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Position/Conference Rankings
| Rank | O/A | Chng | Player/School | Ht/Wt | Elig. | BIO |
| Round | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Avg |
| RD1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| RD2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.3 |
| RD3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2.7 |
| RD4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3.3 |
| RD5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3.6 |
| RD6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3.6 |
| RD7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 |
| Total | 18 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 20.0 |
A safety that often plays closer to the line of scrimmage and is more often responsible for covering backs/tight ends and defending the run, though is often interchangeable with the Free Safety depending on offensive formation/motion.
A safety that often plays the deeper portion of the field, with more deep zone coverage responsibilities, though is often interchangeable with the strong safety depending on offensive formation/motion.
When a strong safety drops down into the box as an extra linebacker in a hybrid role.
Popularized by Deone Buchannon and the Arizona Cardinals, similar to a monster backer but often stays on the field with both safeties present, creating a 3-safety alignment.
A term used when safeties are interchangeable and will move up or down between the strong and free positions based on formations/offensive shifts
All defensive backs are either blitzing or in man coverage (no help over the top).
All defensive backs are in man coverage except for the free safety who is responsible for the deep middle of the field.
Each safety is in charge of half of the deep portion of the field, CBs can be in man or zone coverage.
Similar to cover 2, made famous by Tony Dungy in Tampa Bay, but with a twist; the middle linebacker drops into a deeper zone than usual, creating a hybrid cover 2/cover 3 look.
Zone coverage in which two CBs cover one third of the field (each on the outside) while the FS mans the middle third
Sometimes called cover 4, is similar to cover 3 except each CB has an outside quarter and each safety has an inside quarter.
A formation in which 5 defensive backs are in the field (one in the slot).
A formation in which 6 defensive backs are in the field (two in the slot).
Position Rank
1
Overall Rank
5
Caleb Downs
Ohio State
JR
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
206
Position Rank
2
Overall Rank
18
Dillon Thieneman
Oregon
JR
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
201
Position Rank
3
Overall Rank
29
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Toledo
SR
Height:
6'3"
Weight:
201
Position Rank
4
Overall Rank
55
Treydan Stukes
Arizona
RSR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
190
Position Rank
5
Overall Rank
66
A.J. Haulcy
LSU
SR
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
215
Position Rank
6
Overall Rank
80
Zakee Wheatley
Penn State
RSR
Height:
6'3"
Weight:
208
Position Rank
7
Overall Rank
91
Bud Clark
TCU
RSR
Height:
6'0
Weight:
185
Position Rank
8
Overall Rank
94
V.J. Payne
+15
Kansas State
SR
Height:
6'3"
Weight:
206
Position Rank
9
Overall Rank
95
Genesis Smith
-10
Arizona State
JR
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
202
Position Rank
10
Overall Rank
103
Kamari Ramsey
-10
USC
RJR
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
202
Position Rank
11
Overall Rank
122
Jalon Kilgore
South Carolina
JR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
210
Position Rank
12
Overall Rank
129
Michael Taaffe
-15
Texas
RSR
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
190
Position Rank
13
Overall Rank
141
Jalen Huskey
Maryland
SR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
196
Position Rank
14
Overall Rank
149
DeShon Singleton
Nebraska
RSR
Height:
6'3"
Weight:
205
Position Rank
15
Overall Rank
158
Bishop Fitzgerald
USC
RSR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
201
Position Rank
16
Overall Rank
191
Louis Moore
Indiana
RSR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
191
Position Rank
17
Overall Rank
226
Lorenzo Styles Jr.
-40
Ohio State
GR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
194
Position Rank
18
Overall Rank
250
Jakobe Thomas
Miami (FL)
RSR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
211
Position Rank
19
Overall Rank
260
Xavier Nwankpa
Iowa
SR
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
208
Position Rank
20
Overall Rank
282
Larry Worth III
NEW
Arkansas
RSR
Height:
6'4"
Weight:
220
Position Rank
21
Overall Rank
287
Robert Spears-Jennings
Oklahoma
SR
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
205
Position Rank
22
Overall Rank
314
Dalton Johnson
Arizona
SR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
192
Position Rank
23
Overall Rank
324
Austin Brown
Wisconsin
SR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
215
Position Rank
24
Overall Rank
335
Zion Washington
NEW
Boise State
RSR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
208
Position Rank
25
Overall Rank
377
D.Q. Smith
South Carolina
SR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
219
Position Rank
26
Overall Rank
395
Ahmaad Moses
SMU
SR
Height:
5'9"
Weight:
196
Position Rank
27
Overall Rank
400
Jalen Stroman
Notre Dame
RSR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
201
Position Rank
28
Overall Rank
421
Malik Spencer
Michigan State
SR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
192
Position Rank
29
Overall Rank
429
Nick Andersen
Wake Forest
RSR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
197
Position Rank
30
Overall Rank
432
Wydett Williams Jr.
Ole Miss
SR
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
210
Position Rank
31
Overall Rank
438
Xavion Alford
Arizona State
RJR
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
200
Position Rank
32
Overall Rank
449
Cole Wisniewski
Texas Tech
RSR
Height:
6'3"
Weight:
218
Position Rank
33
Overall Rank
454
Eli Blakey
Miami (OH)
RSR
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
208
Position Rank
34
Overall Rank
455
Brylan Green
Liberty
SR
Height:
5'9"
Weight:
180
Position Rank
35
Overall Rank
461
Jalen Catalon
Missouri
RSR
Height:
5'10"
Weight:
205
Position Rank
36
Overall Rank
473
Jacob Thomas
James Madison
SR
Height:
6"1"
Weight:
212
Position Rank
37
Overall Rank
485
Skyler Thomas
Oregon State
RSR
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
212
Position Rank
38
Overall Rank
489
Clayton Powell-Lee
Georgia Tech
SR
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
200
Position Rank
39
Overall Rank
512
Daylan Carnell
Missouri
GR
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
225
Position Rank
40
Overall Rank
518
Isaiah Nwokobia
SMU
RSR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
202
Position Rank
41
Overall Rank
524
Kapena Gushiken
Ole Miss
SR
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
190
Position Rank
42
Overall Rank
549
Phillip Dunnam
UCF
SR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
195
Position Rank
43
Overall Rank
600
Silas Walters
Miami (OH)
RSR
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
194
Position Rank
44
Overall Rank
611
Maximus Pulley
Wofford
RSR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
200
Position Rank
45
Overall Rank
619
Miles Scott
Illinois
RSR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
210
Position Rank
46
Overall Rank
624
Gunner Maldanado
Kansas State
RSR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
193
Position Rank
47
Overall Rank
639
Duce Chestnut
Syracuse
RSR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
200
Position Rank
48
Overall Rank
646
Key Lawrence
UCLA
RSR
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
205
Position Rank
49
Overall Rank
647
Bryce Anderson
Texas A&M
SR
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
192
| Round | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | Avg |
| RD1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.2 |
| RD2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3.2 |
| RD3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.8 |
| RD4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.2 |
| RD5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.4 |
| RD6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4.0 |
| RD7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Total | 23 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 19.6 |
