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PFF 2016 NCAA Safety Grades: Player Rankings

Rank NCAA players by PFF grade for a season, week or game. Filter by position, team and draft year. Rankings include players with at least 25% of the snaps of their position's leader.

PFF GradeSnapsSize
RANKNAMETEAM#DEFCOVRDEFPRSHDEFCOVRDEFPRSHHTWT
1
UTAH
-
93.3
721
429
286
6
6' 1"
207
2
LSU
-
91.4
786
420
360
6
6' 1"
213
2
OSU
-
91.4
814
421
389
4
6' 2"
212
4
UTSA
-
90.7
825
399
397
29
6' 0"
215
5
NEB
-
90.1
723
391
324
8
6' 2"
230
6
CLEM
-
89.4
927
541
381
5
6' 0"
200
7
OKST
-
89.3
804
391
405
8
5' 11"
197
8
KENT
-
88.9
656
296
296
64
6' 1"
210
9
TXAM
-
87.9
955
501
452
2
6' 0"
199
10
WIS
-
87.4
832
487
341
4
5' 10"
194
11
TEX
-
86.0
308
165
128
15
6' 1"
210
11
COLO
-
86.0
942
513
421
8
6' 0"
204
13
MINN
-
85.7
933
559
358
16
6' 2"
216
14
UCLA
-
85.6
625
385
236
4
5' 11"
195
15
CONN
-
84.8
862
447
405
10
6' 4"
224
16
NW
-
84.4
759
430
325
4
6' 2"
215
17
NW
-
84.3
980
553
424
3
6' 0"
212
18
OHIO
-
83.8
905
548
355
2
6' 0"
206
19
TOL
-
83.7
832
428
395
9
6' 1"
185
19
SJSU
-
83.7
506
224
282
0
6' 0"
200
21
UTAH
-
83.6
872
492
339
41
6' 3"
222
21
UF
-
83.6
459
226
227
6
5' 11"
207
23
STAN
-
83.4
831
487
341
3
6' 3"
213
24
LAT
-
83.2
978
517
433
28
5' 11"
200
25
AF
-
83.1
781
423
343
15
6' 2"
180
25
VAN
-
83.1
704
364
332
8
5' 10"
190
27
NCST
-
83.0
869
508
340
21
6' 2"
220
28
USC
-
82.7
727
398
299
30
6' 1"
195
29
VT
-
82.5
956
514
435
7
6' 0"
210
30
ORE
-
82.4
755
419
336
0
6' 1"
210
31
TXAM
-
82.1
671
346
319
6
5' 11"
205
32
MICH
-
82.0
745
383
355
7
6' 1"
216
33
UVA
-
81.8
868
418
431
19
6' 2"
207
34
TEM
-
81.5
484
210
273
1
5' 10"
200
35
ISU
-
80.4
692
335
356
1
6' 2"
197
36
WKU
-
80.1
896
589
304
3
6' 3"
215
37
NMSU
-
80.0
771
345
425
1
6' 0"
212
38
TEM
-
79.9
776
363
402
11
6' 1"
215
39
KSU
-
79.7
895
551
333
11
6' 1"
228
40
TROY
-
79.5
846
471
370
5
6' 2"
205
41
LOU
-
79.4
838
443
375
20
6' 0"
210
42
APP
-
79.3
306
180
122
4
6' 0"
205
43
MEM
-
78.8
957
490
424
43
5' 11"
192
44
STAN
-
78.4
612
362
240
10
6' 1"
207
45
TCU
-
78.2
947
487
458
2
5' 10"
183
45
BAY
-
78.2
923
426
488
9
6' 0"
205
45
COLO
-
78.2
479
159
259
61
6' 0"
213
48
WIS
-
77.9
839
471
343
25
5' 10"
198
49
HOU
-
77.7
850
475
357
18
5' 11"
210
50
MICH
-
77.5
712
268
344
100
5' 11"
217