Rams snap counts: Playing time breakdown from 2025 season
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The Los Angeles Rams had one of their deepest teams in recent memory this season, getting key contributions from a number of different players on each side of the ball. Some of it was out of necessity due to injury, but the Rams also felt players beyond their starters could have a positive impact – and many of them did.
The snap counts from the 2025 season show how deep the Rams went down the depth chart. Only three players on offense played at least 90% of the snaps, Matthew Stafford being one of them. No one outside of those three played more than 80% of the snaps on offense – not even Puka Nacua, who missed a game with an ankle injury.
Defensively, the Rams had two players on the field for 90% of the snaps. They were also the only two players who played at least 80% of the snaps. Below is a look at the full snap counts on offense and defense from this past season (data via Pro Football Reference).
Offensive line forced to shuffle the deck: Coleman Shelton was the only lineman who stayed healthy all year. He played 99% of the snaps, with Alaric Jackson ranking second (92.6%); he missed Week 17 against the Falcons with a knee injury. Kevin Dotson, Steve Avila and Rob Havenstein all missed time this season, too, giving way to Warren McClendon Jr., Justin Dedich , D.J. Humphries and Beaux Limmer at different points.
Lighter workload for Puka Nacua: Nacua did miss one game and parts of two others, but he still had a much lighter workload than usual. He played 87% of the snaps as a rookie in 2023 and 68% last season, but the difference in 2024 was that he played just 11 games compared to 16 this season. The Rams leaning into 13 personnel took him off the field more and kept him fresher.
Tutu Atwell barely involved: The Rams gave Atwell $10 million fully guaranteed in the offseason and that contract turned out to be a complete miss. He played just 187 total snaps on offense, which works out to $53,476 per snap. For comparison, Nacua earned $1,417 per snap this year on his $1,030,000 salary. It's not entirely Atwell's fault that Sean McVay didn't make good on his promise to get him more involved, but nothing about that signing worked.
Blake Corum takes plenty off Kyren Williams' plate: Last season, Williams played 81% of the offensive snaps, being one of the most heavily involved running backs in the NFL. Corum played just 11% of the snaps, barely seeing the field as a rookie. This year, the split was much closer; Williams played 68% of the snaps and Corum played 29%.
Deep tight end rotation: The Rams didn't have a true No. 1 tight end this season, though Colby Parkinson was the closest thing to it. He played 55% of the snaps to lead the position group, 4% more than Davis Allen. Tyler Higbee missed time on IR due to injury, but even after he returned, he played sparingly. He finished with a 32% snap share, barely ahead of Terrance Ferguson's 31% mark. The Rams rotated their tight ends often in their 13 personnel groupings.
Safety first: Kamren Curl was the closest to being an iron man for the Rams, playing 99% of the snaps. Kamren Kinchens played 75% of the plays as the No. 2 safety, with Quentin Lake playing 56% – a number that would've been much higher if not for his elbow injury. Even Jaylen McCollough was on the field 45% of the time. Josh Wallace, who played the slot after Lake went down, played 24% of the snaps.
Two cornerbacks lead the position: Cobie Durant and Emmanuel Forbes Jr. had their share of ups and downs this season but they got the most playing time of any cornerbacks on the team. They played about 73% each, with Darious Williams playing 41% as the No. 3 cornerback in the rotation. Ahkello Witherspoon was limited to only 15% of the plays due to a long stint on IR, a second stint on IR and a pseudo-benching when he was made a healthy scratch. Roger McCreary didn't play much after being acquired.
Top two edge rushers barely came off the field: Jared Verse and Byron Young were on the field for 76% of the snaps each, missing no time with injury and only being rotated off the field minimally for backups. Josaiah Stewart was the third edge rusher, playing 33% of the snaps as a rookie, with Desjuan Johnson surprisingly emerging as the No. 4 (9%).
Four defensive linemen led that group: Kobie Turner and Braden Fiske were predictably the most heavily used D-linemen for the Rams, playing 66% and 48% of the snaps, respectively. Poona Ford and Tyler Davis were also involved, with Ford operating as the starting nose tackle and run stuffer on first and second downs. He also played more third-down snaps than Bobby Brown did last year in the same role.
Only two inside linebackers played meaningful snaps: Nate Landman was the defensive signal caller and played 91% of the snaps in his first season with the Rams, working as the team's primary inside linebacker. Omar Speights played 60% of the snaps but came off the field on third down most of the time in favor of other defensive backs. Troy Reeder was the only other inside linebacker to play more than 50 snaps.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: LA Rams snap counts: How much each player played in 2025
