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

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Asante Samuel Jr.

Top 25% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter

Height5'10"

Weight180 lb

BornOct 3, 1999

Age26

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 2, Pick 47 · LAC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

24thPlayoff Interceptions·3

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 45 · #2180 · Above Average

Worth 45 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 48% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 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

Avg surplus

peak +16

3 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 45

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%
2021	—	LAC	12	—	41	31	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	693	84.3%	71	22.2%	58	36	0.6	96.8	11.0	0	0	0	0	9	0.2
2022	—	LAC	17	—	54	45	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	11	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	972	92.5%	91	19.4%	87	48	0.6	95.3	11.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.1
2023	—	LAC	17	—	58	51	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,111	96.6%	87	19.8%	96	58	0.6	87.4	8.7	0	0	0	1	12	0.2
2024	—	LAC	4	—	13	11	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	234	98.0%	17	16.8%	18	12	0.7	89.6	7.6	0	0	0	0	3	0.2
2025	—	PIT	5	—	10	6	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	222	62.2%	15	16.8%	14	10	0.7	123.5	10.5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	55	—	176	144	32	3	0	0.0	3.0	7	38	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	3,232	86.7%	281	19.0%	273	164	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	27	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FR	VAL
2021	22	LAC	12	10*	41	31	10	1	0.0	1.0	2	11	—	7.5
2022	23	LAC	17	16*	54	45	9	1	0.0	1.0	2	11	1	8.3
2023	24	LAC	17	16*	58	51	7	1	0.0	1.0	2	13	—	9
2024	25	LAC	4	4*	13	11	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	—	1.6
2025	26	PIT	5	4*	10	6	4	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	—	2.5
Career			55	50*	176	144	32	3	—	—	7	38	1	28.9

* 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%
2021	22	LAC	12	10*	—	0.0%	693	84.3%	71	22.2%
2022	23	LAC	17	16*	—	0.0%	972	92.5%	91	19.4%
2023	24	LAC	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,111	96.6%	87	19.8%
2024	25	LAC	4	4*	—	0.0%	234	98.0%	17	16.8%
2025	26	PIT	6	4*	—	0.0%	222	62.2%	15	16.8%
Career			56	50*	—	—	3,232	—	281	—

* 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%
2021	22	LAC	12	10*	58	36	0.6	96.8	11.0	0	9	0.2
2022	23	LAC	17	16*	87	48	0.6	95.3	11.0	0	3	0.1
2023	24	LAC	17	16*	96	58	0.6	87.4	8.7	1	12	0.2
2024	25	LAC	4	4*	18	12	0.7	89.6	7.6	0	3	0.2
2025	26	PIT	6	4*	14	10	0.7	123.5	10.5	0	0	0.0
Career			56	50*	273	164	—	—	—	1	27	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 83%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 42.2

Availability 15.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 502025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Interceptions leader3

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.485See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.485Snap share86.7%Def snaps3,232ReliableCV 0.32

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

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl4Solo4Int3PD6

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida State), 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.

2021 Draft Class· this player went #47

#39Teven JenkinsG #40Richie GrantSAF #41Levi OnwuzurikeDT #42Liam EichenbergOT #43Tre'von MoehrigSAF #44Kelvin JosephCB #45Walker LittleOT #46Jackson CarmanG #48Aaron BanksG #49Rondale MooreWR #50Azeez OjulariLB #51Sam CosmiOT #52Jeremiah Owusu-KoramoahLB #53Dillon RadunzOT #54Dayo OdeyingboDE #55Pat FreiermuthTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Asante inherited the Los Angeles Chargers DB room from Alohi Gilman (2020–2024), and handed it to Tarheeb Still (2024–2025).

Darrien Gordon 1993–1996Dwayne Harper 1994–1998Rodney Harrison 1994–2002Terrance Shaw 1995–1999Greg Jackson 1997–2000Mike Dumas

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined PIT (from LAC)
2025final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2021draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 2, Pick 47

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 180 lb

Frame

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	LAC	1	W1Questionable· ShoulderW6Out· Shoulder
2021	LAC	4	W9Out· ConcussionW12Out· ConcussionW13Out· ConcussionW14Out· ConcussionW15Questionable· Concussion

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 64

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

B2021

B2022

B2023

F2024

D2025

Availability

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

66%

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
2021	2	0.2	2	0.1
2022	2	0.1	2	0.1
2023	2	0.1	2	0.1
2024	0	0	0	0
2025	1	0.2	3+2	0.2

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

Career Value · VORP

45 career value over replacement — #2180 all-time of 4,642. 9/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #47 (Rd 2) · LAC · 2021 · +11.2 vs expected KV-H

61actual

49.8 expected · Δ+11.2

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All-Time Rank & Honors

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

2021 Draft Class· this player went #47

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator