Josh Metellus

SAF · MIN · 2020–2026

Born January 21, 1998 · College Michigan · Drafted 2020, round 6, pick 205 (MIN) · 5-11, 207 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2020	MIN	5	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	MIN	7	13	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2022	MIN	13	42	0.0	0	1	1	5	0
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
2023	MIN	17	116	2.5	10	7	1	5	4
2024	MIN	17	103	0.0	6	2	2	5	1
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	MIN	14	86	0.5	2	1	2	6	0
2026	MIN	8	58	0.5	2	0	0	4	0
Career	MIN	81	427	3.5	20	11	6	26	5

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2020	MIN	5	1	1.5	10	4.2
2021	MIN	4	1	1.8	52	16.4
2022	MIN	13	2	1.2	257	29.0
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	–	–	2	2.9
2023	MIN	17	1	1.4	1,044	94.3
2024	MIN	17	–	–	975	87.1
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	–	–	40	78.4
2025	MIN	14	–	–	860	96.6

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2026-09-13	vs GB	W 39–22	4	0.0	0
2	2026-09-20	@ CHI	W 9–3	7	0.0	1
3	2026-09-27	@ TB	W 23–16	9	0.5	1
4	2026-10-04	vs MIA	W 15–10	5	0.0	1
5	2026-10-11	@ NO	W 23–13	5	0.0	0
7	2026-10-25	vs IND	W 16–10	7	0.0	0
8	2026-11-01	@ DET	L 15–19	13	0.0	1
9	2026-11-09	vs BUF	L 6–23	8	0.0	0

2025 game log (14 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2025-09-08	@ CHI	W 27–24	6	0.0	0	0
2	2025-09-14	vs ATL	L 6–22	3	0.0	0	1
3	2025-09-21	vs CIN	W 48–10	5	0.0	1	1
4	2025-09-28	@ PIT	L 21–24	9	0.0	0	0
5	2025-10-05	@ CLE	W 21–17	4	0.0	0	1
7	2025-10-19	vs PHI	L 22–28	8	0.5	0	0
8	2025-10-23	@ LAC	L 10–37	6	0.0	1	1
9	2025-11-02	@ DET	W 27–24	5	0.0	0	0
10	2025-11-09	vs BAL	L 19–27	3	0.0	0	0
11	2025-11-16	vs CHI	L 17–19	10	0.0	0	0
12	2025-11-23	@ GB	L 6–23	12	0.0	0	0
13	2025-11-30	@ SEA	L 0–26	4	0.0	0	2
14	2025-12-07	vs WAS	W 31–0	4	0.0	0	0
15	2025-12-14	@ DAL	W 34–26	7	0.0	0	0

2024 game log (18 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2024-09-08	@ NYG	W 28–6	4	0	1
2	2024-09-15	vs SF	W 23–17	7	1	1
3	2024-09-22	vs HOU	W 34–7	5	0	0
4	2024-09-29	@ GB	W 31–29	5	0	1
5	2024-10-06	vs NYJ	W 23–17	5	0	0
7	2024-10-20	vs DET	L 29–31	8	0	0
8	2024-10-24	@ LA	L 20–30	7	0	0
9	2024-11-03	vs IND	W 21–13	5	0	0
10	2024-11-10	@ JAX	W 12–7	5	0	0
11	2024-11-17	@ TEN	W 23–13	3	0	0
12	2024-11-24	@ CHI	W 30–27 OT	7	0	0
13	2024-12-01	vs ARI	W 23–22	10	0	0
14	2024-12-08	vs ATL	W 42–21	7	1	1
15	2024-12-16	vs CHI	W 30–12	10	0	0
16	2024-12-22	@ SEA	W 27–24	7	0	0
17	2024-12-29	vs GB	W 27–25	3	0	0
18	2025-01-05	@ DET	L 9–31	5	0	1
P19	2025-01-13	@ LA	L 9–27	3	0	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs TB	L 17–20	6	0.0	0	1
2	2023-09-14	@ PHI	L 28–34	9	0.0	0	0
3	2023-09-24	vs LAC	L 24–28	6	0.0	0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ CAR	W 21–13	7	0.0	0	1
5	2023-10-08	vs KC	L 20–27	6	0.0	0	0
6	2023-10-15	@ CHI	W 19–13	8	1.0	0	0
7	2023-10-23	vs SF	W 22–17	5	0.0	0	0
8	2023-10-29	@ GB	W 24–10	8	0.0	1	1
9	2023-11-05	@ ATL	W 31–28	5	0.0	0	0
10	2023-11-12	vs NO	W 27–19	7	0.0	0	0
11	2023-11-19	@ DEN	L 20–21	5	0.0	0	1
12	2023-11-27	vs CHI	L 10–12	9	0.5	0	0
14	2023-12-10	@ LV	W 3–0	7	0.0	0	0
15	2023-12-16	@ CIN	L 24–27 OT	5	1.0	0	0
16	2023-12-24	vs DET	L 24–30	10	0.0	0	0
17	2023-12-31	vs GB	L 10–33	7	0.0	0	0
18	2024-01-07	@ DET	L 20–30	6	0.0	0	1

2022 game log (14 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs GB	W 23–7	2	0	0
2	2022-09-19	@ PHI	L 7–24	2	0	0
3	2022-09-25	vs DET	W 28–24	11	1	2
4	2022-10-02	@ NO	W 28–25	2	0	0
5	2022-10-09	vs CHI	W 29–22	1	0	0
6	2022-10-16	@ MIA	W 24–16	2	0	0
9	2022-11-06	@ WAS	W 20–17	2	0	0
10	2022-11-13	@ BUF	W 33–30 OT	1	0	0
11	2022-11-20	vs DAL	L 3–40	1	0	0
13	2022-12-04	vs NYJ	W 27–22	2	0	0
14	2022-12-11	@ DET	L 23–34	9	0	0
16	2022-12-24	vs NYG	W 27–24	5	0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ CHI	W 29–13	2	0	3
P19	2023-01-15	vs NYG	L 24–31	1	0	0

2021 game log (7 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
4	2021-10-03	vs CLE	L 7–14	1	0
6	2021-10-17	@ CAR	W 34–28 OT	1	0
8	2021-10-31	vs DAL	L 16–20	1	0
10	2021-11-14	@ LAC	W 27–20	1	0
12	2021-11-28	@ SF	L 26–34	2	0
17	2022-01-02	@ GB	L 10–37	1	0
18	2022-01-09	vs CHI	W 31–17	6	1

2020 game log (5 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
4	2020-10-04	@ HOU	W 31–23	2
8	2020-11-01	@ GB	W 28–22	1
9	2020-11-08	vs DET	W 34–20	4
11	2020-11-22	vs DAL	L 28–31	1
15	2020-12-20	vs CHI	L 27–33	1