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 95 82
85.2
2

Aubrey
Burks

S
West Virginia   Mascot
West Virginia Mascot
59 74 93 79
83.3
3

Xavier
Nwankpa

S
Iowa   Mascot
Iowa Mascot
71 81 92 84
86.8
4

Kevin
Winston Jr.

S
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
100 99 92 82
87.5
5

Shilo
Sanders

S
Colorado   Mascot
Colorado Mascot
73 71 89 79
85.2
6

Hunter
Wohler

S
Wisconsin   Mascot
Wisconsin Mascot
90 83 86 86
78.9
7

Malachi
Moore

S
Alabama   Mascot
Alabama Mascot
73 76 82 77
83.9
8

Rod
Moore

S
Michigan   Mascot
Michigan Mascot
85 82 82 69
85.6
9

Lathan
Ransom

S
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
71 76 81 76
79.3
10

Xavier
Watts

S
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
63 70 80 75
86.6
11

Malaki
Starks

S
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
97 89 80 80
90.1
12

Andrew
Mukuba

S
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
70 71 78 77
85.6
13

Sonny
Styles

S
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
86 91 78 69
84.9
14

Keon
Sabb

S
Alabama   Mascot
Alabama Mascot
83 83 76 81
84.6
15

Jahdae
Barron

S
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
78 86 76 76
85.9
16

Billy
Bowman Jr.

S
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
45 60 71 75
83.3
17

Nick
Emmanwori

S
South Carolina   Mascot
South Carolina Mascot
92 83 68 80
83.5
18

Sage
Ryan

S
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
49 60 67 63
49.6
19

Isheem
Young

S
North Texas   Mascot
North Texas Mascot
59 62 61 63
74.0
20

Deshawn
Pace

S
UCF   Mascot
UCF Mascot
64 58 59 57
53.8