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Khristian Boyd

Age
26
Height
6'2"
Weight
320 lbs
College
Northern Iowa
Drafted
2024, No. 199 overall (NO)
Experience
3rd NFL season

Saints 1-4Offense 23rdDefense 27th

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51

Overall

42nd of 108 interior linemen

Early read

Most of his numbers are still mostly luck; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

01 / 11

The read

Khristian has played 4 games for 8 tackles, 5 solo tackles and 3 assisted tackles, but every advanced number is still mostly luck at this point, so his grade of 51 is a placeholder rather than a verdict.

  • Game to game on pressures per 100 snaps: best 3.8 in Week 3 against LV, worst 0.0 in Week 5. He beat the typical interior lineman's pressures per 100 snaps in 1 of 4 games.
  • Season rank holding near the 60th percentile since Wk 4.
  • Lately he is playing better. Tackles for loss per 100 snaps is 3.9 over the last 2 games (51 snaps), against 0.0 before that. The change points one way, but a few plays could still explain it.
  • Back in the lineup: He missed 1 game earlier, then played all of the last 2 games, on the field for about 4 of every 10 plays when he plays.
  • Too early to call: pressures per 100 snaps and tackles for loss per 100 snaps. After 5 games the gaps between interior linemen on those stats are still mostly chance, so we show them without ranking.

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

02 / 11

His team

A player is part of a unit. Here is how the New Orleans Saints do at his job, and who he shares the room with.

Khristian grades as the Saints' best interior lineman, and the Saints' pass rush ranks 25th of 32.

Saints unit

Pass rush: 25th of 32

  • Sacks per dropback5.8% 19th
  • Pressure per dropback17% 24th
  • Quarterback hits per dropback13.2% 24th

Ranked among all 32 teams. See every team.

New Orleans Saints interior linemen

His room, by grade

  1. 1Khristian Boyd DL51
  2. 2Vernon Broughton DL50
  3. 3Colby Wooden DL50
  4. 4Nathan Shepherd DL49
  5. 5Davon Godchaux DL49

Overall grade, 20 to 80, against all interior linemen in the league. A teammate with too few plays to grade is listed without one.

03 / 11

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the interior linemen in the league.
  • Tackles for loss per 100 snaps1.8mostly luck so far
  • Sacks per 100 snaps0.9mostly luck so far
  • Pressures per 100 snaps0.9mostly luck so far

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. Outlined bars are stats where, this early, the gaps between players are mostly luck, so they are not ranked yet.

04 / 11

In the league

Every interior lineman in the league as a dot: pick any two stats and see where he sits, who is around him, and who is ahead.

Who is around him on the leaderboards

His best numbers, with the interior linemen just ahead of and behind him. A number is easier to judge beside the names.

Pressures per 100 snaps

The interior linemen just above and below him

  1. 66thPoona Ford Rams1.0
  2. 67thLee Hunter Panthers0.9
  3. 68thKhristian Boyd Saints0.9
  4. 69thDarius Alexander Giants0.9
  5. 70thJordan Phillips Dolphins1.0

The leader is further up the board.

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

The interior linemen just above and below him

  1. 18thSheldon Rankins Texans1.3
  2. 19thDarius Robinson Cardinals1.8
  3. 20thKhristian Boyd Saints1.8
  4. 21stJerry Tillery Colts1.4
  5. 22ndKris Jenkins Bengals2.3

The leader is further up the board.

Build and age against the position

Size and age are not good or bad. They show what kind of interior lineman he is and how he compares physically with the interior linemen in the league.

Height

6'2"

Khristian Boyd is shorter than 82% of interior linemen.

Weight

320 lbs

Khristian Boyd is heavier than 81% of interior linemen.

Age

26

Khristian Boyd is younger than 58% of interior linemen.

05 / 11

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among interior linemen after each week, and every game behind it.
WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 4: 45th percentileWeek 5: 37th percentile37th

Season rank slipped: 45th to 37th percentile since Wk 4.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 99 (the best in the league) down to 1 (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
2vs BAL0.020Not yet
3vs LV3.826Not yet
4vs ATL0.02545th pct
5vs MIN0.03837th pct

“Not yet” means too little of the season was behind him to rank him fairly against interior linemen. A week-by-week rank needs most of the 80 snaps that grade a full season, so early weeks stay blank for players who see few plays, like kickers. It says nothing about how he played.

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 27 snaps can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

06 / 11

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

Mostly luck so far

0.9

Too early to rank. On 109 snaps, luck still decides who is on top of interior linemen.

