DeForest Buckner
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Experience: 11 years
Height: 6-7
Age: 32
Weight: 295 lbs
College: Oregon
2026 SEASON
- Solo11
- SCK4
- FF0
- INT--
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Indianapolis Colts | 7 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2025 | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | Indianapolis Colts | 12 | 57 | 20 | 37 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2023 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 71 | 35 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 2022 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 64 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2021 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 56 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2020 | Indianapolis Colts | 15 | 49 | 28 | 21 | 9.5 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2019 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 62 | 34 | 28 | 7.5 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 59 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 2016 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 68 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| TOTAL | 158 | 616 | 330 | 286 | 75.5 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fumbles
| YEAR | TEAM | G | FUM | LOST | FF | OWN FR | OPP FR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Indianapolis Colts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | Indianapolis Colts | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | Indianapolis Colts | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 1 | |||||
| 2016 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 158 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
Biography
Buckner (6-7, 295) was originally drafted with the seventh overall pick by the 49ers in the 2016 NFL Draft. Throughout his 11 seasons with San Francisco (2016-19) and Indianapolis (2020-26), he has appeared in 158 games (153 starts) and registered 682 tackles, 75.5 sacks, 31 passes defensed, 11 fumble recoveries and nine forced fumbles. He has also started in four postseason contests and totaled 14 tackles, 2.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. In 2026, Buckner started in seven games with the Colts and registered 31 tackles, 4.0 sacks, three passes defensed and one fumble recovery.