Washington Football Team / Commanders The Washington Football Team selected Curl in the seventh round (216th overall) of the
2020 NFL draft. Curl was the 17th safety drafted in 2020. in 2020.
2020 On July 24, 2020, the Washington Commanders signed Curl to a four–year, $3.40 million
contract that includes a
signing bonus of $113,328. Throughout training camp, Curl competed for a roster spot as a backup safety against
Jeremy Reaves,
Cole Luke, and
Troy Apke. Head coach
Ron Rivera named Curl a backup safety to begin the season, behind starting duo Troy Apke and
Landon Collins. in 2020. On September 13, 2020, Curl made his professional regular season debut and recorded three combined tackles (two solo) during a 27–17 victory against the
Philadelphia Eagles. On October 4, 2020, he earned the first start of his career as a nickelback and made three combined tackles (one solo) in a 17–31 loss to the
Baltimore Ravens. On October 27, 2020, Washington's head coach Ron Riveira named Curl the starting strong safety after
Landon Collins tore his achilles and was placed on
injured reserve. injury in Week 8. The following week, Curl led the team and set a season-high 11 combined tackles (six solo) and also made his first career sack on
Daniel Jones during a 20–23 loss to the
New York Giants. On December 13, 2020, Curl made seven solo tackles, a season-high two pass deflections, and returned his first career interception for his first touchdown as Washington defeated the
San Francisco 49ers 23–15. His pick-six occurred after he intercepted a pass by
Nick Mullens to fullback
Kyle Juszczyk and returned it 76–yards for a touchdown. He finished the season with 3 interceptions, 88 combined tackles (66 solo), two
quarterback sacks, four pass deflections, three interceptions, and a touchdown in 16 games and 11 starts. He earned an overall grade of 68.0 from
Pro Football Focus in 2020. The Washington Football Team finished the
2020 NFL season first in the
NFC East with a 7–9 record. On January 9, 2021, he started in his first career postseason appearance and made seven combined tackles (three solo) during a 23–31 loss against the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Wildcard Game.
2021 He entered training camp slated as the
de facto starting free safety after an impressive performance as a rookie and earned the role ahead of
Deshazor Everett, Landon Collins,
Darrick Forrest,
Jeremy Reaves, and
Bobby McCain. Head coach Ron Riveira named Curl and Landon Collins as the starting safeties to begin the regular season. On December 16, 2021, Curl was placed on the team's
COVID-19/reserve list and was forced to miss the Week 15 loss at the
Philadelphia Eagles. On December 24, 2021, the Washington Football Team activated Curl from reserve to re-join the active roster. On January 2, 2022, Kurl recorded a season-high ten combined tackles (six solo) during a 16-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. He completed the
2021 NFL season with a total of 99 combined tackles (62 solo), five pass deflections, and one sack in 16 games and 11 starts.
2022 Head coach Ron Riveira named Curl the starting strong safety to begin the season, along with free safety Bobby McCain. After receiving thumb surgery on his right hand, Curl missed Weeks 1 and 2 of the 2022 season. In Week 9, he collected a season-high 11 combined tackles (eight solo) during a 17–20 loss against the
Minnesota Vikings. On December 4, 2022, Curl ties his season-high of 11 combined tackles (eight solo) during a 20–20 tie at the
New York Giants. He was sidelined for the last three games (Weeks 16–18) after injuring his ankle. He finished the
2022 NFL season with 83 combined tackles (58 solo) and one sack in 12 games and 12 starts. He received an overall grade of 82.9 from
Pro Football Focus in 2023, which ranked second amongst all safeties.
2023 Throughout training camp, Curl competed to be the starting safety against
Darrick Forrest and
Quan Martin. Head coach Ron Rivera named Curl and Derrick Forrest the starting safeties to begin the season. In Week 4, he collected a season-high 12 combined tackles (nine solo) and one sack during a 31–34 loss at the
Philadelphia Eagles. On October 15, 2023, Curl made 11 combined tackles (eight solo) and a season-high two pass deflections during a 24–16 win at the
Atlanta Falcons. He was inactive for the Commanders' Week 18 loss to the
Dallas Cowboys after injuring his quadriceps. He finished the
2023 NFL season with a career-high 115 combined tackles (74 solo), five pass deflections, and one sack in 16 games and 16 starts. He received an overall grade of 66.6 from Pro Football Focus in 2023, which ranked 50th amongst all safeties. He entered training camp slated as the
de facto starting strong safety. Head coach
Sean McVay named Curl the starting strong safety to begin the season, alongside free safety
John Johnson III. On October 20, 2024, Curl made seven solo tackles and recovered a fumble by
Gardner Minshew that was caused during a sack by
Cobie Durant and returned it 33–yards for a touchdown as the Rams defeated the
Las Vegas Raiders 15–20. In Week 17, Curl collected a season-high ten combined tackles (five solo) during a 13–9 win against the
Arizona Cardinals. He was inactive as a healthy scratch for a Week 18 loss to the
Seattle Seahawks as head coach Sean McVay chose to rest as many starters as possible for the playoffs. He finished with 79 combined tackles (49 solo), nine pass deflections, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one sack, and one touchdown in 16 games and 16 starts. He received an overall grade of 78.0 from Pro Football Focus in 2024, which ranked 17th among all safeties. His coverage grade of 83.7 from PFF ranked 19th among all safeties.
2026 On March 6, 2026, Curl signed a three-year, $36 million contract extension with the Rams worth up to $39 million with incentives and includes $24 million in guarantees. == NFL career statistics ==