Jaden Hicks

SS2

Season

Tackles

29▼ 13 vs '25

43rd of 58 safeties

Passes defended

1▼ 3 vs '25

43rd of 58 safeties

Passer rating allowed

100.9▲ 4.3 vs '25

38th of 58 safeties

Missed tackle rate

10.7%▼ 2.8 vs '25

40th of 58 safeties

Coverage

14 targets

50.0 cmp% · 8.0 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 58 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 vs DENW	51	100.0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	100.0	12.5	0	0
Wk 2 vs INDW	65	100.0	10	4	1	1	0.0	0	1	3	66.7	1.7	0	0
Wk 3 @ MIAW	73	100.0	7	6	0	0	0.0	0	0	6	16.7	8.8	0	1
Wk 4 @ LVW	29	34.9	2	1	0	2	0.0	0	0	2	100.0	14.5	0	0
Wk 6 vs LACW	35	50.7	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Wk 7 @ SEAL	28	41.2	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Season	281	68.7	29	14	1	3	0.0	0	1	14	50.0	8.0	0	1

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Chiefs

$4.5Mover 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	6	281	68.7	29	14	1	10.7	0.0	0	1	14	100.9	0	1	0	0
2025	17	445	42.8	42	16	0	13.5	0.5	2	1	22	96.6	0	4	0	0
2024	15	330	34.8	28	11	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	16	67.2	3	5	0	0
Career	38	1,056	44.1	99	41	4	9.3	0.5	2	2	52	78.4	3	10	0	0