DaRon
Bland
CB
#26
DaRon Bland
#26CB
Dallas Cowboys
Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 202 lbs · Age : 27
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 73 | 45 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 69 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contract
Dallas Cowboys payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 8.42 M$
- Average per year
- 22.50 M$
- Total value
- 90.0 M$
- Seasons left
- 5 · through 2030
2026
8.42 M$
Guaranteed
2027
19.46 M$
Not guaranteed
2028
13.26 M$
Not guaranteed
2029
17.46 M$
Not guaranteed
2030
30.35 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, 2026 Cornerbacks
NFL 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
1
32th percentile
Targets in coverage
13
Yards allowed
73 yd
Yards allowed per target
5.6 yd
77th percentile
Passer rating allowed
108.8
31th percentile
Tackles
14
68th percentile
Missed tackle rate
6.7 %
88th percentile
Tackles for loss
1
77th percentile
Defensive snaps
200
86th 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 projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
0.0
Games
17
WAR 2026
0.0
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
→ Stable (+3)
- 20230.6 WAR · 0.035 per game
- 20240.1 WAR · 0.014 per game
- 2025-0.2 WAR · -0.017 per game
- 20260.0 WAR · 0.000 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+13 · 27 y.o. · prime years
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026
All 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
71
Established starter
- COV
- Coverage
- 71
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 76
- TCK
- Tackling
- 86
- DUR
- Durability
- 62
- EX
- Experience
- 58
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, 2026
How 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).
WAR
0.0
#32 of 77 regular cornerbacks
PAL Rating
40 / 100
#47 of 77 regular cornerbacks
Value Rating · 2025
13 / 100
2025 PAL (22) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $22.5M.PAL expected for this salary: 61PAL: 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 | DAL | 3 | 0.0 | 40 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 108.8 |
| 2025 | DAL | 12 | -0.2 | 22 | 71 | 1 | 6 | 7.9 | 103.3 |
| 2024 | DAL | 7 | 0.1 | 45 | 80 | 0 | 5 | 6.4 | 105.7 |
| 2023 | DAL | 17 | 0.6 | 97 | 90 | 9 | 15 | 7.9 | 60.8 |
| 2022 | DAL | 17 | 0.5 | 91 | 85 | 5 | 7 | 6.5 | 82.2 |
DaRon Bland in five questions
What are DaRon Bland's stats in 2026?
DaRon Bland has 0 interceptions and 1 pass defensed in 3 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is DaRon Bland?
DaRon Bland is 27 years old. He is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 203 lb (92 kg).
How good is DaRon Bland?
DaRon Bland produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 44th of 77 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 40 out of 100: around average for his position.
What number does DaRon Bland wear, and what team does he play for?
DaRon Bland plays for Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, at CB, and wears number 26.
What is DaRon Bland's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at 0.0 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
