NFL Advanced Stats Leaders — Pressure, Coverage, After Contact

Defense QB Pressure After Contact

Rushing After Contact

Most Rush Yards After Contact

YAC

Yards earned after the first defender arrives — pure physicality and balance.

#	Player	Team	Pos	YAC
1	Jonathan Taylor	IND	—	759
2	James Cook	BUF	—	734
3	De'Von Achane	MIA	—	719
4	Derrick Henry	BAL	—	692
5	Bijan Robinson	ATL	—	666
6	Javonte Williams	DAL	—	602
7	Kyren Williams	LA	—	592
8	Travis Etienne	JAX	—	568
9	Ashton Jeanty	LV	—	556
10	Kenneth Walker III	SEA	—	551
11	Jaylen Warren	PIT	—	521
12	Christian McCaffrey	SF	—	519
13	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	—	505
14	Rico Dowdle	CAR	—	484
15	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	—	474

Most Broken Tackles (Rushing)

BRKN

Defenders made to miss as a ball carrier.

#	Player	Team	Pos	BRKN
1	Kenneth Walker III	SEA	—	35
2	Jonathan Taylor	IND	—	27
3	Javonte Williams	DAL	—	25
4	Ashton Jeanty	LV	—

Receiving After Catch

Most Broken Tackles (Receiving)

BRKN

Yards-after-catch creators who turn a 5-yard hitch into a chunk play.

#	Player	Team	Pos	BRKN
1	Puka Nacua	LA	—	14
2	Christian McCaffrey	SF	—	11
3	Bijan Robinson	ATL	—	10
4	Khalil Shakir	BUF

What These Mean

GLOSSARY

These come from Pro Football Reference's film charting — analysts re-watching every snap and crediting pressures, broken tackles, and coverage by hand. It's the closest the public gets to All-22 film study in a spreadsheet. Charted, not modeled: no expected values, just what the tape showed.

QB Pressures: Plays where a pass rusher beat his block and disrupted the quarterback — a hurry, a hit, or a sack. The truest measure of a rusher's impact, well beyond the sack column.
Sacks: Quarterback takedowns behind the line on a pass attempt, as charged by PFR's film review. Charted independently of the official scorer, so totals can differ slightly from the box score.
Yards per Target Allowed: Receiving yards surrendered divided by passes thrown at the receiver this defender was covering. The cleanest read on coverage — a low number means the throw rarely paid off.
Completion % Allowed: Share of targets into this defender's coverage that were caught. Lower means tighter coverage, or a defender quarterbacks simply avoid.
Missed-Tackle %: Missed tackles as a share of all tackle attempts (made plus missed). A closer's stat — the lower it is, the more often the ball carrier goes down on first contact.
Yards After Contact (YAC): Rushing yards gained after the first defender makes contact. Pure physicality and balance — yards the blocking didn't give him.

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