SAF · Miami Dolphins · #11

Dante Trader Jr.

SS1
College
Maryland
Height
5'11"
Weight
202 lb
Experience
2nd season
Tackles
33▼ 21 vs '25
31st of 63 safeties
Passes defended
3▲ 2 vs '25
15th of 63 safeties
Passer rating allowed
51.3▼ 76.9 vs '25
7th of 63 safeties
Missed tackle rate
8.3%▼ 1.1 vs '25
35th of 63 safeties
Coverage
11 targets
63.6 cmp% · 8.2 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

2025: 33Week 12Week 29Week 35Week 47Week 57Week 7

2026 game log

UsageTacklingPass rushCoverage
Game
Wk 1 @ LVL3247.131010.0000––11
Wk 2 @ SFL4076.921000.0001100.027.000
Wk 3 vs KCL52100.091000.000366.710.001
Wk 4 @ MINL5266.751000.0001100.015.000
Wk 5 vs CINL65100.071010.00030.00.001
Wk 7 @ NYJW4678.071010.0003100.06.000
Season28776.7336030.0001163.68.213

How he compares

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

1.35.39.213.217.1−0.31.53.35.16.8JeffersonMurrayByardClarkBakerReidBatesFitzpatrickLoveGardner-JohnsonHookerScottJonesBlackmonDelpitChinnHawkinsMetellusCurlGilmanMcKinneyWinfield Jr.HufangaBynumMoehrigHollandBlankenshipCookPitreThomasBellLakeHamiltonBeltonBriskerBrownBattleJohnsonHickman Jr.MartinMustaphaWilliamsHicksKinchensBullockSmithBullardBishopWinston Jr.WattsSigleSankerStarksWoodsonEmmanworiMukubaDownsStukesHaulcyWheatleyTaaffeThienemanDante Trader Jr.↑ Stop rateY/TGT →

Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Dolphins

$4.6Mover 4 years
Avg. per year
$1.2M
Guaranteed
$0 0%
2026 cap hit
$1.1M 0.4% of the cap
Signed
2025
Runs through
2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallTacklingPass rushCoverage
Season
2026628776.733608.30.0001151.31300
20251641941.3541709.40.00019128.20110
Career2270650.9872309.00.00030100.01410