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Marlon Humphrey

CB · Ravens

Marlon Humphrey: facts drawn from the play-by-play.

Nine seasons of Ravens football — and the 2020 year was a peak no other modern CB has matched.

Trend

Humphrey regular-season defensive production by year

YearPDsTacklesFFFRTFL
20171130001
20181530103
20191450234
20201271804
20211341100
2022749123
2023520001
20241546205
20251352213

PDs per season

SeasonPDs
201711
201815
201914
202012
202113
20227
20235
202415
202513

Nine straight years with at least 5 PDs and 20 tackles for the Ravens — and now back to 15+13 PDs over 2024-25 after a mid-career dip (2022-23). The career shape is strong start (2018-21), brief slump (22-23), full resurgence (24-25).

8 forced fumbles in 2020 — 2nd-most by any DB in a single season since 1999.

Rare

Top single-season FF totals by a DB (regular season)

PlayerYearFFs
Charles Tillman201210
Marlon Humphrey20208
Josh Norman20217
Roman Harper20106
Antoine Winfield Jr.20236

His 2020 FF total (8) is the second-best season by any DB in the database — only Charles Tillman's legendary 2012 "Peanut Punch" year (10) is ahead. Humphrey had 2 FFs in back-to-back weeks (Week 12 vs PIT and Week 14 vs CLE) — that's the punch-the-ball-out signature game stretch of his career.

105 career PDs, 17 career FFs — the rare CB who breaks up *and* strips the football at volume.

Milestone

Humphrey career totals through 2025

StatValue
Career PDs105
Career tackles389
Career FFs17
Career FRs6
Career TFL24
Career INTs (via PD trail)24

Across 9 seasons: 105 PDs, 17 FFs, ~24 INTs. The combined ball-disruption (PDs + FFs + INTs) puts him near 146 — a tier shared with only a handful of CBs in the modern era. He's also a 4-time Pro Bowler.

He plays more like a slot/safety hybrid than a traditional outside CB — and the tackle volume proves it.

Split

Career tackles per game — top CBs compared

PlayerCareer PDsCareer TacklesStyle
Marlon Humphrey105389Hybrid (slot/outside)
Denzel Ward104273Outside shutdown
Tre'Davious White85273Outside
Stephon Gilmore149478Outside (taller sample)

His 389 career tackles are 116 more than Denzel Ward's despite a comparable PD count — because for years the Ravens used him as a Swiss-army defender, moving him to the slot or even safety in heavy-nickel packages. The tackle volume jumped to 71 in 2020 and 50 in 2019 when he was logging the most slot snaps.

28 PDs across 2024-25 — tied 4th in NFL during the late-career resurgence.

Comparison

NFL pass-defense leaders, 2024-25 combined (DBs)

RankPlayerPDs
1Mike Jackson35
2Derek Stingley Jr.33
3Quinyon Mitchell29
T-4Marlon Humphrey28
T-4Denzel Ward28

At age 29 he's still tied for 4th in the NFL in PDs over the last two regular seasons — the only CB in the top 5 over 28 years old. The 2024 PFF AP-1 selection was earned by the 15-PD, 6-INT, 2-FF stat line — peak-veteran-Humphrey territory.

6 INTs in 2024 was his career single-season high — at age 28, year 8.

Anomaly

Humphrey INTs by year (via plays w/ interception=1)

YearINTsPDs
2017211
2018215
2019314
2020112
2021113
202237
202325
2024615
2025413

For seven years he hovered between 1 and 3 INTs per season. Then 2024 produced 6 — a career single-season high in year 8, the same year he was selected AP-1. Most CBs lose ball skills in their late 20s; Humphrey added them.

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