Charting
Where Cotton's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
The play-by-play names the defender on breakups, interceptions and tackles, but not the man in coverage on every throw, so true times-targeted isn't in the text. Coverage plays is the closest stand-in; exact targets come from hand charting.
Game Log
KD Cotton's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 |  Tulane | W 17–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2 | @ Illinois | W 31–27 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Stanford | W 35–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  William & Mary | W 62–7 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 6 | @ Georgia Tech | L 25–28 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  North Carolina | L 20–24 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 8 | @ Virginia | W 19–16 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | 2 | 49 | · |
| 9 |  Boston College | W 47–2 | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | 3 | 30 | · |
| 2026 · 3 games | 5.3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | 5 | 79 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 8 | 2631st / 5664 |
| Solo | 2 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 5 | — |
| Yards | 79 | — |
| Average | 15.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 27 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 · Virginia | 77 | ~18 (0–30) | 2 | 2 | 23% |
| Wk 9 · Boston College | 59 | ~57 (23–59) | 5 | 3 | 97% |
| Season | 486 | 75 (7–117) | 7 | 5 | 15% |
Position Room
16 DBs on the Duke roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | DaShawn Stone | S | JR | 39 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 35 | Andrew Pellicciotta | S | SO | 33 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 0 | Dylan Flowers | CB | SR | 31 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 3 |
| 1 | Kyon Loud | CB | SO | 27 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 |
| 2 | Patrick Smith-Young | S | SR | 23 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Che Ojarikre | CB | SR | 16 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 |
| 4 | Evan Smith | CB | SR | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | KD Cotton | S | FR | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 5 | Kimari Robinson | CB | JR | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 3 | Landan Callahan | CB | SO | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Leon Griffin III | S | JR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 28 | Kaleb Lanier | CB | FR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 26 | Tyson Sanford | CB | FR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 23 | Kolbe Harmon | CB | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 29 | Brady Winter | S | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 37 | Lyrik Pettis | S | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Duke depth chart →