A.J. Bouye is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Bouye in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Bouye's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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A.J. Bouye

Top 19% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2017

Height6'0"

Weight191 lb

BornAug 16, 1991

Age34

CollegeUCF See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2013

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

52ndPlayoff Interceptions·2

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 92 · #1239 · High-Value

Worth 92 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 28% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.3

Avg surplus

peak +37

6 seasons × ~15.3 surplus ≈ VORP 92

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2013	—	HOU	2	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1	2.0%	71	39.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	HOU	13	—	52	45	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	10	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	633	64.4%	90	22.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	HOU	9	—	14	14	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	184	22.3%	176	38.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	HOU	15	—	61	47	14	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	16	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	721	77.4%	90	24.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	JAX	15	—	56	53	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	18	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,010	97.4%	64	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	JAX	13	—	54	46	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	827	99.6%	43	22.4%	66	42	0.6	75.3	9.4	0	0	0	0	6	0.1
2019	—	JAX	14	—	63	48	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	930	99.9%	1	3.0%	92	60	0.7	101.5	11.2	0	0	0	0	5	0.1
2020	—	DEN	7	—	23	21	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	410	87.0%	2	8.0%	35	23	0.7	108.4	10.7	0	0	0	0	3	0.1
2021	—	CAR	10	—	26	21	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	403	59.7%	21	10.3%	43	31	0.7	91.0	7.2	0	0	0	7	4	0.1
Career		—	98	—	349	295	54	6	1	1.0	8.0	14	75	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	5,119	67.8%	558	20.5%	236	156	—	—	—	0	0	0	7	18	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2013	22	HOU	2	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2014	23	HOU	13	9*	52	45	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	10	1	1	1	10.1
2015	24	HOU	9	0*	14	14	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	—	0	5.3
2016	25	HOU	15	12*	61	47	14	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	16	0	—	0	9.1
2017	26	JAX	15	15*	56	53	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	18	0	—	0	14
2018	27	JAX	13	13*	54	46	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	7.1
2019	28	JAX	14	14*	63	48	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	8	0	—	0	6.9
2020	29	DEN	7	6*	23	21	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	6	0	—	0	3.3
2021	30	CAR	10	6*	26	21	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	3	1	—	0	4.1
Career			98	75*	349	295	54	6	1	—	—	14	75	2	1	1	59.9

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	22	HOU	6	0*	—	0.0%	1	2.0%	71	39.2%
2014	23	HOU	14	9*	—	0.0%	633	64.4%	90	22.8%
2015	24	HOU	15	0*	—	0.0%	184	22.3%	176	38.7%
2016	25	HOU	15	12*	—	0.0%	721	77.4%	90	24.2%
2017	26	JAX	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,010	97.4%	64	16.1%
2018	27	JAX	13	13*	—	0.0%	827	99.6%	43	22.4%
2019	28	JAX	14	14*	—	0.0%	930	99.9%	1	3.0%
2020	29	DEN	7	6*	—	0.0%	410	87.0%	2	8.0%
2021	30	CAR	10	6*	—	0.0%	403	59.7%	21	10.3%
Career			110	76*	—	—	5,119	—	558	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	27	JAX	13	13*	66	42	0.6	75.3	9.4	0	6	0.1
2019	28	JAX	14	14*	92	60	0.7	101.5	11.2	0	5	0.1
2020	29	DEN	7	6*	35	23	0.7	108.4	10.7	0	3	0.1
2021	30	CAR	10	6*	43	31	0.7	91.0	7.2	7	4	0.1
Career			44	39*	236	156	—	—	—	7	18	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 44.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)

2014bestavg 58elite 702021

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Interceptions leader6

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.934See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.934Snap share67.7%Def snaps5,119VolatileCV 0.49

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl24Solo20Ast4TFL1Dis1.0Int2PD7FF1

College Stats

UCFCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCF), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

A.J. inherited the Houston Texans DB room from D.J. Swearinger (2013–2014), and handed it to Eddie Pleasant (2013–2017).

Aaron Glenn 2002–2004Eric Brown 2002–2004Kenny Wright 2002–2004Marcus Coleman 2002–2005Demarcus Faggins 2003–2008Dunta Robinson

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined CAR (from DEN)
2021final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2020team change
Joined DEN (from JAX)
2017team change
Joined JAX (from HOU)
2013signing
Entered the NFL with HOU

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 191 lb

Frame

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	CAR	1	W15Out· Foot
2020	DEN	1	W9Out· Concussion
2019	JAX	1	W2Questionable· HipW3Questionable· HipW17Out· Wrist
2018	JAX	3	W8Out· CalfW10Out· CalfW17Out· Toe
2016	HOU	0	W10Questionable· Ankle
2014	HOU	1	W4Questionable· GroinW5Out· Groin

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 8-season peers. See all →

peak 70

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2014

B2015

C+2016

A2017

C+2018

C+2019

D2020

C2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

81%

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2014	3	0.2	3	0.2
2015	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2016	1	0.1	1	0
2017	6	0.4	5-1	0.3
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

92 career value over replacement — #1239 all-time of 4,642. 11.5/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography