Brandon Stephens stats

Jets

Cornerback · #21

Age 28 · 6' 1" · 215 lbs

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Brandon Stephens recorded 22 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the New York Jets. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
22
SOLO
18
AST
4
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD · 13th
6
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2021BAL177849290.0040
2022BAL15373160.5070
2023BAL167457170.02110
2024BAL177059111.50100
2025NYJ167347260.0091
2026NYJ8221840.0060

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
89
TOT
354
SOLO
261
AST
93
SACK
2.0
INT
2
PD
47
FF
1

Career Postseason

GP
4
TOT
17
SOLO
10
AST
7
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
2.8
SOLO
2.3
AST
0.5
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.8
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2021BAL174.62.91.70.00.00.20.0
2022BAL152.52.10.40.00.00.50.0
2023BAL164.63.61.10.00.10.70.0
2024BAL174.13.50.60.10.00.60.0
2025NYJ164.62.91.60.00.00.60.1
2026NYJ82.82.30.50.00.00.80.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
89
TOT
4.0
SOLO
2.9
AST
1.0
SACK
0.0
INT
0.0
PD
0.5
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
28 yearsDec 29, 1997
Height
6' 1"
Weight
215 lbs
Experience
6 years
Birthplace
Plano, TX
Draft
2021Rd 3, Pk 104
College
SMU
Salary
$12 million2026

Against other cornerbacks

2026 regular season, 128 NFL cornerbacks with 6+ games.

  • Tackles22

    Higher than 45% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Passes Defended6

    Higher than 72% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Solo Tackles18

    Higher than 62% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

Latest performance

Brandon Stephens

Nov 01 · vs LV · L 38-33

TOT
3
SOLO
2
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

98% of his club's defensive snaps a game (518 in 8 games); 95% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1TEN50100%0
2GB59100%0
3DET6397%0
4CHI9198%0
5CLE68100%0
6NE6596%0
7MIA6295%0
8LV6095%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Games

All games

Next

at KCSun, Nov 08

vs KC since 2021

3
GP
16
TOT
11
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsLVL 38-333200
Sun, Oct 25vsMIAL 28-253200
Sun, Oct 18atNEL 26-192200
Sun, Oct 11vsCLEW 17-123300
Sun, Oct 04atCHIL 23-124300
Sun, Sep 27atDETL 31-243300

What are Brandon Stephens's career stats?

Brandon Stephens has played 6 seasons for the Ravens and the Jets. He has recorded 354 tackles, 2 sacks and 2 interceptions. His best season so far is 2021: 78 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 12 vs HOU on Sep 10, 2023, W 25-9
  • Sacks: 1 @ LAC on Nov 25, 2024, W 30-23
Brandon Stephens's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20258—
202491.0
202312—
202280.5
202111—

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2021.

Brandon Stephens college stats

Brandon Stephens played 2 seasons at SMU Mustangs (2019 to 2020): 92 tackles, 0 sacks and 1 interception.

rushing

Brandon Stephens's college rushing by season
CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2016UCLA Bruins19955022
2017UCLA Bruins461824137

receiving

Brandon Stephens's college receiving by season
REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2016UCLA Bruins4399.8030
2017UCLA Bruins8698.6022

defensive

Brandon Stephens's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2019SMU Mustangs4938111200000
2020SMU Mustangs433671000100

scoring

Brandon Stephens's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2017UCLA Bruins010010006

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Brandon Stephens's college game log.

More on Brandon Stephens

Playoff games

Brandon Stephens played 4 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 2 lost.

Brandon Stephens's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2024PITW 28-1440.00
2024BUFL 27-2510.00
2023HOUW 34-1030.00
2023KCL 17-1090.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.