Arthur Maulet

Career StatsC-

Year	Team	GP	INT	PD	Tkl
Career		93	5	18	239
2025		9	1	2	14
2024		3	0	0	5
2023		14	1	5

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Arthur Maulet's one-year, $1.3M deal earns a solid C+ CVI as a textbook depth signing that checks all the boxes without breaking new ground. At just over league minimum, this contract perfectly aligns with Maulet's ceiling as a depth piece — he's a reliable special teams contributor and situational cornerback who can step in without embarrassing himself, but lacks the coverage skills to be anything more than a rotational player. The veteran brings exactly what you'd expect from a journeyman defensive back: solid fundamentals, locker room presence, and the ability to fill multiple spots in the secondary when injuries inevitably hit. The one-year structure is smart risk management, giving the signing team flexibility to move on if younger players emerge or if Maulet's 30-year-old legs show further decline. This is the kind of unsexy but necessary move that championship rosters are built on — not flashy enough to move the needle, but valuable enough to justify keeping a roster spot warm while developing younger talent.

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 Arthur's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Tape review and box-score baselines converge on a C- performance grade for Arthur Maulet. The 32-year-old cornerback's 2025 season — 14 tackles and one interception across nine games — reflects the modest statistical output you'd expect from a depth-piece contributor rather than a starter-caliber threat. His interception total represents a rare bright spot in an otherwise unremarkable stat line, but nine games of limited snap share and single-digit tackle counts underscore a secondary role with minimal playmaking volume. At this stage of his nine-year career, Maulet functions as an established veteran journeyman whose value lies in positional versatility and professional reliability rather than on-field impact — the kind of cornerback personnel departments trust for nickel packages and depth rotation, but not one capable of carrying a secondary unit. The media narrative heading into 2026 matches that assessment perfectly: he's being discussed as a potential stop-gap nickel solution for teams with secondary questions, not as someone likely to command starting snaps or reshape a defense's trajectory. As a free agent entering the offseason, Maulet's market is clearly confined to veteran minimum roles and rotational depth, a realistic reflection of both his age and the modest production he's delivered.

How Arthur Compares at the Position

Arthur Maulet ranks 159th of 270 graded cornerbacks by performance. That slots Arthur between Kaiir Elam (C-) just ahead and Decamerion Richardson (C-) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Arthur Maulet's public perception sits at a steady C+ heading into the 2026 offseason — functional, respectable, and almost entirely devoid of excitement. The narrative driving his coverage is textbook journeyman: his name surfaces in roster-management roundups and free-agent depth charts rather than impact-player discussions, and media attention has been largely administrative in nature, cataloguing his Lions re-signing and roster activations as front-office housekeeping rather than meaningful acquisitions. That framing aligns honestly with his on-field production, which grades out at D- — his 2025 season produced 14 tackles and one interception across nine games, the kind of modest stat line that confirms the depth-piece label rather than challenging it. Recent headlines tell the full story of his market: he's been floated as a potential nickel solution for a team like the Carolina Panthers, and his Detroit roster moves generated coverage primarily in the context of broader secondary uncertainty rather than as a standalone signing worth celebrating. At 32 with nine seasons behind him, Maulet occupies a well-defined lane — respected by personnel departments for his professionalism and positional versatility, quietly employable at the veteran minimum, and unlikely to shift the needle narratively unless he lands a more prominent role somewhere and forces a reassessment of what he still has left.