7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ HOUW | 49 | 80.3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 326 | 74.1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2022 with Giants
$31.3Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $7.8M
- Guaranteed
- $31.3M 100%
- 2026 cap hit
- $14.8M 4.9% of the cap
- Signed
- 2022
- Runs through
- 2025
2022
2023
2024
2025
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 326 | 74.1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 65.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 494 | 71.5 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 22.2 | 2.5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 87.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 594 | 75.4 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 17 | 18 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 980 | 86.9 | 48 | 41 | 11 | 9.1 | 11.5 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 80.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 740 | 79.1 | 42 | 30 | 5 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 52.1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 60 | 3,134 | 78.7 | 151 | 123 | 29 | 10.3 | 23.5 | 56 | 86 | 21 | 72.1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 |