Dell
Pettus
S
#24
Dell Pettus
New England PatriotsHeight : 5' 11" · Weight : 200 lbs · Age : 25
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New England Patriots | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | New England Patriots | 17 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | New England Patriots | 17 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contract
New England Patriots payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 0.62 M$
- Average per year
- 0.95 M$
- Total value
- 2.8 M$
- Seasons left
- 1 · through 2026
- Status
- Injured reserve
2026
0.62 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, 2024 Safeties
NFL stats →2024 season. The percentile ranks the player among regular safeties: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Tackles
31
3th percentile
Interceptions
0
16th percentile
Passes defended
2
14th percentile
Targets in coverage
14
Yards allowed
87 yd
Yards allowed per target
6.2 yd
84th percentile
Passer rating allowed
81.5
77th percentile
Missed tackle rate
—
Tackles for loss
1
21th percentile
Defensive snaps
341
0th 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.
2025 projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
0.1
Games
17
WAR 2024
0.1
Games played
17
The pace of the last three seasons (WAR per game, 60/25/15), pulled toward the group average, over the games expected from his availability in the last two, adjusted for age.
Trend
→ Stable (0)
- 20240.1 WAR · 0.006 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+25 · 23 y.o. · usually still improving
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2024
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
78
Established starter
- COV
- Coverage
- 81
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 70
- TCK
- Tackling
- 67
- DUR
- Durability
- 85
- EX
- Experience
- 0
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, 2024
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).
PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
45% of the EPA of his carries (the line gets the rest), above replacement.
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.
Dell Pettus in five questions
What are Dell Pettus's stats in 2024?
Dell Pettus has 0 interceptions and 2 passes defensed in 17 games in 2024.
How old and how tall is Dell Pettus?
Dell Pettus is 25 years old. He is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 201 lb (91 kg).
How good is Dell Pettus?
Dell Pettus produced 0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2024. His PAL rating is 48 out of 100: around average for his position.
What number does Dell Pettus wear, and what team does he play for?
Dell Pettus plays for New England Patriots in the NFL, at S, and wears number 24.
What is Dell Pettus's projection for 2025?
Our projection has him at 0.1 WAR in 2025, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
