Malik

Muhammad II

#24

Malik Muhammad II

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 182 lbs · Age : 22

NFL record

Year	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS
2026	Chicago Bears	3	11	6	5	1	0	0	0

Contract

Chicago Bears payroll →

2026 cap number: 1.16 M$
Average per year: 1.37 M$
Total value: 5.5 M$
Seasons left: 4 · through 2029

2026
1.16 M$
Not guaranteed
2027
1.33 M$
Not guaranteed
2028
1.44 M$
Not guaranteed
2029
1.56 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

89th percentile

Passes defended

58th percentile

Targets in coverage

Yards allowed

119 yd

Yards allowed per target

7.4 yd

51th percentile

Passer rating allowed

48.7

94th percentile

Tackles

38th percentile

Missed tackle rate

15.4 %

35th percentile

Tackles for loss

77th percentile

Defensive snaps

134

26th 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

WAR 2026

0.1

Games played

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 (0)

20260.1 WAR · 0.033 per game

The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.

Outlook, age included

+25 · 21 y.o. · usually still improving

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

High-end

COV: Coverage; 81
BAL: Ball skills; 86
TCK: Tackling; 73
DUR: Durability; 84
EX: Experience; 0

Why these ratings?

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

0.1

#10 of 77 regular cornerbacks

PAL Rating

90 / 100

#8 of 77 regular cornerbacks

PAL: dimensions

Coverage79

Ball skills85

Splash plays85

Tackling49

Where WAR comes from (in wins)

Splash plays+0.04

Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.

Coverage0.00

Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).

Position share+0.02

Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.

Team defense+0.03

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.