Andrew Mukuba

Career StatsC+

Year	Team	GP	INT	PD	Tkl
Career		11	2	3	46
2025		11	2	3	46

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Salary-cap math on Andrew Mukuba's contract works out to a C+ Contract Value Index given the dead-cap exposure and term. A second-round pick carrying a $1.79M AAV across four years on a rookie scale deal represents fair value for the position, but Mukuba's ability to justify that outlay depends entirely on whether he can stay healthy and produce at a level that commands consistent snaps—a question his 2025 season left decidedly unanswered. His rookie campaign produced 46 tackles, two interceptions, and 0.5 sacks across 11 games before a fractured ankle ended his year on injured reserve, a C+ performance grade that reflects flashes of legitimate ball skills tempered by the durability concerns that now dominate his organizational narrative. The safety market doesn't reward injury-prone depth options, and Mukuba's current framing as a "make-or-break" developmental prospect heading into year two means the CVI holds steady only because the Eagles are locked into a rookie deal with no bad guarantee exposure—not because his on-field trajectory is trending upward. Philadelphia's recent roster moves have focused on defensive line reinforcements rather than secondary help, which signals either organizational confidence in Mukuba's recovery or a willingness to let him compete for reps without a safety net, and that distinction will become clear once the 2026 season begins. At 23 years old with one injury-shortened season logged, Mukuba remains young enough to reset the narrative, but the next 12 months will determine whether this contract becomes a foundation piece or cautionary tale about draft capital spent on a player who couldn't stay on the field.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Andrew's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Tape review and box-score baselines converge on a C+ performance grade for Andrew Mukuba. The 23-year-old safety is operating solidly in the above-average-adjacent tier for his position peer group—a second-round pick still early enough in his professional arc to show promise, but not yet at the level of consistent, high-impact play required to anchor a secondary. His ball-hawking instincts showed up on tape during his 2025 season: two interceptions across 11 games demonstrated legitimate coverage awareness and the ability to create turnovers, a skillset that partially offset a season truncated by injury. However, the durability question is not theoretical—the fractured ankle that sent him to injured reserve represents exactly the kind of setback that erodes organizational patience and fan confidence when a player is still in the phase where rope-building happens. With 46 tackles and a half-sack of production across those 11 games, Mukuba delivered baseline safety work but never produced the volume or dominant snaps needed to silence the emerging narrative that he may not withstand the rigors of an NFL season. The Eagles' offseason activity—focused on bolstering the defensive line with signings like A.J. Epenesa while making moves elsewhere—signals that the front office views Mukuba as a reclamation project rather than a cornerstone piece heading into 2026. His next season is, in the most literal sense, make-or-break: health and a material leap in production are non-negotiable if he's to stabilize his roster standing and reshape a sentiment grade that has already turned D- after just one year.

How Andrew Compares at the Position

Andrew Mukuba ranks 70th of 196 graded safeties by performance. That slots Andrew between Malik Mustapha (C+) just ahead and Ar'darius Washington (C+) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Andrew Mukuba enters his second NFL season carrying one of the harsher public narratives for a 23-year-old second-round pick, with sentiment firmly planted at a D- — a grade that tells you just how quickly goodwill can evaporate when injuries dominate the story. The driving force behind that perception is straightforward: Mukuba's rookie year was derailed by multiple ailments, most notably a fractured ankle that landed him on injured reserve, and the "injury-prone" label has already attached itself to a player with only one season of professional experience. ESPN's redraft coverage framing his selection as a mistake the Eagles need to course-correct has amplified the skepticism well beyond the injury narrative alone, raising direct questions about his organizational fit at the safety position. His 2025 production — 46 tackles, two interceptions, and 0.5 sacks across 11 games — earned a C- performance grade, which reflects a player who flashed some legitimate ball skills but couldn't sustain enough presence to quiet the critics, and those two picks, including one against Carson Wentz, have been almost entirely swallowed by the durability conversation. The Eagles' offseason roster activity has been light in the secondary, with recent moves focused elsewhere on the roster, which means Mukuba heads into 2026 without the cover of a clearly superior option being brought in to replace him — but that's a thin silver lining when the media framing positions him as a player fighting to prove he belongs rather than one building on a foundation. Right now the narrative is stalled in a difficult place: not quite a full write-off, but far closer to cautionary tale than reclamation story.