Christian
Gonzalez
CB
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Christian Gonzalez
New England PatriotsHeight : 6' 1" · Weight : 205 lbs · Age : 24
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New England Patriots | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | New England Patriots | 14 | 69 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | New England Patriots | 16 | 59 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 |
| 2023 | New England Patriots | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ContractNew England Patriots payroll →
- 2026 cap number
- 11.41 M$
- Average per year
- 33.75 M$
- Total value
- 135.0 M$
- Seasons left
- 6 · through 2031
2026
11.41 M$
Guaranteed
2027
24.72 M$
Guaranteed
2028
24.60 M$
Not guaranteed
2029
31.60 M$
Not guaranteed
2030
33.25 M$
Not guaranteed
2031
32.35 M$
Not guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
Advanced stats, 2026CornerbacksNFL stats →
2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular cornerbacks: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Interceptions
0
40th percentile
Passes defended
5
95th percentile
Targets in coverage
18
Yards allowed
43 yd
Yards allowed per target
2.4 yd
98th percentile
Passer rating allowed
51.6
93th percentile
Tackles
8
17th percentile
Missed tackle rate
11.1 %
55th percentile
Tackles for loss
0
31th percentile
Defensive snaps
172
49th percentile
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
2026 end-of-season projectionNFL trends →
Projected WAR
0.8
Games
17
WAR 2026
0.4
Games played
3
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
↑ Slightly up (+10)
- 20230.1 WAR · 0.025 per game
- 20240.4 WAR · 0.025 per game
- 20250.4 WAR · 0.029 per game
- 20260.4 WAR · 0.133 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+35 · 24 y.o. · usually still improving
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026All ratings →
Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
82
Very good
- COV
- Coverage
- 94
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 72
- TCK
- Tackling
- 81
- DUR
- Durability
- 64
- EX
- Experience
- 50
Why these ratings?Hide details
- COV — Coverage : Yards and passer rating allowed per target
- BAL — Ball skills : Ball carrier: fumbles avoided. Defender: interceptions and passes defended
- TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
- DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL
WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →
WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.
Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).
Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.
How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.
The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | INT | PD | Yds/tgt | Rtg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NE | 3 | 0.4 | 95 | 82 | 0 | 5 | 2.4 | 51.6 |
| 2025 | NE | 14 | 0.4 | 63 | 79 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 | 79.9 |
| 2024 | NE | 16 | 0.4 | 86 | 81 | 2 | 11 | 6.0 | 71.7 |
| 2023 | NE | 4 | 0.1 | 54 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 7.0 | 86.1 |