Houston Texans · SAF (DB) · 3 games through Nov 1, 2026 · North Carolina (2018 Round 2, Pick 53)

M.J. Stewart

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40.6

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #149 of 218 qualified DBs

Combined tackles: 158 solo · 7 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 0.51 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 00 forced fumbles
Coverage: 1 PD · 0 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 10033.3 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: +0.187Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

M.J. Stewart 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
Stewart#14940.6

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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 0.76 → Shrunk 34.09

20thpercentile

Coverage disruptions per game16% weight · Raw 0.01 → Shrunk 0.28

17thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game22% weight · Raw 0.15 → Shrunk 5.45

61thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 1.4% → Shrunk 0.9%

25thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 6.1% → Shrunk 4.2%

71thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 11.5% → Shrunk 8.1%

84thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw +0.187 → Shrunk +0.042

37thpercentile

2026 game log

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

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	Sacks	QB hits	PD	Def. snaps
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ TEN	W 26-3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ JAX	W 34-31	3	3	0	0	0	37
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs NYG	L 21-27	12	5	0.5	1	1	63

College to the NFL: North Carolina to Houston Texans

Verified identity bridge linking M.J. Stewart's college regular-season tackles at North Carolina to official NFL game lines.

North Carolina (College tackles)

592016

452017

5353rd pick
2018 Draft

HOU (NFL tackles)

312018

342019

222020

422021

382022

222023

112024

252025

152026 *

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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	TB	11	31	29	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	300
2019	TB	10	34	27	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	314
2020	CLE	16	22	18	4	1	2	1	3	2	0	230
2021	CLE	13	42	29	13	0	1	0	4	0	1	327
2022	HOU	17	38	27	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	179
2023	HOU	8	22	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	166
2024	HOU	15	11	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	94
2025	HOU	9	25	15	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	228
2026 (so far)	HOU	3	15	8	7	0.5	0	1	1	0	0	100

Compare M.J. Stewart with top defensive backs

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 DB.

M.J. Stewart vs. Quentin Lake (LA)Score 40.6 vs. 94.1 M.J. Stewart vs. Amani Hooker (TEN)Score 40.6 vs. 92.2 M.J. Stewart vs. Evan Williams (GB)Score 40.6 vs. 91.1 M.J. Stewart vs. Amik Robertson (WAS)Score 40.6 vs. 89.2 M.J. Stewart vs. Jordan Battle (CIN)Score 40.6 vs. 88.4 M.J. Stewart vs. D.J. Reed (DET)Score 40.6 vs. 87.6