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Talanoa Hufanga

S · DEN

26 yrs

USC

Description

Position: S
Team: DEN
Status: ACT
Born: 2000-02-01
Age: 26
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200 lb
College: USC
Draft: 2021 · R5 · Pick 36 · SFO
Rookie yr: 2021

Contract

ACTIVE

APY: $13.0M/yr
Total: $39.0M
Guaranteed: $20.0M
% of cap: 4.7%
Term: 2025–2028 (3y)

Value#129/432

7.27DEF pts per $1M APY

Career Résumé

5 seasons

Seasons	5 2021–2025
Games	63
Tackles	306
Sacks	4.0
TFL	15
INT	7

2026 Projection

Stat	Floor	Median	Ceiling	vs ’25	Δ
Forced Fumbles	0.00	0.91	1.89	1.00	-0.09
Interceptions	0.07	1.68	4.61	0.00	+1.68
Passes Defended	4.04	8.24	11.7	11.0	-2.76
Solo Tackles	41.8	58.0	66.8	67.0	-9.00

Floor · Median · Ceiling · assumes a full 17-game season

Year	Tm	G	Solo	Ast	Comb	Sk	QBH	TFL	Int	PD	FF	TD
2025	DEN	17	67	39	106	2.0	3	6	0	11	1	0
2024	SF	7	17	18	35	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
2023	SF	10	35	13	48	0.0	2	1	3	3	0	0
2022	SF	17	58	31	89	2.0	3	5	4	9	2	1
2021	SF	12	20	8	28	0.0	1	1	0	2	0	0

College

Year	School	G	Car	Ru Yds	Ru TD	Rec	Rc Yds	Rc TD
2020	USC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	USC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	USC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career Milestones

league finishes · all-time rank

Stat	Career	All-Time	Led	Top 5	Top 10
Sacks	4	1115th	—	—	—
INTs	7	408th	—	—	—
Solo Tkl	197	711th	—	—	—

League finishes among qualifying seasons (≥6 GP) · all-time rank since 1999

Stat Profile

2025 · vs 318 peers

Solo/g

3.997

INT/g

054

PD/g

0.784

FF/g

0.176

TFL/g

0.395

PlayerMedian (50th)

Postseason

team record · since 1999

Round	W	L
Playoffs	4	3
Conf. Championship	0	3
Super Bowl	0	0

NextGen Stats

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Career Highs

regular season

Stat	Game	When	Season
Tackles	13	2025 Wk13 vs WAS	106'25
Sacks	1	2022 Wk5 vs CAR	2'22
TFL	2	2022 Wk1 vs CHI	6'25
INT	1	2022 Wk1 vs CHI	4'22

Athletic Profile

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Aging Curve

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Comparable Players

2025 · stat-profile similarity

Brian BranchDET24y
46 solo · 2.5 sk · 0 INT
91%
vs
Kyle HamiltonBAL25y
59 solo · 1.0 sk · 0 INT
90%
vs
Jalen ThompsonDAL27y
57 solo · 1.0 sk · 0 INT
87%
vs
Tykee SmithTB25y
60 solo · 2.0 sk · 1 INT
85%
vs
Amani HookerTEN27y
58 solo · 1.0 sk · 0 INT
85%
vs
Tony AdamsTEN27y
30 solo · 1.0 sk · 0 INT
85%
vs
Divine DeabloATL27y
36 solo · 1.0 sk · 0 INT
84%
vs
Alex AnzaloneTB31y
52 solo · 2.5 sk · 1 INT
84%
vs

Year over Year

season trajectory

Yr	Tm	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT
21	SF	28	0.0	1	0
22	SF	89▲	2.0▲	5▲	4▲
23	SF	48▼	0.0▼	1▼	3▼
24	SF	35▼	0.0	2▲	0▼
25	DEN	106▲	2.0▲	6▲	0

Game Trend

2025 · Tackles

WinLossTackles per game

Season Timeline

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Vs Defense Quality

2025 · per game

Faced	G	Tackles	Sacks	TFL
Top-10 D	5	5.8	0	0
Middle	5	6.4	0.2	0.2
Bottom-10 D	7	6.4	0.1	0.7

defense rank by EPA/play allowed

Consistency

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