New York Jets · SAF (DB) · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Iowa (2022 Round 4, Pick 114)

Dane Belton

77.2
Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #19 of 218 qualified DBs
Combined tackles
6737 solo · 30 ast
Sacks & QB hits
11 QB hits
Tackles for loss
20 forced fumbles
Coverage
4 PD · 0 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps
53166.4 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play
+0.090Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

Dane Belton among the 218 qualified defensive backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

  1. Lake94.1
  2. Hooker92.2
  3. Williams91.1
  4. Robertson89.2
  5. Battle88.4
  6. Reed87.6
  7. Lassiter86.2
  8. Jones85.2
  9. Parrish84.6
  10. Belton#1977.2
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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 218 qualified DBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Defensive snaps per game, regressed30% weight · Raw 1.06 → Shrunk 56.16
91thpercentile
Coverage disruptions per game16% weight · Raw 0.01 → Shrunk 0.38
32thpercentile
Weighted defensive disruption per game22% weight · Raw 0.16 → Shrunk 8.23
99thpercentile
Coverage disruption rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 1.4% → Shrunk 1.1%
35thpercentile
Solo tackle rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 7.4% → Shrunk 5.7%
99thpercentile
Combined tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 13.4% → Shrunk 11.1%
99thpercentile
Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw +0.090 → Shrunk +0.045
33thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Dane Belton. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

WeekDateMatchupResultTacklesSoloSacksTFLQB hitsPDINTDef. snaps
Week 1Sep 13, 2026@ TENW 23-10210000050
Week 2Sep 20, 2026vs GBL 17-20640000059
Week 3Sep 27, 2026@ DETL 24-31740001065
Week 4Oct 4, 2026@ CHIL 12-231460001093
Week 5Oct 11, 2026vs CLEW 17-12831110068
Week 6Oct 18, 2026@ NEL 19-26940001068
Week 7Oct 25, 2026vs MIAL 25-28960000065
Week 8Nov 1, 2026vs LVL 33-381290101063

College to the NFL: Iowa to New York Jets

Verified identity bridge linking Dane Belton's college regular-season tackles at Iowa to official NFL game lines.

Iowa (College tackles)

272019
332020
432021
114114th pick
2022 Draft

NYJ (NFL tackles)

302022
282023
552024
1202025
672026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 5 seasons.

SeasonClubGTacklesSoloAstSacksTFLQBHPDINTFFDef. snaps
2022NYG1530237011320390
2023NYG17281711122220296
2024NYG17552728111611459
2025NYG171206060232513705
2026 (so far)NYJ8673730121400531

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