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

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Nick Cross
Commanders logoWashington Commanders

Nick Cross

Spos#25jersey25age6'0"height212lbs5seasons

Maryland · 2022 draft, round 3, pick 96

VS2of 7 shown metrics led2
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): Cross leads in 2 and Bates III leads in 2; 3 are level. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

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CrossBates III

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

97.4%82ndSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played96.8%79th

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CrossBates III

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

3043rdTackles6094th
0.037thSacks0.037th
598thTackles for loss026th
030thQB hits030th
368thPasses defended481st
173rdInterceptions173rd
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2158thSolo tackles3594th

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Brock Purdy vs Trevor LawrenceJoe Burrow vs Josh AllenJared Goff vs Caleb WilliamsC.J. Stroud vs Jordan LoveCeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-NjigbaMatthew Golden vs Puka NacuaMichael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. BrownChris Olave vs Malik Nabers

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.