Roger
McCreary
CB
#21
Roger McCreary
#21CB
Detroit Lions
Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 190 lbs · Age : 26
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Detroit Lions | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025 Totals | 14 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Tennessee Titans | 8 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Tennessee Titans | 15 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Tennessee Titans | 15 | 86 | 62 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Tennessee Titans | 17 | 84 | 70 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contract
Detroit Lions payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 1.26 M$
- Average per year
- 1.40 M$
- Total value
- 1.4 M$
- Seasons left
- 1 · through 2026
2026
1.26 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 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
0
9th percentile
Targets in coverage
11
Yards allowed
111 yd
Yards allowed per target
10.1 yd
19th percentile
Passer rating allowed
139.0
6th percentile
Tackles
11
38th percentile
Missed tackle rate
—
Tackles for loss
1
77th percentile
Defensive snaps
121
8th 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
-0.1
Games
17
WAR 2026
-0.1
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 (-1)
- 20230.2 WAR · 0.013 per game
- 20240.2 WAR · 0.013 per game
- 2025-0.2 WAR · -0.014 per game
- 2026-0.1 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
+9 · 26 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
56
Backup or prospect
- COV
- Coverage
- 60
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 47
- TCK
- Tackling
- 82
- DUR
- Durability
- 72
- 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
-0.1
#55 of 77 regular cornerbacks
PAL Rating
23 / 100
#60 of 77 regular cornerbacks
Value Rating · 2025
34 / 100
2025 PAL (24) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $1.4M.PAL expected for this salary: 42PAL: 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 | DET | 3 | -0.1 | 23 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 139.0 |
| 2025 | LAR | 14 | -0.2 | 24 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 8.6 | 77.1 |
| 2024 | TEN | 15 | 0.2 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 6.8 | 104.9 |
| 2023 | TEN | 15 | 0.2 | 39 | 68 | 1 | 6 | 6.9 | 85.3 |
| 2022 | TEN | 17 | -0.1 | 15 | 67 | 1 | 8 | 7.9 | 105.9 |
Roger McCreary in five questions
What are Roger McCreary's stats in 2026?
Roger McCreary has 0 interceptions and 0 passes defensed in 3 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is Roger McCreary?
Roger McCreary is 26 years old. He is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 190 lb (86 kg).
How good is Roger McCreary?
Roger McCreary produced -0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 64th of 77 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 23 out of 100: below average for his position.
What number does Roger McCreary wear, and what team does he play for?
Roger McCreary plays for Detroit Lions in the NFL, at CB, and wears number 21.
What is Roger McCreary's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at -0.1 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
