Safeties.

KJ Bolden

Third-year Georgia safety and former five-star who took over the deep middle after Malaki Starks left; the range and the tackle volume are real, the splash rate has not caught up yet.

Jackson Bennee

A former walk-on from Holladay who went from six tackles as a backup to 64 tackles, four interceptions and two blocked kicks in 2025, and now carries a Paul Hornung Award watch-list tag into his junior year.

Zach Lutmer

A small-town Iowa recruit turned second-team All-Big Ten hybrid: 71 tackles, 5.5 for loss, three interceptions with a pick-six and seven pass breakups in 2025.

Ty Benefield

A 6-3, 208-pound safety out of Crean Lutheran in Altadena, Benefield started three seasons at Boise State and piled up 174 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and five interceptions before transferring to LSU in January 2026. H

Dashawn Spears

Spears arrived at LSU as a top-100 composite safety and then waited. Two seasons in a crowded room produced 26 games, four starts and one loud afternoon: two interceptions off DJ Lagway in September 2025 that earned SEC

Jaylen McClain

Jaylen McClain plays the position the way coaches diagram it. In 2025 he posted 53 tackles — 42 of them solo — with three passes defensed for an Ohio State defense that asks its safeties to rotate late, disguise coverage

Jelani McDonald

A 6-2, 199-pound Texas safety who started all 13 games in 2025 and led the back end with 80 tackles (49 solo), three interceptions and three pass breakups. Long, rangy and comfortable playing downhill from depth, with th

Koi Perich

Koi Perich is the rarest kind of prospect: a player whose problem is that he is good at too many things. As a true freshman at Minnesota in 2024 he intercepted five passes with 46 tackles and returned 20 punts and 16 kic

Bray Hubbard

A four-star recruit and two-time Mississippi 6A Mr. Football as a quarterback out of Ocean Springs, Hubbard converted to safety at Alabama and broke through in 2025 with 74 tackles, four interceptions, three forced fumbl

Marcus Neal Jr.

Marcus Neal Jr. is a 6-1, 216-pound junior safety from Kansas City, Missouri who started every game at Iowa State in 2025 before transferring to Penn State. The 2025 line is unusual for a defensive back: 77 total tackles

Tae Johnson

A 6-2, 200-pound Notre Dame safety who intercepted four passes for 73 return yards in 10 games in 2025 and made the FWAA Freshman All-America team. Deep-half range and elite ball skills, with the run fit still under cons

Tao Johnson

A 6-0, 194-pound fifth-year safety who played 43 games at Utah, starting 23 at safety and 12 at nickel, before transferring to UCLA for 2026. Reliable tackler with real slot experience and 3 career interceptions, but he