Mekhi
Blackmon
CB
#29
Mekhi Blackmon
#29CB
Cleveland Browns
Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 178 lbs · Age : 27
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cleveland Browns | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 64 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Contract
Cleveland Browns payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 1.33 M$
- Average per year
- 1.08 M$
- Total value
- 1.1 M$
- Seasons left
- 1 · through 2026
2026
1.33 M$
Partially 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 (4 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular safeties: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Tackles
11
15th percentile
Interceptions
0
35th percentile
Passes defended
2
80th percentile
Targets in coverage
16
Yards allowed
86 yd
Yards allowed per target
5.4 yd
80th percentile
Passer rating allowed
60.9
83th percentile
Missed tackle rate
9.1 %
54th percentile
Tackles for loss
0
33th percentile
Defensive snaps
93
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.
2026 end-of-season projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
0.5
Games
17
WAR 2026
0.2
Games played
4
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 (+2)
- 20230.4 WAR · 0.027 per game
- 20250.5 WAR · 0.029 per game
- 20260.2 WAR · 0.050 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+12 · 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
79
Established starter
- COV
- Coverage
- 86
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 73
- TCK
- Tackling
- 64
- DUR
- Durability
- 79
- 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, 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
0.2
PAL Rating
86 / 100
Value Rating · 2025
80 / 100
2025 PAL (65) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $1.1M.PAL expected for this salary: 33Rookie-scale contract: a salary set by the draft, not the market.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 | Tkl | INT | PD | Yds/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CLE | 4 | 0.2 | 86 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | IND | 17 | 0.5 | 65 | 80 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | MIN | 15 | 0.4 | 89 | 91 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 5.7 |
Mekhi Blackmon in five questions
What are Mekhi Blackmon's stats in 2026?
Mekhi Blackmon has 0 interceptions and 2 passes defensed in 4 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is Mekhi Blackmon?
Mekhi Blackmon is 27 years old. He is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 179 lb (81 kg).
How good is Mekhi Blackmon?
Mekhi Blackmon produced 0.2 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress). His PAL rating is 86 out of 100: excellent for his position.
What number does Mekhi Blackmon wear, and what team does he play for?
Mekhi Blackmon plays for Cleveland Browns in the NFL, at CB, and wears number 29.
What is Mekhi Blackmon's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at 0.5 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
