Ashley Ambrose ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Ambrose in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Ambrose a career score of 75, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

CBNO#33RES

Ashley Ambrose

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999 Team Carrier · #106

Height5'11"

Weight195 lb

BornSep 17, 1970

Age55

CollegeMississippi Valley State University See College Stats

Rookie yr1992

Draft1992 · Rd 2, Pick 29 · IND

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

47thInterceptions·42

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber defensive back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 206 · #349 · Elite

Worth 206 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.7

Avg surplus

peak +40

11 seasons × ~18.7 surplus ≈ VORP 206

Combined Season Grid

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

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1992	—	IND	10	—	12	11	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	2	0	—	—	—
1993	—	IND	14	—	37	34	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	3	0	—	—	—
1994	—	IND	16	—	39	35	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	17	0	—	—	—
1995	—	IND	16	—	15	12	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	10	1	—	—	—
1996	—	CIN	16	—	54	48	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	8	23	1	—	—	—
1997	—	CIN	16	—	59	57	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	3	25	0	—	—	—
1998	—	CIN	15	—	40	36	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	15	0	—	—	—
1999	—	NO	16	—	52	46	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	22	0	2	0	0
2000	—	ATL	16	—	32	31	1	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	16	1	—	1	0
2001	—	ATL	15	—	47	44	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	10	0	1	0	0
2002	—	ATL	16	—	40	38	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	13	1	—	0	0
2003	—	NO	15	—	44	38	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	16	1	1	1	0
2004	—	NO	7	—	25	22	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	9	1	1	0	0
Career		—	188	—	496	452	21	6	0	1.0	7.0	42	181	6	5	2	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1992	22	IND	10	—	12	11	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	2	0	—	—	—	2
1993	23	IND	14	—	37	34	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	3	0	—	—	—	4.8
1994	24	IND	16	—	39	35	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	17	0	—	—	—	8.3
1995	25	IND	16	—	15	12	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	10	1	—	—	—	7.9
1996	26	CIN	16	—	54	48	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	8	23	1	—	—	—	15.7
1997	27	CIN	16	—	59	57	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	3	25	0	—	—	—	11.8
1998	28	CIN	15	—	40	36	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	15	0	—	—	—	8.1
1999	29	NO	16	—	52	46	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	22	0	2	0	0	12.6
2000	30	ATL	16	—	32	31	1	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	16	1	—	1	0	12.1
2001	31	ATL	15	—	47	44	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	10	0	1	0	0	9.6
2002	32	ATL	16	—	40	38	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	13	1	—	0	0	9.5
2003	33	NO	15	—	44	38	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	16	1	1	1	0	11
2004	34	NO	7	—	25	22	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	9	1	1	0	0	6.4
Career			188		496	452	21	6	0	—	—	42	181	6	5	2	0	119.8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 75 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 75 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 74 × longevity 1 = KV-H 75· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 48.9

Availability 19.1

On-field production Staying available

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

1994bestavg 68elite 702004

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #106 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

1999 NO·3 team wins#5

Interceptions · 6 · score 84

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Interceptions leader19

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%.

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

Tkl6Solo4Ast2PD4

College Stats

Mississippi Valley State UniversityCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi Valley State University), 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.

1992 Draft Class· this player went #29

#21Vaughn DunbarRB #22Alonzo SpellmanDE #23Chris MimsDE #24Robert JonesOLB #25Tommy MaddoxQB #26Robert PorcherDE #27John FinaOT #28Darryl WilliamsDB #30Steve IsraelDB #31Carl PickensWR #33Marquez PopeS #36Jimmy SmithWR #37Darren WoodsonS #38Levon KirklandMLB #39Robert HarrisDT #41Phillippi SparksCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ashley inherited the New Orleans Saints DB room from Fred Weary (1998–2001), and handed it to Kevin Mathis (2000–2001).

Dave Waymer 1981–1989Toi Cook 1987–1993Jimmy Spencer 1992–1995Tyrone Hughes 1993–1996Anthony Newman 1995–1997Eric Allen

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004final season
Last recorded season with NO
2003team change
Joined NO (from ATL)
2000team change
Joined ATL (from NO)
1999team change
Joined NO (from CIN)
1996team change
Joined CIN (from IND)
1992draft
Drafted by IND — Round 2, Pick 29

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 195 lb

Frame

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 83

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

C+1994

B1995

A1996

B1997

C+1998

A1999

B+2000

B+2001

B2002

B2003

B2004

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.

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
1994	2	0.1	0-2	0
1995	3	0.2	1-2	0.1
1996	8	0.5	5-3	0.3
1997	3	0.2	1-2	0.1
1998	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
1999	6	0.4	4-2	0.3
2000	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2001	5	0.3	4-1	0.2
2002	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2003	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2004	3	0.4	5+2	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

206 career value over replacement — #349 all-time of 4,642. 18.7/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #29 (Rd 2) · IND · 1992 · +20.1 vs expected KV-H

75actual

54.9 expected · Δ+20.1

💔+24.3 stolen VORP·1.3 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1992 Draft Class· this player went #29

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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