Joshua
Metellus
S
#44
Joshua Metellus
Minnesota VikingsHeight : 5' 11" · Weight : 208 lbs · Age : 28
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 86 | 42 | 44 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 103 | 63 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 116 | 78 | 38 | 2.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Contract
Minnesota Vikings payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 5.96 M$
- Average per year
- 12.00 M$
- Total value
- 36.0 M$
- Seasons left
- 4 · through 2029
2026
5.96 M$
Guaranteed
2027
14.00 M$
Not guaranteed
2028
14.00 M$
Not guaranteed
2029
2.00 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 Safeties
NFL stats →2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular safeties: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Tackles
20
72th percentile
Interceptions
0
35th percentile
Passes defended
2
80th percentile
Targets in coverage
19
Yards allowed
182 yd
Yards allowed per target
9.6 yd
37th percentile
Passer rating allowed
103.4
36th percentile
Missed tackle rate
—
Tackles for loss
0
33th percentile
Defensive snaps
211
93th 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
0.2
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)
- 20230.7 WAR · 0.041 per game
- 20240.2 WAR · 0.012 per game
- 20250.4 WAR · 0.029 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
-3 · 28 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
77
Established starter
- COV
- Coverage
- 76
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 69
- TCK
- Tackling
- 83
- DUR
- Durability
- 74
- EX
- Experience
- 70
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
#27 of 71 regular safeties
PAL Rating
40 / 100
#43 of 71 regular safeties
Value Rating · 2025
63 / 100
2025 PAL (74) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $12.0M.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 | Tkl | INT | PD | Yds/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIN | 3 | 0.0 | 40 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 9.6 |
| 2025 | MIN | 14 | 0.4 | 74 | 83 | 84 | 2 | 6 | 7.7 |
| 2024 | MIN | 17 | 0.2 | 66 | 82 | 92 | 2 | 5 | 8.3 |
| 2023 | MIN | 17 | 0.7 | 61 | 74 | 102 | 1 | 5 | 6.7 |
| 2022 | MIN | 17 | 0.1 | 72 | 96 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 7.0 |
Joshua Metellus in five questions
What are Joshua Metellus's stats in 2026?
Joshua Metellus has 0 interceptions and 2 passes defensed in 3 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is Joshua Metellus?
Joshua Metellus is 28 years old. He is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 207 lb (94 kg).
How good is Joshua Metellus?
Joshua Metellus produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 40th of 71 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 40 out of 100: around average for his position.
What number does Joshua Metellus wear, and what team does he play for?
Joshua Metellus plays for Minnesota Vikings in the NFL, at S, and wears number 44.
What is Joshua Metellus's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at 0.2 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
