Age
32
Mar 17, 1994
DeForest Buckner
#99
SF · 2016–2019→IND · 2020–presentACT
DeForestBuckner#99IDL
2025 Season
Latest productionTackles
47
2025
TFL
9
regular season
Sacks
4.0
regular season
QB Hits
13
regular season
FF
0
regular season
Snap %
70%
avg / game
Career
Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2012 — Present · Includes honors2020–
Indianapolis Colts · Interior DL
IDL · 89 active weeks
2020All-Pro (1st Team)
2021Pro Bowl
2023Pro Bowl
NFL
2016–2019
San Francisco 49ers · Interior DL
IDL · 67 active weeks
2018Pro Bowl
2019All-Pro (2nd Team)
NFL
2012–2015
Oregon · DL
NCAA
Draft Profile
2016 DraftSelection
Round 1, Pick 7
#7 overall by San Francisco 49ers
TeamSF
Overall#7
Data Sources & Attribution
CreditsHeadshot — wikipediaJeffrey Beall. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.