Malik Mustapha

SS2

Season

Tackles

28▼ 46 vs '25

46th of 63 safeties

Passes defended

15th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

59.4▼ 54.0 vs '25

11th of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

7.7%▼ 2.8 vs '25

30th of 63 safeties

Coverage

17 targets

29.4 cmp% · 3.1 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 63 qualifying safeties on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Tackles 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 @ LAW	6	10.0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	8.0	0	0
Wk 2 vs MIAW	3	5.0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Wk 3 vs ARIW	19	22.1	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 vs DENW	21	31.8	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	1
Wk 5 @ SEAW	63	100.0	7	4	0	2	0.0	0	0	5	0.0	0.0	0	1
Wk 6 vs WASW	67	100.0	4	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	50.0	9.5	0	1
Wk 7 @ ATLL	67	98.5	8	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	4	50.0	1.5	0	0
Season	246	52.3	28	9	0	2	0.0	1	2	17	29.4	3.1	0	3

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Rookie deal · signed 2024 with 49ers

$4.8Mover 4 years

2024

2025

2026 · now

2027

Year 3 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	7	246	52.3	28	9	0	7.7	0.0	1	2	17	59.4	0	3	0	0
2025	12	698	92.0	74	31	3	10.5	0.0	1	1	34	113.5	1	3	0	0
2024	16	756	79.7	69	18	2	10.1	0.0	0	1	20	44.4	1	5	0	0
Career	35	1,700	78.1	171	58	5	9.9	0.0	2	4	71	81.0	2	11	0	0