DJ Reader
DT
New York Giants
Age 31
Height/Weight 6'3", 335 Lbs
College Clemson
Drafted 2016 Round 5 Pick 166
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Projections: IDP
| Expert | Total Pts | Individual Defensive Players | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2PR | AST | BLK | FMR | FMF | INT | PD | SCK | SAF | TAC | TFL | TD | ||
Footballguys Consensus
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27.29 | - | 8.43 | - | 0.37 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 0.77 | 0.9 | - | 9.47 | - | 0.03 |
Aaron Rudnicki
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28.88 | - | 6.3 | - | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | - | 9.4 | - | - |
Joseph Haggan
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53.05 | - | 19 | - | 0.8 | 0.1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 19 | - | 0.1 |
Rankings
Footballguys Consensus
DT92
Jeff Haseley
DT87
Gary Davenport
DT86
Joseph Haggan
DT68
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Schedule
New York Giants Schedule
| Week | Date & Time | Opponent | TV | Spread/Total | Weather |
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| 1 |
Sunday, September 13 8:20 PM |
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NBC/P |
+2.5
O/U 48.5
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| 2 |
Monday, September 21 8:15 PM |
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Sunday, September 27 1:00 PM |
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Sunday, October 4 1:00 PM |
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Sunday, October 11 1:00 PM |
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Sunday, October 18 1:00 PM |
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Sunday, October 25 1:00 PM |
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Sunday, November 8 1:00 PM |
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Thursday, November 12 8:15 PM |
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Sunday, November 22 1:00 PM |
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| 12 |
Sunday, November 29 1:00 PM |
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Sunday, December 6 1:00 PM |
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Sunday, December 13 4:25 PM |
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Sunday, December 20 1:00 PM |
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Monday, December 28 8:15 PM |
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ESPN | ||
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Sunday, January 3 1:00 PM |
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| 18 |
Sunday, January 10 --:-- |
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Career Stats
| YR | TM | G | TKL | AST | SCK | FF | FR | INT | PD | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | HOU | 14 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | HOU | 16 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | HOU | 16 | 28 | 24 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | CIN | 5 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | CIN | 17 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | CIN | 11 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | CIN | 14 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | DET | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | DET | 17 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 125 | 164 | 145 | 11.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Game Logs
| YR | WK | OPP | dSNAP | TKL | AST | SCK | FF | FR | INT | PD | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | WAS | 583 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | GB | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | CHI | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | BAL | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | CLE | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | CIN | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | KC | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | TB | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | MIN | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | WAS | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | PHI | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | NYG | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | GB | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | DAL | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | LAR | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | PIT | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | MIN | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | CHI | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | TEN | 508 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | TB | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | ARI | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | SEA | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | DAL | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | MIN | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | TEN | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | GB | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | HOU | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | JAX | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | IND | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | CHI | 37 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | BUF | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | CHI | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | SF | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 18 | MIN | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | TEN | 535 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | CLE | 51 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | BAL | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | LAR | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | TEN | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | ARI | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | SEA | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | SF | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | BUF | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | HOU | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | BAL | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | PIT | 51 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | JAX | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14 | IND | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | TEN | 397 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | PIT | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | DAL | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | NYJ | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | PIT | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | TEN | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13 | KC | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | CLE | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15 | TB | 49 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | NE | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 18 | BAL | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | SF | 590 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | MIN | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | CHI | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | PIT | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | JAX | 41 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | GB | 49 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | DET | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | BAL | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8 | NYJ | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | CLE | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | LV | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | PIT | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | LAC | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | SF | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15 | DEN | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17 | KC | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 18 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | PHI | 259 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | LAC | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | CLE | 56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | PHI | 68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | JAX | 56 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | BAL | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | TEN | 629 | 28 | 24 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | NO | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | JAX | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | LAC | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | CAR | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | ATL | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | KC | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | IND | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | OAK | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9 | JAX | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11 | BAL | 49 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | IND | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13 | NE | 50 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | DEN | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | TEN | 47 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16 | TB | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17 | TEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | WAS | 637 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | NE | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | TEN | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | NYG | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | IND | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | DAL | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | BUF | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | JAX | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | MIA | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9 | DEN | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11 | WAS | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | TEN | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | CLE | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14 | IND | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15 | NYJ | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | PHI | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 17 | JAX | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | TEN | 526 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | JAX | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | CIN | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | NE | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | TEN | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | KC | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | CLE | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | SEA | 55 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9 | IND | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10 | LAR | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | ARI | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12 | BAL | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13 | TEN | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14 | SF | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15 | JAX | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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