Player

A.J. Terrell

CB · Falcons

A.J. Terrell: facts drawn from the play-by-play.

FanIQ Research · May 11, 2026 · 6 facts, every one from the play-by-play

264 solo tackles + 7 INTs + 61 PDs across 6 seasons as Atlanta's CB1.

Trend

Terrell by season (Falcons)

Season	G	Solo	Asst	TFL	PD	INT	FF
2020	14	58	13	3	7	1	3
2021	16	51	29	3	16	3	1
2022	14	30	11	1	9	0	0
2023	17	30	11	4	11	0	0
2024	15	46	16	2	6	2	0
2025	15	49	19	1	12	1	2

Picked 16th overall in 2020, Terrell stepped in as Atlanta's CB1 from day one — and never left the role. The 6-season arc shows a player who locks down a side rather than chasing splash: only 7 career INTs, but 61 pass breakups and 264 solo tackles as the Falcons' boundary corner.

The 2021 second-team All-Pro season (51 solo, 16 PD, 3 INT) remains his statistical peak — and it earned him a 4-year, $81M extension in 2024 that made him one of the highest-paid corners in football.

PDs + INTs combined by season

Season	PD+INT
2020	8
2021	19
2022	9
2023	11
2024	8
2025	13

Top-10 in pass breakups twice (2021, 2025) — a shadow-corner who lives on the boundary.

Milestone

Terrell's 16 PDs in 2021 ranked top-10 leaguewide (tied 10th among all DBs). In 2025 his 12 PDs again sit inside the top tier — only the corners traveling with the opponent's WR1 every snap put up that kind of volume.

The profile fits Raheem Morris's defensive scheme: Terrell stays on his side, doesn't shadow, but absorbs the deepest target volume of any Falcons corner. He's been Atlanta's CB1 every snap since Week 1 of his rookie year.

After the 2021 All-Pro spike, his INT total fell to 3 across the next 4 seasons combined.

Split

Pre-2022 vs. post-2022 INT pace

Window	Seasons	INTs	INT/Season
2020-2021	2	4	2.0
2022-2025	4	3	0.75

The pick-rate cliff after 2021 is the storyline. In his first 2 seasons Terrell logged 4 INTs in 30 games — including a 3-INT All-Pro season. Across the next 4 seasons (61 games) he managed just 3 INTs total.

QBs adjusted: targets to his side dropped, and the targets he did get were check-downs rather than challenged deep balls. The PDs stayed (38 across 2022-2025), but the picks didn't follow.

INTs by season

Season	INT
2020	1
2021	3
2022	0
2023	0
2024	2
2025	1

6 straight seasons of 13+ games — durability is the silent piece of his contract.

Rare

Terrell has played 91 games in 6 seasons — averaging 15.2 games per year. He's never missed more than 3 games in a season. Among CBs drafted in the 2020 first round (Okudah, CJ Henderson, Jaylon Johnson, Damon Arnette), Terrell is the only one still starting on his original team.

91 games · 264 solo tackles · 61 PDs · 7 INTs — the volume case for a top-15 corner.

6 forced fumbles in 6 seasons — and 3 of them came in his rookie year alone.

Anomaly

Terrell's 3 forced fumbles as a rookie in 2020 were a striking opening line for a 22-year-old corner. Across the next 4 seasons he forced just 1 combined. Then in 2025 he punched out 2 more — the first multi-FF season since his rookie year.

The rookie-year tackling violence plus the 2025 rebound reads like a corner who's reintroduced an aggressive element to his game — possibly tied to the 2024 contract giving him a more featured role.

2025 PD pace (12) sits in the top tier among NFL corners.

Comparison

2025 PD leaders (DB position)

Player	PD
Mike Jackson	23
Kamari Lassiter	21
Quinyon Mitchell	20
Riley Moss	19
Tyson Campbell	18
Cooper DeJean	18
A.J. Terrell	12

At 12 PDs in 15 games, Terrell sits inside the top 25 leaguewide in 2025 — the kind of volume that says QBs are testing him again. Combine that with 1 INT and 2 FFs and the season represents a bounce-back from a quiet 2022-2024 stretch where his PD totals were 9, 11, and 6.

At 27, Terrell is on his second contract. The 2025 line is the case that he's back in his 2021 form.

FanIQ answers any NFL stats question with receipts, on your phone.

Get FanIQ free Get it on Google Play