Calijah Kancey

LDE1
College
Pittsburgh
Height
6'0"
Weight
280 lb
Experience
4th season
Sacks
0.0
79th of 103 DL
Pressures
5▲ 3 vs '25
54th of 103 DL
Pressure rate
1.8%▼ 0.2 vs '25
68th of 103 DL
Run stops
4▲ 3 vs '25
94th of 103 DL
Tackling
5 tkl
1 tfl · 4 stops · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 103 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2025: 12Week 10Week 20Week 30Week 43Week 50Week 60Week 7

2026 game log

UsageTacklingPass rushCoverage
Game
Wk 1 @ CINL4061.500010.0120––00
Wk 2 vs CLEL3763.811000.0000––00
Wk 3 vs MINL4067.821000.0001100.06.000
Wk 4 vs GBL3456.700000.0000––00
Wk 5 @ DALW4066.711000.0130––00
Wk 6 vs PITL5569.600010.0000––00
Wk 7 @ CARW2951.811100.0000––00
Season27562.954120.0251100.06.000

How he compares

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

−0.11.53.24.86.50.93.05.07.19.2ABOVE AVG ON BOTHBELOW AVG ON BOTHCampbellHeywardHarrisDonaldHunterJarrettWilliamsArmsteadBucknerReedReaderRankinsJonesClarkCollinsJonesButlerAllenEbukamStewartMartinFatukasiSielerPayneVeaPhillipsFranklin-MyersCrosbyAllenGrandersonHines-AllenSimmonsLawrenceWilliamsRoachMadubuikeTartLondonBrownKinlawYoungWonnumPayeLopezMcNeillTogiaiWilliamsOdighizuwaKoonceDavisWyattKarlaftisWalkerHutchinsonOgbonniaJohnson IIJonesThomasUwazurikeMafeCarterWoodenBrooksOjomoCox Jr.MurphyMcGuireStillsDurdenRedmondAnudike-UzomahDexter Sr.Anderson Jr.BentonTurnerMcDonald IVWhiteMurphy IILatuDrake RodriguezBriggsFiskeEboigbeBookerVerseDorlusSweatSmithSorrellIngram-DawkinsPhillipsBiggersHuntingtonBroughtonWilliamsNolenWalkerTuimoloauMcClellanGill-HowardHeightHaltonCalijah Kancey↑ Stop ratePressure rate →

Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2023 with Buccaneers

$14.5Mover 4 years
Avg. per year
$3.6M
Guaranteed
$14.5M 100%
2026 cap hit
$4.6M 1.5% of the cap
Signed
2023
Runs through
2026
2023
2024
2025
2026 · now
Year 4 of 4

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallTacklingPass rushCoverage
Season
2026727562.954140.00.025191.70000
202539755.4111100.00.0120–0000
20241254171.12524117.17.51719139.60010
20231457762.1242394.84.01213179.20100
Career361,49064.755522210.911.53239370.10110