Max Melton stats

Cardinals

Cornerback · #16

Age 24 · 5' 11" · 190 lbs

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Max Melton recorded 23 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Arizona Cardinals. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
23
SOLO
14
AST
9
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
4
FF
0
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.
2024ARI175136150.0051
2025ARI103121100.0050
2026ARI7231490.0040

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

Career regular season

GP
34
TOT
105
SOLO
71
AST
34
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
14
FF
1

Per game

GP
7
TOT
3.3
SOLO
2
AST
1.3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.6
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.
2024ARI173.02.10.90.000.30.1
2025ARI103.12.110.000.50.0
2026ARI73.32.01.30.000.60.0

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
34
TOT
3.1
SOLO
2.1
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.4
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
24 yearsApr 15, 2002
Height
5' 11"
Weight
190 lbs
Experience
3 years
Birthplace
Mays Landing, NJ
Draft
2024Rd 2, Pk 43
College
Rutgers
Salary
$1.6 million2026

Brother of Bo Melton · All NFL brothers

Against other cornerbacks

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

  • Tackles23

    Higher than 47% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Passes Defended4

    Higher than 53% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Solo Tackles14

    Higher than 39% of the other 127 NFL cornerbacks.

Latest performance

Max Melton

Nov 01 · @ DAL · W 33-30 OT

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

Snap counts, 2026

64% of his club's defensive snaps a game (276 in 7 games); 49% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1LAC2444%7
2SEA2130%7
3SF5398%7
4NYG5988%7
5DET3858%9
6LAR4578%9
8DAL3649%15

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Max Melton has been on the NFL’s game-status report 5 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202605Knee, Toe, Ankle

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.

2024 NFL combine

CB, 5'11", 187 lb · Rutgers

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.39s88th
Vertical jump40.5"91st
Broad jump11' 4"99th

Percentile: the share of CBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2024 combine

Games

All games

Next

at SEASun, Nov 08

vs SEA since 2024

4
GP
9
TOT
7
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01atDALW 33-30 OT2200
Sun, Oct 18atLARW 18-166300
Sun, Oct 11vsDETL 45-213200
Sun, Oct 04atNYGL 36-244200
Sun, Sep 27atSFL 36-304300
Sun, Sep 20vsSEAL 31-73200

What are Max Melton's career stats?

Max Melton has played 3 seasons for the Cardinals. He has recorded 105 tackles. His best season so far is 2024: 51 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 9 vs LAC on Oct 21, 2024, W 17-15
Max Melton's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20261
20256
20249

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2024.

Max Melton college stats

Max Melton played 4 seasons at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2020 to 2023): 113 tackles, 1 sacks and 8 interceptions.

defensive

Max Melton'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.
2020Rutgers Scarlet Knights20182000000
2021Rutgers Scarlet Knights282085003461
2022Rutgers Scarlet Knights332310900210
2023Rutgers Scarlet Knights322210611350

scoring

Max Melton'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.
2021Rutgers Scarlet Knights100110006

returning

Max Melton'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.
2021Rutgers Scarlet Knights000000000
2022Rutgers Scarlet Knights000000000

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

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