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 158 games league-wide, a good or bad game on pressures per 100 snaps from a interior lineman has not lined up much with his team winning (48% wins in the best third, 37% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 2.0 (51) vs 0.0 before.+11.1grade points up Leaning that way

Small sample: could move a lot · 109 snaps

Sacks per 100 snaps

Mostly luck so far

0.9

Too early to rank. On 109 snaps, luck still decides who is on top of interior linemen.

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 158 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 (39% wins in the best third, 36% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 2.0 (51) vs 0.0 before.+25.1grade points up Leaning that way

Small sample: could move a lot · 109 snaps

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

Mostly luck so far

1.8

Too early to rank. On 109 snaps, luck still decides who is on top of interior linemen.

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 158 games league-wide, teams won 47% of the time when their interior lineman was in the best third on tackles for loss per 100 snaps, and 34% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 3.9 (51) vs 0.0 before.+38.2grade points up Leaning that way

Small sample: could move a lot · 109 snaps

07 / 11

Contract & cap

Khristian Boyd's deal is 4 years and $4.2M, $1.1M a year. $179K of it is guaranteed, 4% of the total.

Per year

$1.1M

average over the deal

Cap hit, 2026

$1.1M

0.4% of the $301.2M cap

Guaranteed

$179K

4% of the total, at signing

Runs through

–

4-year deal, final year not tracked

93rd-highest paid of the 107 interior linemen we track

Aaron Hall (CAR): $1.0M a yearAdam Butler (LV): $5.5M a yearAdetomiwa Adebawore (IND): $1.2M a yearAdin Huntington (CLE): $995K a yearAlim McNeill (DET): $24.2M a yearArik Armstead (JAX): $14.5M a yearBobby Brown III (CAR): $7.0M a yearBraden Fiske (LAR): $2.4M a yearBrandon Dorlus (ATL): $1.2M a yearByron Murphy II (SEA): $4.0M a yearCalais Campbell (BAL): $5.5M a yearCameron Heyward (PIT): $18.0M a yearChris Jones (KC): $31.8M a yearChris McClellan (GB): $1.8M a yearChristian Barmore (NE): $21.0M a yearColby Wooden (NO): $1.2M a yearCory Durden (NE): $1.1M a yearD.J. Jones (DEN): $13.0M a yearDJ Reader (NYG): $6.2M a yearDaVon Hamilton (JAX): $11.5M a yearDalvin Tomlinson (LAC): $6.5M a yearDarius Alexander (NYG): $1.7M a yearDarius Robinson (ARI): $3.5M a yearDaron Payne (WAS): $22.5M a yearDarrell Jackson Jr. (NYJ): $1.4M a yearDavon Godchaux (NO): $5.5M a yearDeForest Buckner (IND): $23.0M a yearDeWayne Carter (BUF): $1.4M a yearDeone Walker (BUF): $1.3M a yearDerrick Harmon (PIT): $4.5M a yearDevonte Wyatt (GB): $18.3M a yearDexter Lawrence (CIN): $28.0M a yearFoley Fatukasi (LV): $1.3M a yearGervon Dexter Sr. (ATL): $1.7M a yearGracen Halton (SF): $1.4M a yearGrady Jarrett (CHI): $14.5M a yearGreg Gaines (BUF): $1.5M a yearGrover Stewart (IND): $13.0M a yearHarrison Phillips (NYJ): $7.5M a yearJalen Carter (PHI): $38.0M a yearJamaree Caldwell (LAC): $1.6M a yearJarran Reed (SEA): $7.3M a yearJavon Hargrave (GB): $11.5M a yearJavon Kinlaw (WAS): $15.0M a yearJeffery Simmons (TEN): $35.3M a yearJerry Tillery (IND): $1.5M a yearJonah Laulu (LV): $1.0M a yearJonathan Allen (CIN): $12.5M a yearJonathan Ford (GB): $1.5M a yearJordan Davis (PHI): $26.0M a yearJordan Elliott (TEN): $4.0M a yearJordan Phillips (MIA): $1.2M a yearJoshua Farmer (NE): $1.2M a yearJowon Briggs (NYJ): $1.1M a yearKarl Brooks (GB): $1.0M a yearKeeanu Benton (PIT): $18.0M a yearKenny Clark (DAL): $21.3M a yearKentavius Street (CHI): $1.5M a yearKhyiris Tonga (KC): $7.0M a yearKobie Turner (LAR): $1.3M a yearKris Jenkins (CIN): $2.0M a yearLT Overton (DAL): $1.1M a yearLaCale London (ATL): $2.8M a yearLee Hunter (CAR): $2.5M a yearLeonard Williams (SEA): $30.0M a yearLevi Drake Rodriguez (MIN): $1.0M a yearMaason Smith (ATL): $2.0M a yearMalcolm Roach (DEN): $8.8M a yearMaliek Collins (CLE): $10.0M a yearMason Graham (CLE): $10.2M a yearMatt Dickerson (JAX): $1.4M a yearMike Hall Jr. (CLE): $1.8M a yearMilton Williams (NE): $26.0M a yearMoro Ojomo (PHI): $979K a yearNathan Shepherd (NO): $4.3M a yearNazir Stackhouse (TEN): $993K a yearNeville Gallimore (CHI): $5.0M a yearNnamdi Madubuike (BAL): $24.5M a yearOsa Odighizuwa (SF): $20.0M a yearPeter Woods (KC): $4.5M a yearPoona Ford (LAR): $9.2M a yearQuinnen Williams (DAL): $35.3M a yearRoy Lopez (ARI): $5.2M a yearRuke Orhorhoro (JAX): $2.5M a yearShelby Harris (NYG): $3.0M a yearSheldon Rankins (HOU): $8.5M a yearShy Tuttle (WAS): $1.3M a yearSkyler Gill-Howard (DET): $1.2M a yearSolomon Thomas (TEN): $3.0M a yearT'Vondre Sweat (NYJ): $2.4M a yearTeRah Edwards (CAR): $885K a yearTeair Tart (LAC): $10.0M a yearTedarrell Slaton (CIN): $7.0M a yearThomas Booker (LV): $3.7M a yearTim Settle (WAS): $8.0M a yearTommy Togiai (HOU): $2.7M a yearTonka Hemingway (LV): $1.2M a yearTravis Jones (BAL): $13.5M a yearTyleik Williams (DET): $4.1M a yearTyler Davis (LAR): $1.1M a yearVernon Broughton (NO): $1.7M a yearVita Vea (TB): $30.0M a yearWalter Nolen (ARI): $4.8M a yearYahya Black (PIT): $1.1M a yearZach Sieler (MIA): $21.3M a yearZeek Biggers (MIA): $1.1M a yearKhristian Boyd: $1.1M a yearBoyd $1.1M$0$38.0M
Each dot is one of the interior linemen on the teams we track, placed by what he is paid a year.

