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DeWayne Carter

Age
25
Height
6'2"
Weight
305 lbs
College
Duke
Drafted
2024, No. 95 overall (BUF)
Experience
3rd NFL season
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50

Overall grade

44th of 96 interior linemen

Typical

about average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

DeWayne grades about average among interior linemen so far, with no number far from the middle.

Lately he is playing worse. Pressures per 100 snaps is 0.0 over the last 2 games (78 snaps), against 4.1 before that. The change points one way, but a few plays could still explain it.

Role is growing: When he plays he is on the field for about 5 of every 10 plays lately, up from about 4 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 interior linemen in the league.

  • Tackles for loss per 100 snaps0.839th of 96small sample
  • Sacks per 100 snaps0.040th of 96small sample
  • Pressures per 100 snaps1.652nd 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 interior linemen. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

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

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 2: 89th percentileWeek 3: 62nd percentileWeek 4: 50th percentile50th

Season rank slipped: 89th to 50th 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.

Pressures per 100 snaps game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamesnapsSeason rank after
1vs HOU0.018–
2vs DET6.53189th pct
3vs LAC0.03362nd pct
4vs NE0.04550th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 32 snaps can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every interior lineman with at least 80 snaps. Right on the strip is better.

Pressures per 100 snaps

Typical

1.6

52nd of 96 interior linemen · bottom 47%

Sacks, hits and hurries as Pro Football Reference charts them, for every 100 snaps he plays. A pass rusher is doing his job on plays that never become a sack.

The box score: A sack total misses most of what a rusher does and depends on how many snaps he plays.

Does it show up in winning? Across 129 games league-wide, teams won 42% of the time when their interior lineman was in the best third on pressures per 100 snaps, and 28% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 0.0 (78) vs 4.1 before−22.6grade points downLeaning that way

Small sample: could move a lot · 127 snaps · true level likely -0.3 to 3.4

Sacks per 100 snaps

Typical

0.0

40th of 96 interior linemen · top 42%

Sacks for every 100 snaps he plays. Rare, so it swings fast; pressures are the steadier read.

The box score: A sack total ignores how many snaps he played.

Does it show up in winning? Across 129 games league-wide, a good or bad game on sacks per 100 snaps from a interior lineman has not lined up much with his team winning (44% wins in the best third, 35% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 0.0 (78) vs 0.0 beforeevenWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 127 snaps · true level likely -1.3 to 1.3

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

Above typical

0.8

39th of 96 interior linemen · top 41%

Plays he ends behind the line of scrimmage, for every 100 snaps.

The box score: Tackles for loss are counted, but never against the snaps he played.

Does it show up in winning? Across 129 games league-wide, teams won 54% of the time when their interior lineman was in the best third on tackles for loss per 100 snaps, and 30% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 0.0 (78) vs 2.0 before−19.8grade points downLeaning that way

Small sample: could move a lot · 127 snaps · true level likely -0.5 to 2.1

Playing time

He has played in 4 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 45% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.

Role is growing. When he plays he is on the field for about 5 of every 10 plays lately, up from about 4 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.

DeWayne Carter game by game
GameResultSnapsTklSoloAstTFLSacksPressPBUIntMissedPressures/100TFL/100
Wk 1 vs HOUW 36–3123%2111000010.05.6
Wk 2 vs DETW 41–3148%1100020006.50.0
Wk 3 vs LACW 24–1648%3120000000.00.0
Wk 4 vs NEL 26–2959%4310000000.00.0

The box score

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

DeWayne Carter box score totals
StatTotalRank
Tackles1055th of 96
Solo tackles620th of 96
Assisted tackles476th of 96
Tackles for loss131st of 96
Sacks040th of 96
Pressures248th of 96
Passes defended033rd of 96
Interceptions01st of 96
Missed tackles116th of 96

Players with a similar profile

The interior linemen 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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