TB Tampa Bay Buccaneers · DB· #22

Keionte Scott

Age
25
Height
6'0"
Weight
193 lbs
College
Miami; Auburn; Snow
Drafted
2026, No. 116 overall (TB)
Experience
Rookie

42

Overall grade

85th of 96 cornerbacks

Well below typical

below average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

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

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 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 target6.741st of 96small sample
  • Passes defended per target10%55th of 96small sample
  • Passer rating allowed10369th of 96
  • Missed tackles23%85th of 90small sample
  • Completion rate allowed80%92nd 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 3: 59th percentileWeek 4: 86th percentileWeek 5: 57th percentile57th

Season rank holding near the 57th percentile since Wk 3.

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 CIN12.33–
2vs CLE4.02–
3vs MIN2.0359th pct
4vs GB3.7686th pct
5vs DAL10.0657th 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

Typical

6.7lower is better

41st of 96 cornerbacks · top 43%

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: 6.8 (12) vs 6.4 before−2.5grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 20 targets · true level likely 3.2 to 10.1

Passer rating allowed

Below typical

103lower is better

69th of 96 cornerbacks · bottom 30%

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: 110 (12) vs 91 before−6.2grade points downLeaning that way

Sample still growing · 20 targets · true level likely 83 to 123

Completion rate allowed

Among the weakest

80%lower is better

92nd of 96 cornerbacks · bottom 6%

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: 75% (12) vs 88% before+10.9grade points upWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 20 targets · true level likely 65% to 95%

Passes defended per target

Typical

10%

55th of 96 cornerbacks · bottom 44%

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: 8% (12) vs 13% before−4.8grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 20 targets · true level likely -3% to 23%

Missed tackles

Among the weakest

23%lower is better

85th of 90 cornerbacks · bottom 7%

The share of his tackle chances he missed. Fewer is better.

The box score: Tackle totals reward the player who gets the most chances, not the one who finishes them.

Does it show up in winning? Across 168 games league-wide, teams won 55% of the time when their cornerback was in the best third on missed tackles, and 43% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 23% (13) vs 22% before+1.0grade points upWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 31 tackle chances · true level likely 10% to 35%

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

5.6 yds

Is thrown at underneath, and more so than almost any of the 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.

Sample still growing · 20 targets

Playing time

He has played in 5 of his team's 5 games with snap counts, on the field for about 62% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.

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.

Keionte Scott game by game
GameResultSnapsTklSoloAstTFLSacksPressPBUIntMissedYds/targetRating againstComp % againstPBU/target
Wk 1 vs CINL 27–3373%44000000212.3118100%0%
Wk 2 vs CLEL 19–2357%3300000014.083100%0%
Wk 3 vs MINL 16–2358%3300001012.07067%33%
Wk 4 vs GBL 14–1747%3300000013.711367%0%
Wk 5 vs DALW 24–1673%77010010210.010883%17%

The box score

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

Keionte Scott box score totals
StatTotalRank
Tackles2027th of 96
Solo tackles204th of 96
Assisted tackles094th of 96
Tackles for loss119th of 96
Sacks011th of 96
Pressures025th of 96
Passes defended251st of 96
Interceptions027th of 96
Missed tackles71st 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.