Player
Tarheeb Still
CB · Chargers
Tarheeb Still: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
63 tackles + 10 PDs as a rookie — the 5th-round Charger who started Day 1.
TrendTarheeb Still by season
| Season | Team | Solo | Asst | PDs | Sacks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | LAC | 46 | 17 | 10 | 0.5 |
| 2025 | LAC | 40 | 20 | 7 | 0 |
Still was the 137th overall pick in 2024 out of Maryland — a 5th-round selection. Most 5th-round corners spend year 1 on special teams.
Still, by contrast, started immediately for Jim Harbaugh's Chargers. The rookie line: 63 total tackles, 10 PDs, 0.5 sacks. In year 2 the snaps haven't slowed: 60 total tackles and 7 PDs.
10 PDs as a rookie — top 5 in the entire 2024 rookie DB class.
Rare2024 rookie DB pass-deflection leaders
| Player | Draft | PDs |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Sainristil | R2 #50 | 18 |
| Quinyon Mitchell | R1 #22 | 16 |
| Renardo Green | R2 #64 | 13 |
| Nate Wiggins | R1 #30 | 13 |
| Kamari Lassiter | R2 #42 | 12 |
| Calen Bullock | R3 #78 | 11 |
| Terrion Arnold | R1 #24 | 10 |
| Cooper DeJean | R2 #40 | 10 |
| Tarheeb Still | R5 #137 | 10 |
Still's 10 rookie PDs put him tied 7th in the 2024 DB class — alongside first-round picks Terrion Arnold and Cooper DeJean.
Every name ahead of him on the list was drafted at least 87 picks earlier. Still is the highest-drafted-area-code outlier of the class — a 5th-rounder doing first-round work in year 1.
5 tackles for loss in 2025 — Still is a corner who plays the run.
SplitAs a rookie Still had 1 TFL. In 2025 that's already at 5 — a number that puts him in the top 15 league-wide among DBs for TFLs.
The profile that emerges: a 'plus tackler' corner — willing to play downhill, willing to take on blocks, comfortable in run support. In Harbaugh's defense, that's a starter-trait CB.
17 career PDs in 2 seasons — projecting to ~50 PDs in his first 5 years if he holds.
MilestoneThrough 2 seasons Still has 17 pass deflections (10 + 7). That's already higher than what most veteran NFL corners post across their entire first 4 years.
To put it in scale: Patrick Surtain II had 21 PDs in his first 2 seasons. Still's 17 is in the same neighborhood — without the 9th-overall draft pedigree.
Still's 2-year resume rivals the 2024 R1 cornerbacks — at 1/8 the draft capital.
Comparison2024-class CB 2-year output
| Player | Draft | Tackles | PDs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinyon Mitchell | R1 #22 | ~110 | ~22 |
| Terrion Arnold | R1 #24 | ~95 | ~14 |
| Nate Wiggins | R1 #30 | ~85 | ~20 |
| Tarheeb Still | R5 #137 | 123 | 17 |
After 2 seasons Still's 123 tackles and 17 PDs is a fully comparable line to the three first-round corners from his draft class — Mitchell, Arnold, and Wiggins.
The Chargers paid the 137th pick. They got the production of a first-rounder.
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