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NYG New York Giants · DB· #12

Colton Hood

Age
21
Height
6'0"
Weight
193 lbs
College
Tennessee; Colorado; Auburn
Drafted
2026, No. 37 overall (NYG)
Experience
Rookie
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Overall grade

93rd of 96 cornerbacks

Among the weakest

well below average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Colton grades well below average among cornerbacks so far, with no number far from the middle.

Role is growing: When he plays he is on the field for nearly every play lately, up from about 6 of every 10 plays before.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 4 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the cornerbacks in the league.

  • Yards allowed per target7.858th of 96small sample
  • Passes defended per target0%86th of 96small sample
  • Completion rate allowed77%89th of 96small sample
  • Passer rating allowed12994th of 96small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying cornerbacks. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among cornerbacks after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 2: 36th percentileWeek 3: 34th percentile34th

Season rank holding near the 34th percentile since Wk 2.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

Yards allowed per target game by game
WeekOpponentThat gametargetsSeason rank after
1vs DAL8.52–
2vs LAR8.4536th pct
3vs TEN7.2634th pct

Lower is better for this stat. One game is a small sample: a single stat over 4 targets can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every cornerback with at least 10 targets. Right on the strip is better.

Yards allowed per target

Below typical

7.8lower is better

58th of 96 cornerbacks · bottom 41%

The yards the receiver he is covering gets each time he is targeted. Fewer is better.

The box score: Interceptions are rare and say little about the hundred plays where he is just covering.

Does it show up in winning? Across 143 games league-wide, teams won 72% of the time when their cornerback was in the best third on yards allowed per target, and 55% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 7.2 (6) vs 8.4 before+3.0grade points upWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 13 targets · true level likely 3.5 to 12.2

Passer rating allowed

Among the weakest

129lower is better

94th of 96 cornerbacks · bottom 4%

The passer rating of quarterbacks throwing at him. 158.3 is perfect for the passer, so lower is better for the defender.

The box score: Not in the box score.

Does it show up in winning? Across 143 games league-wide, teams won 72% of the time when their cornerback was in the best third on passer rating allowed, and 53% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 136 (6) vs 124 before−2.6grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 13 targets · true level likely 104 to 154

Completion rate allowed

Among the weakest

77%lower is better

89th of 96 cornerbacks · bottom 9%

The share of passes thrown at him that are completed. Fewer is better.

The box score: Not in the box score.

Does it show up in winning? Across 143 games league-wide, a good or bad game on completion rate allowed from a cornerback has not lined up much with his team winning (64% wins in the best third, 53% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 83% (6) vs 71% before−6.6grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 13 targets · true level likely 57% to 97%

Passes defended per target

Well below typical

0%

86th of 96 cornerbacks · bottom 12%

How often a pass thrown at him ends with him breaking it up. A cornerback does this far more often than he intercepts.

The box score: Passes defended are counted, but never against how often he was tested.

Does it show up in winning? Across 143 games league-wide, a good or bad game on passes defended per target from a cornerback has not lined up much with his team winning (60% wins in the best third, 68% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 0% (6) vs 0% beforeevenWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 13 targets · true level likely -11% to 11%

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the cornerbacks around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Depth of passes at him

Style

11.2 yds

Right around the middle of cornerbacks: a typical one is 10.6 yds.

How far downfield the passes thrown at him travel on average. It shows whether he is tested deep or underneath, which is a role, not a grade.

Small sample: could move a lot · 13 targets

Playing time

He has played in 3 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 68% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.

Role is growing. When he plays he is on the field for nearly every play lately, up from about 6 of every 10 plays before.

Each column is a game: the share of his team's defensive snaps he played. 80% means about 8 of every 10 plays. “Out” means he did not play; a question mark means snap counts are not posted yet. Shaded games are the recent stretch.

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Colton Hood game by game
GameResultSnapsTklSoloAstTFLSacksPressPBUIntMissedYds/targetRating againstComp % againstPBU/target
Wk 1 vs DALW 28–2010%0000000018.57950%0%
Wk 2 vs LARL 6–28100%3210000008.414180%0%
Wk 3 vs TENW 12–795%4310000007.213683%0%
Wk 4 vs ARIW 36–24Out000000000––––

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among cornerbacks. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Colton Hood box score totals
StatTotalRank
Tackles790th of 96
Solo tackles589th of 96
Assisted tackles275th of 96
Tackles for loss051st of 96
Sacks011th of 96
Pressures025th of 96
Passes defended088th of 96
Interceptions027th of 96
Missed tackles148th of 96

Players with a similar profile

The cornerbacks whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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