Kamari Lassiter

From 38 rookie-year tackles to 17 PDs and 4 INTs in Year 2 — the cleanest sophomore CB leap of 2025.

A 2024 2nd-round pick (No. 42 overall) out of Georgia, Lassiter played a quiet but full rookie year as the boundary corner across from Derek Stingley Jr. Year 2 has been louder in every column: +59% tackles, +70% PDs, +33% INTs.

The TFL number jumping from 4 to 7 is the run-defense tell — he's playing closer to the line of scrimmage in run support, not just running with WRs.

All 7 of his career INTs came on deep passes — short routes have never beaten him for a pick.

League-wide, CBs intercept short passes more often than deep ones (more attempts, easier reads). Lassiter inverts the pattern entirely: 7 INTs on 16 deep PDs (44%) and 0 INTs on 11 short PDs.

The profile reads as a true boundary CB with elite ball-tracking on go-routes and posts. Houston gets to use him as the outside half-field eraser opposite Stingley.

He led all 2024-class CBs in PDs as a sophomore (17) — tied with Mitchell and McKinstry.

Lassiter and Kool-Aid McKinstry tied for the class lead in 2025 PDs at 17 each, both with 4 INTs. Mitchell — the class's most-hyped 1st-rounder — matched on volume but caught 0 picks. Lassiter's INT conversion is on the high side of the class (24% PD-to-INT rate).

The Texans secondary works because of him — 39 PDs on the team in 2025, Lassiter delivered 17 of them.

In 2025 Lassiter has more PDs than every other Texans DB — including All-Pro Stingley. The secondary as a unit has been the highest-volume PD group in the league this year, and Lassiter is the leading edge of it.

The combination of Lassiter + Stingley + Bullock + Pitre is one of just a couple of secondaries in 2024-25 where every member has 4+ INTs in the same season.

7 INTs and 27 PDs through 35 career games — the highest 2-year pick rate of any 2024-class CB.

7 INTs in 35 career games is one of the better young CB conversion rates in the league. To put it in context: Sauce Gardner had 6 in his first two years; Pat Surtain II had 5. Lassiter's at 7 with a higher TFL count (11) than either of them at the same stage.

The deep-ball INT pattern is the kind of trait that scales — boundary corners who can finish the play tend to keep doing it.