Zakee Wheatley

FS2

Season

Tackles

61st of 63 safeties

Passes defended

15th of 63 safeties

Passer rating allowed

120.1

55th of 63 safeties

Missed tackle rate

5.0%

21st of 63 safeties

Coverage

12 targets

50.0 cmp% · 11.7 y/tgt · 0 int

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

Week-by-week

Tackles by game

	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 2 @ ATLW	31	44.9	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0	7.0	0	0
Wk 3 @ CLEL	50	71.4	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	100.0	5.7	0	0
Wk 4 vs DETW	45	63.4	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	4	25.0	25.0	0	0
Wk 6 @ PHIW	52	81.3	4	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	3	33.3	5.3	0	2
Wk 7 vs TBL	33	52.4	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	1
Season	211	62.6	19	7	0	1	0.0	0	0	12	50.0	11.7	0	3

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Rookie deal · signed 2026 with Panthers

$4.9Mover 4 years

2026 · now

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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	5	211	62.6	19	7	0	5.0	0.0	0	0	12	120.1	0	3	1	0