Jermaine Whitehead did not have a good 2019 season. After starting the season as one of the starting safeties for the Cleveland Browns, Whitehead ended the season unemployed and disgraced.
The Browns dumped Whitehead in November after he made racist and violent threats against fans and a reporter on social media following a Browns loss to the Broncos where he badly whiffed on a tackle. Missing tackles was a recurring theme for Whitehead in his eight games with the Browns in 2019.
From Pro Football Focus and its signature stats service,
Cleveland Browns’ Jermaine Whitehead recorded the lowest PFF tackling efficiency of any qualifying safety in 2019. He missed 12 tackles across just 59 total tackle attempts en route to a 4.2 tackling efficiency.
The terrible tackling might explain why Whitehead remains on the street as a free agent. Teams can forgive a bad social media post, but combined with unacceptable tackling, there are too many other fish in the ocean at safety.