Pay against play

Early read

Among the 107 interior linemen we have a grade and a contract for, Khristian Boyd is 40th on the field and 93rd in pay. His grade is still an early read, so this says nothing yet about whether his pay is fair.

On the field (overall grade)40 of 107
In pay93 of 107

Ranks are among the 107 interior linemen on the teams we track who have both a grade and a contract. A rank near the right of a bar is better play or higher pay.

Contract figures as of 2026-10-12, read from public cap sites (StickToTheModel team cap pages and OverTheCap contracts list and player pages) into a file we keep by hand, for all 32 teams. A deal signed, cut or reworked since may differ, and cap hits are rounded to $0.1M.

08 / 11

Playing time

He has played in 3 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 38% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.

Back in the lineup. He missed 1 game earlier, then played all of the last 2 games, on the field for about 4 of every 10 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.

09 / 11

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. A dash means that number is not in yet (charting posts a day or two after a game), not a zero.

Pressures per 100 snapsHigher is better

▲ Best game
3.8per 100 snapsWeek 3 LV, L 27–351 pressure in 26 snaps
▼ Worst game
0.0per 100 snapsWeek 5 MIN, L 13–230 pressures in 38 snaps

Tackles for loss per 100 snapsHigher is better

▲ Best game
7.7per 100 snapsWeek 3 LV, L 27–352 tackles for loss in 26 snaps
▼ Worst game
0.0per 100 snapsWeek 5 MIN, L 13–230 tackles for loss in 38 snaps
Khristian Boyd game by game
GameResultSnapsTklSoloAstTFLSacksPressPBUIntMissedPressures/100TFL/100
Wk 2 vs BALW 24–1734%0000000000.00.0
Wk 3 vs LVL 27–3537%3212110003.87.7
Wk 4 vs ATLL 24–4544%2110000000.00.0
Wk 5 vs MINL 13–23–3210––0––0.00.0

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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.
Khristian Boyd box score totals
StatTotalRank
Tackles874th of 108
Solo tackles533rd of 108
Assisted tackles386th of 108
Tackles for loss219th of 108
Sacks113th of 108
Pressures164th of 108
Passes defended033rd of 108
Interceptions01st of 108
Missed tackles045th of 108 (most)

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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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