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

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Alontae Taylor

Top 38% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter

Height6'1"

Weight199 lb

BornDec 3, 1998

Age27

College

Career Value · VORP

35 career value over replacement — #2519 all-time of 4,695. 8.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #49 (Rd 2) · NO · 2022 · +7.4 vs expected KV-H

55actual

47.6 expected · Δ+7.4

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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Interceptions leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 91%.

Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.523See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.523Snap share89.3%Def snaps4,083ReliableCV 0.23

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+).

Combine · 2022

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2022 class

4.36s

40-Yard

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 97thClass Pos 88thClass All 95th

34.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 61thClass Pos 33thClass All 66th

128"

Broad Jump

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

College Stats

TennesseeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tennessee), 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.

Top Teammates

Cameron JordanLB4y Demario DavisOLB4y Zach WoodLS4y Alvin KamaraRB4y

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2026team change
Joined TEN (from NO)
2026final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2022draft
Drafted by NO — Round 2, Pick 49

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 199 lb

Frame

199 lb at 4.36s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 128" broad

Explosion

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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

C2022

B2023

C+2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

81%

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	2	0.1	2	0.1
2024	0	0	0	0
2025	2	0.1	2	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 10/15/2026