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

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Jaylan FordLB · NO
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Nakobe DeanLB · LV
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Jaylan Ford
Saints logoNew Orleans Saints

Jaylan Ford

LBpos#53jersey24age6'2"height240lbs3seasons

Texas · 2024 draft, round 5, pick 175

VS0of 7 shown metrics led7
Nakobe Dean
Raiders logoLas Vegas Raiders

Nakobe Dean

LBpos#17jersey25age5'11"height230lbs5seasons

Georgia · 2022 draft, round 3, pick 83

Across the 7 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): Dean leads in 7 and Ford leads in 0. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

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FordDean

Percentile chips: vs 187 LBs who played half the games, 2026 season

10.0%Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played99.3%95th

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FordDean

Percentile chips: vs 180 LBs who played half the games, 2026 season

1.0Tackles per game10.999th
0.00Sacks per game0.1759th
0.0Tackles for loss per game0.786th
0.0QB hits per game0.356th
0.0Passes defended per game0.271st
0.0Interceptions per game0.181st
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2Games with stats9

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0.5Solo tackles per game5.098th

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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.