SAF · New England Patriots · #4
Craig Woodson
SS1Questionable · Shoulderwk 7 report- College
- California
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Experience
- 2nd season
Tackles
31▼ 47 vs '25
35th of 63 safeties
Passes defended
3
15th of 63 safeties
Passer rating allowed
94.7▼ 38.6 vs '25
34th of 63 safeties
Missed tackle rate
3.1%▼ 4.0 vs '25
7th of 63 safeties
Coverage
22 targets
50.0 cmp% · 9.5 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
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ SEAL | 50 | 100.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs PITW | 46 | 65.7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 4 @ BUFW | 59 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Wk 5 vs LVW | 50 | 83.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs NYJW | 62 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.7 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ CHIL | 69 | 100.0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Season | 336 | 90.8 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 50.0 | 9.5 | 1 | 3 |
How he compares
2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Patriots
$5.3Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $1.3M
- Guaranteed
- $1.1M 20%
- 2026 cap hit
- $1.3M 0.4% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 336 | 90.8 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 94.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 950 | 93.2 | 78 | 24 | 4 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 133.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 23 | 1,286 | 92.6 | 109 | 38 | 4 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 123.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |