Deommodore Lenoir

Only 4 CBs posted 55+ combined tackles every year from 2022–2025 — Lenoir leads that group.

Among all CBs active in every season from 2022 through 2025, only four posted 55+ combined tackles in each of those four years. Lenoir leads that group with 282 combined (72, 74, 78, 58). Taron Johnson and Kenny Moore II are the closest company — both slot-leaning corners who take on extra linebacker-adjacent responsibilities. Lenoir does it as an outside corner, where the run-stop volume is naturally lower, making the floor even harder to sustain.

Why it matters. Tackle volume at outside CB over four full seasons under three different coordinators reflects both consistent run-game deployment and the absence of the kind of injury or scheme change that sidelines most corners. Lenoir has hit 55+ every year he's started.

Back-to-back 9+ pass-defense seasons in 2023–24 — only 17 CBs matched that across the league.

Back-to-back seasons of 9+ pass defenses sounds like an All-Pro threshold — and in practice it nearly is. Across all CBs active in all four seasons from 2022 through 2025, only 17 posted 9+ PDs in both 2023 and 2024. The group includes Pat Surtain II, Sauce Gardner, Riq Woolen, and Denzel Ward. Lenoir is the only one in that cluster who entered the league as a 5th-round pick (172nd overall, 2021).

Why it matters. Pass defense rate is one of the few CB production metrics available in the play-by-play DB. Back-to-back 9+ PD seasons at outside corner signals consistent willingness by QBs to throw at Lenoir — and consistent ability to win those contests.

14 career TFLs — #15 among all CBs active since 2021, ahead of names like Surtain, Gardner, and Stingley.

Over five seasons, Lenoir has accumulated 14 career TFLs — placing him 15th among all CBs with four or more active seasons from 2021 through 2025. That puts him ahead of Pat Surtain II, Sauce Gardner, and Derek Stingley Jr. in pure tackle-for-loss volume. The distribution is uneven: a breakout 6 in 2022, a near-zero stretch in 2023–24, then 4 more in 2025. The 2022 spike and the 2025 uptick both coincide with scheme years where the 49ers used perimeter blitzes and screen-fit assignments more aggressively.

Why it matters. TFL count at outside corner is an unconventional metric — most CBs rarely appear in the backfield. Lenoir's career volume signals a run-defending role that goes beyond the catch-point stop typical of cover corners, and his ranking ahead of higher-profile names reflects genuine positional rarity.

188 career solo tackles — a 5th-round pick who became a fixture starter for the same franchise.

Lenoir was the 172nd overall pick in 2021 — a 5th-round flier out of Oregon. Five seasons later he's accumulated 188 career solo tackles + 110 assists = 298 combined, plus 31 PDs and 1 forced fumble. He has started 60+ games at outside corner for the same franchise that drafted him.

The through-line is remarkable stability: three different defensive coordinators (DeMeco Ryans, Steve Wilks, Nick Sorensen), the same outside corner role, the same team.

Why it matters. Late-round CBs who stick with the drafting franchise for five years and accumulate starter-caliber volume are genuinely rare. Lenoir's career combined tackle total is entirely consistent with a CB who has started roughly 64 of a possible 72 regular-season games.

2023: 10 pass defenses — his peak single-season output ranked top-36 among all CBs that year.

Lenoir's 2023 was his ball-production peak: 10 pass defenses in 16 games placed him in the top 36 among all CBs who appeared in PD events that season (174 total). His 2024 follow-up of 9 PDs extended the run to back-to-back 9+ seasons — a threshold only 17 CBs reached across both years.

The TFL and solo-tackle lines tell a different story: the volume has stayed in a consistent band (46–48 solo tackles in 2022–24), with 2025 showing a slight decline in catch-point stops while the TFL count ticked back up to 4. The two curves — coverage disruption in 2023–24, run-fit aggression in 2022 and 2025 — have alternated rather than compounded.

Why it matters. Understanding which seasons drove Lenoir's contract and reputation requires separating his PD peak (2023–24) from his TFL peak (2022). The data shows he has not simultaneously posted both in the same year — a nuance that matters for evaluating his scheme fit.

One of only 4 CBs who posted 55+ combined tackles in every season 2022–2025 — and the only one among them with 9+ PD in back-to-back years.

Only four CBs cleared 55 combined tackles in every season from 2022 through 2025. Alontae Taylor edges Lenoir by one combined tackle (283 to 282) over the four-year span, but Taylor is a slot-heavy corner who racks up volume in the box. Taron Johnson and Kenny Moore II are both slot/hybrid players. Lenoir is the only outside corner in the group.

Moreover, Lenoir is the only one of the four who also posted 9+ PDs in consecutive seasons (10 in 2023, 9 in 2024), combining the two rarest things an outside CB can do: sustained tackle volume and sustained ball production.

Why it matters. The combination of four-year tackle floor and back-to-back high PD seasons places Lenoir in company with players deployed very differently (slot corners, hybrid linebackers). Doing it as a traditional outside corner is the specific distinction.