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The fourth-round rookie finishes the year with 10 tackles, eight quarterback pressures and two sacks. Shanahan also told reporters that starting cornerbacks Renardo Green (back) and Deommodore Lenoir (foot) picked up injuries in today’s game against the Raiders. The defense has been hit hard by injuries this season. Hopefully, the cornerbacks are back before long.

Halton (6’2/293) is a twitchy, penetration-based interior disruptor whose elite testing profile (8.44 RAS with 97th percentile speed and 93rd percentile jumps) translates directly to his first-step quickness and backfield production. Halton posted 40 tackles, 10.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks and 16 run stops in 2025, pairing that with 26 pressures on 233 pass-rush snaps (11.2 percent pressure rate), strong efficiency for an undersized interior defender. He wins early in reps with explosive get-off and lateral burst, consistently crossing faces and creating immediate stress on protection schemes before blockers can anchor. Halton’s 92.3 percent run-tackle rate and 90.9 percent tackle efficiency highlight his ability to finish once he penetrates, though his lighter 293-pound frame can get overwhelmed when forced to play through contact or absorb double teams. His pass-rush plan is still developing, relying heavily on quickness and effort rather than counters, which leads to streaky down-to-down impact. Halton projects as a high-energy interior penetrator with sub-package upside, whose explosiveness and pressure production give him a clear path to a rotational role.