A versatile nickel-and-boundary defender who has quietly started three years and settled into a chess-piece role. Tracy posted a 16-game 2024 (35 tackles, two interceptions) and followed with 32 stops, two breakups and a forced fumble in 2025, and the value is in the position flexibility; coaches trust him inside at nickel and outside at corner, and the tape reflects a smart, willing tackler. The honest limitation is the ball production and the frame: at 5-11, 184 with modest takeaway totals, he projects as a role-and-special-teams contributor rather than a takeaway-driving starter, and the coverage-splash number is what would move the grade. He earned a roster-reintroduction spotlight as a valued veteran under a new staff. Projects as a Day 3-to-priority-free-agent defensive back whose nickel versatility and experience carry the pro case.

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