DeForest Buckner stats

49ers

Last played for the Indianapolis Colts, 2026

Defensive Tackle

Age 32 · 6' 7" · 295 lbs

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DeForest Buckner recorded 31 tackles and 4.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Indianapolis Colts. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
31
SOLO
11
AST
20
SACK
4.0
INT
0
PD
3
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.
2016SF157343306.0010
2017SF166145163.0051
2018SF1667442312.0030
2019SF166234287.5022
2020IND155837219.5032
2021IND176840287.0030
2022IND177444308.0032
2023IND178145368.0072
2024IND126124376.5010
2025IND104730174.0000
2026IND73111204.0030

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

Career regular season

GP
158
TOT
683
SOLO
397
AST
286
SACK
75.5
INT
0
PD
31
FF
9

Career Postseason

GP
4
TOT
14
SOLO
11
AST
3
SACK
2.5
INT
0
PD
0
FF
1

Per game

GP
7
TOT
4.4
SOLO
1.6
AST
2.9
SACK
0.6
INT
0
PD
0.4
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.
2016SF154.92.920.400.10.0
2017SF163.82.810.200.30.1
2018SF164.22.81.40.800.20.0
2019SF163.92.11.80.500.10.1
2020IND153.92.51.40.600.20.1
2021IND174.02.41.60.400.20.0
2022IND174.42.61.80.500.20.1
2023IND174.82.62.10.500.40.1
2024IND125.12.03.10.500.10.0
2025IND104.73.01.70.400.00.0
2026IND74.41.62.90.600.40.0

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
158
TOT
4.3
SOLO
2.5
AST
1.8
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0.2
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
32 yearsMar 17, 1994
Height
6' 7"
Weight
295 lbs
Experience
11 yearsDebut 2016
Birthplace
Waianae, HI
Draft
2016Rd 1, Pk 7
College
Oregon
Salary
$7.94 million2026

Against other defensive tackles

2026 regular season, 115 NFL defensive tackles with 6+ games.

  • Sacks4.0

    Higher than 94% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Tackles31

    Higher than 98% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Passes Defended3

    Higher than 90% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

Latest performance

DeForest Buckner

Oct 25 · @ MIN · L 16-10

TOT
5
SOLO
2
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

83% of his club's defensive snaps a game (353 in 7 games); 83% in week 7.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1BAL5175%0
2KC6480%0
3HOU4889%0
4WSH5180%0
5PIT4778%0
6TEN4393%0
7MIN4983%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

DeForest Buckner has been on the NFL’s game-status report 0 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202600Ankle

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2016 NFL combine

DE, 6'7", 291 lb · Oregon

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.05s30th
Vertical jump32"53rd
Broad jump9' 8"69th
3-cone drill7.51s46th
20-yard shuttle4.47s58th

Percentile: the share of DEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2016 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs LVSun, Nov 08

vs LV since 2018

6
GP
29
TOT
18
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Oct 25atMINL 16-105200
Sun, Oct 18vsTENL 26-202100
Sun, Oct 11atPITL 34-226310
Sun, Oct 04atWSHW 30-134200
Sun, Sep 27vsHOUW 19-17721.50
Sun, Sep 20atKCL 33-30 OT5110

What are DeForest Buckner's career stats?

DeForest Buckner has played 11 seasons for the 49ers and the Colts. He has recorded 683 tackles and 75.5 sacks. His best season so far is 2023: 81 tackles and 8.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 11 vs NYJ on Dec 11, 2016, L 23-17 OT
  • Sacks: 3 vs HOU on Dec 20, 2020, W 27-20
DeForest Buckner'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.
202620.5
202582.0
202481.5
202381.0
202282.0
202181.0
202063.0
2019101.0
2018112.5
201791.0
2016112.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2016.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2016 to 2026

All-time career rank

  • 107th in sacks (75.5)
  • 219th in tackles (683)

Among the 9,825 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

DeForest Buckner college stats

DeForest Buckner played 4 seasons at Oregon Ducks (2012 to 2015): 224 tackles, 18 sacks and 0 interceptions.

rushing

DeForest Buckner's college rushing by season
SeasonSchoolCARCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2015Oregon Ducks11010010

defensive

DeForest Buckner'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.
2012Oregon Ducks231211010000
2013Oregon Ducks39122702.50000
2014Oregon Ducks793544041000
2015Oregon Ducks834538010.50000

scoring

DeForest Buckner'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.
2014Oregon Ducks000001002

returning

DeForest Buckner's college returning by season
YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2012Oregon Ducks130031303
2014Oregon Ducks1100010110010

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

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Playoff games

DeForest Buckner played 4 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 2 lost.

DeForest Buckner'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.
2020BUFL 27-2420.00
2019MINW 27-1021.00
2019GBW 37-2040.00
2019KCL 31-2061.50

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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