2026 SEASON · WEEK 3

ACTIVE PLAYER PROFILE

Will Anderson Jr.

DL · HOU · Active

Age 25College AlabamaDepth LDE #1

Cumulative season CFI77.4#5 of 103 · same-position season grade

Weekly CFI · Week 283.6#3 of 83 · same-position weekly grade

Predictive CFI · vs IND60.9Week 3 · experimental projection · low confidence

How this is estimated

Experimental EDGE projection: qualified current-season grades from the previous four weeks, weighted by snaps and recency and regressed toward 50. Opponent unit pass and run performance adjusts the estimate by at most four points. Limited game history; low confidence.

Next matchup

Current schedule and opponent context

Week 3

Away · 2026-09-27 · 1:00 PMHOU vs INDLucas Oil Stadium · Indoors

Matchup rank#15#1 is the easiest opposing offense by EPA/play

CFI history and comparable paths

Qualified weekly form plus the closest same-position index profiles

Same-position context

Will Anderson Jr.Dre'Mont Jones · comparableMike Green · comparableBoye Mafe · comparable

Dre'Mont JonesNE · 76.6 CFI Mike GreenBAL · 79.2 CFI Boye MafeCIN · 75 CFI

Weekly CFI history

Same-position percentile grade for each qualifying week in 2026. The season CFI above is the cumulative grade.

Week	Weekly CFI	Rank	Qualified players	Volume
1	71.5	#14	90	50
2	83.6	#3	83	47

Advanced Player Research

Production, usage, efficiency, and indexes for 2026

Performance · 2026

Advanced efficiency

defense

Pressure rate: 14.52%
Pass rush win rate: 16.95%
Run stop rate: 20.59%
Sacks / pass rush: 4.84%
Hits / pass rush: 1.61%
Hurries / pass rush: 8.06%
Missed tackle rate: 10%
Defensive grade: 83.66
Pass rush grade: 71.1
Run defense grade: 83.25
Pressures: 9
Charted sacks: 3
Charted QB hits: 1
QB hurries: 5
Batted passes: 1
Run stops: 7
Charted solo tackles: 9
Charted assists: 0
Missed tackles: 1
Defensive snaps: 97
Pass rush snaps: 62
Run defense snaps: 35

Core indexes · experimental v1.4

CoreFootball Index (CFI) #5 of 10377.4

Same-position rank: #5 of 103. Eligible position cohort: players.

Input	Value	Percentile	Weight

Weekly game log

Week	Solo tackles	Combined tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Pressure rate	INT	Forced fumbles	Fumble recoveries	Tackles for loss	Passes defended
1	1	3	0.5	1	12.9%	0	0	0	0	0
2	3	8	1	2	16.1%	0	0	0	3	1

Home and away

Production by game setting

Split	Games	Solo tackles	Combined tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Pressure rate	INT	Forced fumbles	Fumble recoveries	Tackles for loss	Passes defended
HomeSmall sample	2	4	11	1.5	3	14.5%	0	0	0	3	1

Indoor and outdoor

Production by game setting

Split	Games	Solo tackles	Combined tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Pressure rate	INT	Forced fumbles	Fumble recoveries	Tackles for loss	Passes defended
IndoorSmall sample	2	4	11	1.5	3	14.5%	0	0	0	3	1

Temperature

Production by game setting

Split	Games	Solo tackles	Combined tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Pressure rate	INT	Forced fumbles	Fumble recoveries	Tackles for loss	Passes defended

Game setting data is unavailable for this selection.

Wind

Production by game setting

Split	Games	Solo tackles	Combined tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Pressure rate	INT	Forced fumbles	Fumble recoveries	Tackles for loss	Passes defended

Game setting data is unavailable for this selection.

Opponent history

Performance against opponents across imported seasons

Opponent	Games	Solo tackles	Combined tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Pressure rate	Forced fumbles	Fumble recoveries	Tackles for loss	Passes defended	Last meeting
BAL	3	5	12	1.5	4	—	0	0	4	1	2025-10-05
IND	6	13	23	1	4	—	0	1	4	0	2026-01-04
JAX	6	11	16	2	6	—	1	0	3	1	2025-11-09
PITSmall sample	1	0	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	2023-10-01
ATLSmall sample	1	1	6	0	1	—	0	0	0	0	2023-10-08
NOSmall sample	1	2	3	0	2	—	0	0	0	0	2023-10-15
CARSmall sample	1	1	3	0	0	—	0	0	1	0	2023-10-29
TBSmall sample	2	5	7	2	2	—	0	0	1	0	2025-09-15
CINSmall sample	2	3	9	1	4	16.1%	0	0	3	1	2026-09-20
ARISmall sample	2	2	2	1	3	—	0	0	2	0	2025-12-14
DENSmall sample	2	4	6	3	6	—	0	0	3	1	2025-11-02
NYJSmall sample	2	0	0	0	2	—	0	0	0	0	2024-10-31
TEN	4	5	10	5	7	—	1	1	6	0	2025-11-16
CHISmall sample	1	1	4	1.5	2	—	0	0	2	0	2024-09-15
MINSmall sample	1	1	2	1	1	—	0	0	1	0	2024-09-22
BUF	3	4	10	3	6	12.9%	0	0	3	1	2026-09-13
NESmall sample	1	5	8	3	3	—	0	0	4	1	2024-10-13
GBSmall sample	1	1	1	1	1	—	0	0	1	0	2024-10-20
MIASmall sample	1	1	3	1	2	—	1	0	1	0	2024-12-15
KCSmall sample	2	4	5	0	3	—	0	0	1	0	2025-12-07
LASmall sample	1	3	4	1	2	—	0	0	3	0	2025-09-07
SEASmall sample	1	3	5	1	1	—	1	1	1	0	2025-10-20
SFSmall sample	1	1	1	1	3	—	0	0	1	1	2025-10-26
LVSmall sample	1	2	2	1	1	—	0	0	1	0	2025-12-21
LACSmall sample	1	1	3	0.5	1	—	0	0	2	0	2025-12-27

Game log

Location, game environment, workload, and production

Season	Week	Opponent	Site	Environment	Solo tackles	Combined tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Pressure rate	INT	Forced fumbles	Fumble recoveries	Tackles for loss	Passes defended
2026	1	BUF	Home	Indoor	1	3	0.5	1	12.9%	0	0	0	0	0
2026	2	CIN	Home	Indoor	3	8	1	2	16.1%	0	0	0	3	1

Career totals

Regular-season totals across available career history

Season	Team	Games	Solo tackles	Combined tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Pressure rate	Forced fumbles	Fumble recoveries	Tackles for loss	Passes defended
2023	HOU	15	21	45	7	22	—	0	0	9	1
2024	HOU	14	23	37	11	19	—	1	1	16	2
2025	HOU	17	31	54	12	23	—	3	2	20	3
2026	HOU	2	4	11	1.5	3	14.5%	0	0	3	1
Career	All teams	48	79	147	31.5	67	14.5%	4	3	48	7

Weekly CFI is a same-position percentile grade using the published weekly play and production fields. CFI uses the same position model as the leaderboard. A dash means the source data or a qualified model is unavailable. Historical production is from nflverse; charted blocking and pressure metrics cover published charting reports only. Missing values are left blank rather than estimated.