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2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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Derwin James Jr.S · LAC
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Jessie Bates IIIS · JAX
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Derwin James Jr.
Chargers logoLos Angeles Chargers

Derwin James Jr.

Spos#3jersey30age6'2"height215lbs9seasons

Florida State · 2018 draft, round 1, pick 17

VS0of 7 shown metrics led4
Jessie Bates III
Jaguars logoJacksonville Jaguars

Jessie Bates III

Spos#30jersey29age6'1"height210lbs9seasons

Wake Forest · 2018 draft, round 2, pick 54

Across the 7 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Bates III leads in 4 and James Jr. leads in 0; 3 are level. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

James Jr.Bates III

Percentile chips: vs 112 safeties who played half the games, 2026 season

94.3%Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played96.8%79th

Defense

James Jr.Bates III

Percentile chips: vs 107 safeties who played half the games, 2026 season

21Tackles6094th
0.0Sacks0.037th
0Tackles for loss026th
0QB hits030th
1Passes defended481st
0Interceptions173rd
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3Games with stats9

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12Solo tackles3594th

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Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.