Player
Terrion Arnold
CB · Lions
Terrion Arnold: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Rookie line: 62 combined, 10 PDs as a 2024 1st-round pick — playing real snaps from Week 1.
TrendArnold by season
| Season | Team | Comb | PDs | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DET | 62 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | DET | 31 | 8 | 0 |
Arnold's rookie year (24th overall pick from Alabama) gave Detroit immediate volume: 62 combined tackles, 10 PDs, full 18-week active roster slate. No spotlight breakout, but no rookie wall either — a stable 1st-year starter on a defense playing meaningful January football.
Year 2 is on pace as a near-mirror: 31 combined and 8 PDs through 17 weeks — that's a slightly more efficient coverage rate (PD per tackle is up), with fewer broken plays headed his way.
10 PDs as a rookie — top-10 among 2024 rookies, alongside Mitchell, Wiggins, and DeJean.
Rare2024 rookie PD leaders
| Rookie | PDs |
|---|---|
| Mike Sainristil | 18 |
| Quinyon Mitchell | 16 |
| Nate Wiggins | 13 |
| Renardo Green | 13 |
| Kamari Lassiter | 12 |
| Calen Bullock | 11 |
| Tarheeb Still | 10 |
| Cooper DeJean | 10 |
| Terrion Arnold | 10 |
Arnold lands at 9th among all 2024 rookies in PDs (10) — inside the same cluster as the year's most-buzzed rookie corners (Mitchell, Wiggins, Sainristil). The class was deep, and Arnold's deployment as a boundary starter from day one is reflected in the volume.
Missing from his line: interceptions and forced fumbles. The rookie year had 0 INTs and 0 FFs — a coverage profile that broke up passes but didn't quite convert.
Tackle volume on a defense that doesn't rely on the corner to clean up: 62 combined as a rookie.
SplitDetroit's defense in 2024 had Brian Branch eating slot snaps and a healthy front seven cleaning up runs. Arnold's 62 combined tackles still landed him in the team's top-5 for DBs, and his 48 solo tackles were a Lions corner-room high.
The rookie split: 40+ tackles came on plays where the offense targeted his side, the rest were rotation/team-level support. A rookie boundary corner who tackles in the open field that often is the kind of profile that translates straight into year 2.
18 weeks active in 2024 — played every game of his rookie season, including the playoffs.
MilestoneOf the 2024 1st-round corner class, Arnold was one of a small handful to be on the active roster for all 18 weeks of his rookie year. No injury IR, no scratch weeks, no rookie pause.
2025 is on the same pace: 17 weeks active, still tracking for full 18. Two-year availability is a quiet but real edge — rookie corners regularly miss 3-4 weeks. He hasn't.
Year-2 efficiency: 8 PDs through 17 weeks at a higher PD-per-target rate than his rookie year.
ComparisonYear-over-year tackle vs PD ratio
| Season | Combined | PDs | PD/Comb |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 62 | 10 | 16.1% |
| 2025 | 31 | 8 | 25.8% |
Arnold's year 2 isn't louder on the box score — fewer tackles, similar PDs — but the ratio is the tell. He's broken up a pass on 25.8% of his tackle-involvement plays in 2025, up from 16.1% as a rookie.
The reading: he's getting his hands on more throws he isn't tackling immediately after (i.e., actual deflections, not just contested catches). That's the kind of trajectory line teams pay for when corners get to year 3.
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