Tedarrell Slaton

5 seasons, 70 career tackles, and a career-high 3 sacks in his first Bengals year.

Slaton spent his first four seasons in Green Bay as a rotational NT — 6'5, 340 lbs out of Florida — averaging about 13 tackles a year with a handful of TFL. His 2025 move to Cincinnati looks like the right scheme fit: career-bests in sacks (3), QB hits (7), and TFL (4) — all in year one.

This is the kind of late-bloomer arc that big-bodied interior DTs sometimes produce in their 5th NFL season.

7 QB hits in 2025 — more than his entire 4-year Green Bay total.

In 4 seasons in Green Bay (2021-24) Slaton produced exactly 7 QB hits combined. In his first season in Cincinnati, he's already matched that total — a clear sign the Bengals are using him as more than just a 1-tech run-stuffer.

The Lou Anarumo-replacement defense in Cincy has rotated DL aggressively, and Slaton's interior pass-rush snaps have climbed materially.

3 sacks in 2025 — only 2 in the prior 4 seasons combined.

Slaton was drafted as a run-defense specialist — a 340-lb interior body to anchor against double teams. His 2 sacks across his first 4 NFL seasons matched that profile. The 2025 jump to 3 sacks in a single year is the largest single-year delta of his career and reframes his ceiling as a 3-down interior DL.

340-lb interior DL with 3+ sacks in 2025 — rare combo at his size.

Slaton is listed at 340 pounds — well above the typical 3-tech weight range. NT-bodied players rarely post 3-sack seasons because they're usually 1-tech anchors against the run. The Bengals using him as a hybrid 0/1-tech who occasionally collapses the pocket is a 2025 wrinkle worth tracking — and the QB hits (7) suggest the pressure is sustained, not from a couple of lucky plays.

Career-high in TFL, sacks, and QB hits all in the same year — at age 27.

Three of Slaton's four key statlines — TFL, sacks, QB hits — hit career highs in 2025, with tackles tied for his career best (18). The arc of a 5th-year interior DL hitting his ceiling after a team change is exactly the kind of signal that drives offseason free-agent valuations.