Tykee Smith

SS1

Season

Tackles

40▼ 59 vs '25

19th of 63 safeties

Passes defended

2▼ 11 vs '25

27th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

84.6▼ 21.3 vs '25

24th of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

4.7%▼ 3.6 vs '25

19th of 63 safeties

Coverage

36 targets

47.2 cmp% · 6.5 y/tgt · 1 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 @ CINL	62	96.9	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	5	40.0	8.4	0	1
Wk 2 vs CLEL	57	98.3	5	5	3	1	0.0	0	0	3	33.3	18.3	0	0
Wk 3 vs MINL	57	96.6	5	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	6	66.7	9.5	0	0
Wk 4 vs GBL	59	98.3	6	3	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	66.7	1.7	0	0
Wk 5 @ DALW	59	98.3	4	0	0	0	0.0	2	3	5	20.0	1.2	0	0
Wk 6 vs PITL	78	98.7	9	6	0	1	0.0	1	1	8	50.0	2.1	0	0
Wk 7 @ CARW	51	91.1	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	6	50.0	8.5	1	1
Season	423	97.0	40	19	3	2	0.0	4	5	36	47.2	6.5	1	2

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Buccaneers

$5.7Mover 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	423	97.0	40	19	3	4.7	0.0	4	5	36	84.6	1	2	1	0
2025	16	893	91.8	99	35	6	8.3	2.0	5	7	53	105.9	1	13	0	0
2024	13	612	71.1	50	26	4	10.0	0.0	2	6	64	100.8	2	7	3	0
Career	36	1,928	84.9	189	80	13	8.0	2.0	11	18	153	98.8	4	22	4	0