BEST ZONE COVERAGE SAFETIES 2025 NFL Draft

2025 BEST ZONE COVERAGE SAFETIES

Executing stellar man-to-man coverage as a safety entails a blend of agility, awareness, and often, a secondary sense of receivers' intentions. Recall players like Eric Berry (Tennessee) and Earl Thomas (Texas) who, during their respective collegiate tenures, demonstrated an adept ability to shadow receivers and disrupt passing lanes effectively in man-to-man schemes.

Immerse yourself in the data of current college safeties making their mark through exceptional man-to-man coverage. Through meticulous exploration of key stats, such as interceptions, pass deflections, and completion percentage allowed, gain insight into the defensive prowess of these players in isolating and negating opponents' receiving threats.

2025 Safeties ranked by ZONE

RANK Player Pos Team TACKLING RUN DEFENSE ZONE MAN/PRESS Rating
1

Sebastian
Castro

S
Iowa   Mascot
Iowa Mascot
68 88 96 82
85.9
2

Xavier
Nwankpa

S
Iowa   Mascot
Iowa Mascot
70 81 92 84
86.4
3

Aubrey
Burks

S
West Virginia   Mascot
West Virginia Mascot
58 73 92 79
81.4
4

Kevin
Winston Jr.

S
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
100 98 91 82
87.0
5

Shilo
Sanders

S
Colorado   Mascot
Colorado Mascot
73 71 89 79
85.2
6

Hunter
Wohler

S
Wisconsin   Mascot
Wisconsin Mascot
92 85 88 89
84.6
7

Malachi
Moore

S
Alabama   Mascot
Alabama Mascot
73 76 82 78
84.4
8

Lathan
Ransom

S
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
72 78 82 78
82.7
9

Rod
Moore

S
Michigan   Mascot
Michigan Mascot
85 82 82 69
85.4
10

Xavier
Watts

S
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
63 70 80 75
87.0
11

Malaki
Starks

S
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
96 88 79 79
88.3
12

Sonny
Styles

S
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
85 90 77 69
83.6
13

Keon
Sabb

S
Alabama   Mascot
Alabama Mascot
83 83 76 81
83.6
14

Sage
Ryan

S
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
56 67 75 71
71.0
15

Jahdae
Barron

S
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
77 85 75 75
83.8
16

Andrew
Mukuba

S
Clemson   Mascot
Clemson Mascot
63 64 71 70
83.0
17

Billy
Bowman Jr.

S
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
45 59 70 74
80.6
18

Deshawn
Pace

S
Cincinnati   Mascot
Cincinnati Mascot
69 62 63 62
73.8
19

Isheem
Young

S
Mississippi   Mascot
Mississippi Mascot
61 63 62 64
65.7
20

Ja'Had
Carter

S
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
65 60 62 61
55.4