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

SAFTEN#37ACT

Amani Hooker

Top 13% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2024Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #116

Height5'11"

Weight210 lb

BornJun 14, 1998

Age28

CollegeIowa See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 4, Pick 116 · TEN

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 93 · #1225 · High-Value

Worth 93 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 27% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.5

Avg surplus

peak +43

6 seasons × ~15.5 surplus ≈ VORP 93

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	—	TEN	6	—	12	8	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	332	29.6%	380	84.1%
2020	—	TEN	16	—	39	25	14	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	8	0	—	0	0	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	468	41.9%	323	72.2%
2021	—	TEN	12	—	60	36	24	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	6	0	100.0%	6.0	6.0	—	1	—	0.0%	704	91.2%	71	22.6%
2022	—	TEN	9	—	39	32	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	522	89.2%	58	24.7%
2023	—	TEN	14	—	77	62	15	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	7	0	—	0	0	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	868	97.6%	136	37.3%
2024	—	TEN	14	—	65	41	24	4	2	0.0	6.0	5	9	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	850	96.2%	75	21.1%
2025	—	TEN	16	—	81	58	23	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	8	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	919	91.9%	30	18.7%
Career		—	87	—	373	262	111	13	3	1.0	17.0	12	39	4	1	0	0	2	6	0	3.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	1	1	6	0	100.0%	6.0	6.0	—	1	—	0.0%	4,663	76.8%	1,073	40.1%

Career EPA7.8·5 rushing · 3 receiving·2.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	VAL
2020	22	TEN	1	—	1	4	4.0	0.0	1	100.0	—
2023	25	TEN	1	—	1	2	2.0	0.0	1	100.0	—
Career			2		2	6	3.0	—	2	—	25.1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2021	23	TEN	1	—	1	1	6	0	100.0%	6.0	6.0	—	1
Career			1		1	1	6	0	100.0%	6.0	6.0	—	1

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR
2019	21	TEN	6	—	12	8	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—
2020	22	TEN	16	—	39	25	14	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	8	0	—
2021	23	TEN	12	—	60	36	24	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	4	1	—
2022	24	TEN	9	—	39	32	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	1
2023	25	TEN	14	—	77	62	15	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	7	0	—
2024	26	TEN	14	—	65	41	24	4	2	0.0	6.0	5	9	2	—
2025	27	TEN	16	—	81	58	23	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	8	0	—
Career			87		373	262	111	13	3	—	—	12	39	4	1

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	21	TEN	16	—	—	0.0%	332	29.6%	380	84.1%
2020	22	TEN	16	—	—	0.0%	468	41.9%	323	72.2%
2021	23	TEN	12	—	—	0.0%	704	91.2%	71	22.6%
2022	24	TEN	9	—	—	0.0%	522	89.2%	58	24.7%
2023	25	TEN	13	—	—	0.0%	868	97.6%	136	37.3%
2024	26	TEN	14	—	—	0.0%	850	96.2%	75	21.1%
2025	27	TEN	16	—	—	0.0%	919	91.9%	30	18.7%
Career			96		—	—	4,663	—	1,073	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2020	22	—	—	—	—	2.5	—	0
2021	23	—	—	—	—	—	3.1	4
2023	25	—	—	—	—	2.2	—	0
Career					—	—	—	4

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC/Att	Att/Br	1D
2020	22	TEN	16	—	4	4.0	0.0	—	1
2023	25	TEN	13	—	2	2.0	0.0	—	1
Career			29		6	—	—	—	2

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2021	23	TEN	12	—	4.0	4.0	2.0	0	0	0.0	1	91.7
Career			12		—	—	—	0	0	—	1	—

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	21	TEN	16	—	13	6	0.5	62.0	9.5	1	1	0	2	1	0.0
2020	22	TEN	16	—	23	19	0.8	83.2	9.6	0	0	0	15	8	0.1
2021	23	TEN	12	—	35	24	0.7	79.3	7.7	0	0	0	4	7	0.1
2022	24	TEN	9	—	40	28	0.7	101.6	6.6	4	4	0	21	2	0.0
2023	25	TEN	13	—	57	40	0.7	110.1	8.2	1	1	0	7	8	0.1
2024	26	TEN	14	—	39	22	0.6	63.9	12.0	2	0	2	9	6	0.1
2025	27	TEN	16	—	61	41	0.7	144.0	11.5	3	2	0	9	8	0.1
Career			96		268	180	—	—	—	11	8	2	67	40	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 67 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 66.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 46.2

Availability 15.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 59elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #116 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2024 TEN·3 team wins#6

Interceptions · 5 · score 80

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

2.59 EPA/season over 3 seasons51

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.544See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.544Snap share76.8%Def snaps4,663VolatileCV 0.61

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 · 2019

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

4.48s

40-Yard

37"

Vertical

123"

Broad Jump

14 reps

Bench

6.81s

3-Cone

4.10s

Shuttle

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt1Rec1Yds28Ctch%100.0%Y/R28.0Y/Tgt28.01D1

Defense

Tkl10Solo6Ast4Int1PD2

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA3.9Rec AirYd9

College Stats

IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #116

#107Anthony NelsonLB #108Julian LoveSAF #109Khari WillisS #110Mitch WishnowskyP #111Kendall SheffieldDB #113Justice HillRB #114Dru SamiaG #115Christian MillerLB #117Austin BryantDE #118Hjalte FroholdtG #119Sheldrick RedwineDB #120Gary JenningsWR #121Trevon WescoTE #122Benny SnellRB #123Ben PowersG #124Phil HaynesG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Amani inherited the Tennessee Titans DB room from Malcolm Butler (2018–2020), and handed it to Kristian Fulton (2020–2023).

Cris Dishman 1988–1996Darryll Lewis 1991–1998Steve Jackson 1991–1999Marcus Robertson 1991–2000Blaine Bishop 1993–2001Denard Walker

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2019draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 4, Pick 116

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 210 lb

Frame

210 lb at 4.48s

Size-speed

37" vert / 123" broad

Explosion

14 reps

Bench power

Injury History

10 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	TEN	1	W4Questionable· HeadW9Questionable· GroinW17Questionable· ShoulderW18Out· Shoulder
2023	TEN	2	W2Out· ConcussionW16Out· Knee
2022	TEN	7	W4Out· ConcussionW5Out· ConcussionW9Out· ShoulderW10Out· ShoulderW11Out· ShoulderW15Out· KneeW16Questionable· KneeW17Out· KneeW18Questionable· Knee
2021	TEN	0	W7Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 74

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

F2019

B+2020

C+2021

C+2022

C+2023

A+2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

83%

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
2019	0	0	0	0
2020	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2023	1	0.1	1	0.1
2024	5	0.4	6+1	0.4
2025	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

93 career value over replacement — #1225 all-time of 4,642. 13.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #116 (Rd 4) · TEN · 2019 · +32.6 vs expected KV-H

67actual

34.4 expected · Δ+32.6

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

Postseason Career

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #116

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography