Dadrion Taylor-Demerson

4th-round rookie → year-2 starter — tackle volume up 67%, but still chasing his first interception.

Texas Tech safety, 4th-round pick (#104) in 2024. Played 9 games as a rookie in a sub-package role.

The 2025 jump is +67% in combined tackles (58 vs 35) on more games but a higher per-game rate. His coverage rep is intact — 6 pass defenses already — but 0 career interceptions is the loudest gap on his stat sheet.

0 TFLs in 2025 — down from 3 as a rookie. The role has shifted from box safety to deeper coverage.

As a rookie, Taylor-Demerson had 3 tackles for loss and a forced fumble in 9 games — a box-safety profile in the run game.

In 2025, with more snaps and more tackles, the TFL count is zero. That's a major positional shift: more snaps in the back-end, fewer downhill responsibilities. The PD volume (6) confirms it — he's playing further off the line than he did as a rookie.

Whether that's by design (Cardinals scheme change under Nick Rallis) or by skill grade (the team wanted to keep him in single-high rather than nickel-blitz roles) is the open question for his Year-3 projection.

58 tackles in 12 games — pace for ~82 over a full season, top-tier for a safety in year 2.

At 58 combined tackles in 12 games, Taylor-Demerson is on a pace of ~82 tackles over 17 games. That's strong volume for a Day-3 pick in his second year — it implies the Cardinals trust him on enough downs to put him in tackling position.

The solo/assist split is 31/27 — a 53/47 mix. That's typical of a deep safety getting cleanup responsibilities (assists usually trend higher in zone coverage), not a sub-package box hammer.

Forced fumble in 2024 — the first career splash play, hasn't repeated yet.

Taylor-Demerson's 2024 forced fumble remains the only takeaway-creation event on his ledger. In 21 career games and 86 combined tackles, he's: - 1 forced fumble - 0 fumble recoveries - 0 interceptions - 11 pass defenses

The 11 PDs in 21 games is real — that's a coverage profile. The 0 INTs is what separates him right now from being a take-the-ball-away safety. Year 3 will be measured by whether the PDs convert.