Cleveland Browns · CB (DB) · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Ohio State (2018 Round 1, Pick 4)

Denzel Ward

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77.5

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #17 of 218 qualified DBs

Combined tackles: 2917 solo · 12 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 01 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 02 forced fumbles
Coverage: 9 PD · 3 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 51564.4 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: +0.001Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

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

Lake94.1
Hooker92.2
Williams91.1
Robertson89.2
Battle88.4
Reed87.6
Lassiter86.2
Jones85.2
Parrish84.6
Ward#1777.5

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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 1.04 → Shrunk 55.98

90thpercentile

Coverage disruptions per game16% weight · Raw 0.04 → Shrunk 0.92

99thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game22% weight · Raw 0.11 → Shrunk 6.09

78thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 4.1% → Shrunk 2.5%

99thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 3.4% → Shrunk 3.4%

31thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 5.9% → Shrunk 5.6%

37thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw +0.001 → Shrunk +0.027

59thpercentile

2026 game log

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

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	QB hits	PD	INT	Def. snaps
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ JAX	L 10-34	5	1	0	0	0	57
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ TB	W 23-19	5	4	0	0	0	65
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs CAR	W 21-18	3	3	0	1	0	76
Week 4	Oct 1, 2026	vs PIT	W 27-24	4	3	1	1	1	72
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ NYJ	L 12-17	7	4	0	0	0	70
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	vs BAL	W 13-10	1	0	0	2	0	57
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ TEN	W 27-24	2	1	0	3	1	60
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	@ PIT	L 6-27	2	1	0	2	1	58

College to the NFL: Ohio State to Cleveland Browns

Verified identity bridge linking Denzel Ward's college regular-season tackles at Ohio State to official NFL game lines.

Ohio State (College tackles)

222016

372017

44th pick
2018 Draft

CLE (NFL tackles)

512018

422019

452020

422021

482022

302023

462024

372025

292026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 9 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Tackles	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	QBH	PD	INT	FF	Def. snaps
2018	CLE	13	51	39	12	0	4	0	11	3	1	841
2019	CLE	12	42	36	6	0	1	1	11	2	0	748
2020	CLE	12	45	37	8	0	1	1	18	2	1	775
2021	CLE	15	42	33	9	0.5	1	2	10	3	0	856
2022	CLE	14	48	37	11	0	1	1	15	3	0	748
2023	CLE	13	30	26	4	0	1	0	11	2	1	622
2024	CLE	16	46	38	8	0	1	1	19	2	1	759
2025	CLE	15	37	27	10	0	2	0	9	1	0	779
2026 (so far)	CLE	8	29	17	12	0	0	1	9	3	2	515

Compare Denzel Ward with top defensive backs

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Denzel Ward vs. Quentin Lake (LA)Score 77.5 vs. 94.1 Denzel Ward vs. Amani Hooker (TEN)Score 77.5 vs. 92.2 Denzel Ward vs. Evan Williams (GB)Score 77.5 vs. 91.1 Denzel Ward vs. Amik Robertson (WAS)Score 77.5 vs. 89.2 Denzel Ward vs. Jordan Battle (CIN)Score 77.5 vs. 88.4 Denzel Ward vs. D.J. Reed (DET)Score 77.5 vs. 87.6