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.

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Ashley Ambrose

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 1996 Team Carrier · #114

Height5'11"

Weight195 lb

BornSep 17, 1970

Age56

College

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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	21–22	IND	10	—	12	11	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	2	0	—	—	—
1993	22–23	IND	14	—	37	34	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	3	0	—	—	—
1994	23–24	IND	16	—	39	35	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	17	0	—	—	—
1995	24–25	IND	16	—	15	12	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	10	1	—	—	—
1996	25–26	CIN	16	—	54	48	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	8	23	1	—	—	—
1997	26–27	CIN	16	—	59	57	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	3	25	0	—	—	—
1998	27–28	CIN	15	—	40	36	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	15	0	—	—	—
1999	28–29	NO	16	—	52	46	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	22	0	2	0	0
2000	29–30	ATL	16	—	32	31	1	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	16	1	—	1	0
2001	30–31	ATL	15	—	47	44	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	10	0	1	0	0
2002	31–32	ATL	16	—	40	38	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	13	1	—	0	0
2003	32–33	NO	15	—	44	38	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	16	1	1	1	0
2004	33–34	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

Career Value · VORP

207 career value over replacement — #356 all-time of 4,695. 18.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #29 (Rd 2) · IND · 1992 · +20.2 vs expected KV-H

75actual

54.8 expected · Δ+20.2

💔+24.4 stolen VORP·1.3 szns lost

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Career arc · VAL by season

13 seasons · peak 10.2 in 1996

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

3.9 career wins over 13 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1996 · +0.8 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+0.8

Latest season · 2004 · +0.3 wins

Defence+0.3

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · DB

#53 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H

095th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1992	21–22	IND	10	—	12	11	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	2	0	—	—	—	0
1993	22–23	IND	14	—	37	34	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	3	0	—	—	—	0
1994	23–24	IND	16	—	39	35	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	17	0	—	—	—	2.6
1995	24–25	IND	16	—	15	12	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	10	1	—	—	—	3.7
1996	25–26	CIN	16	—	54	48	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	8	23	1	—	—	—	10.2
1997	26–27	CIN	16	—	59	57	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	3	25	0	—	—	—	4.9
1998	27–28	CIN	15	—	40	36	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	15	0	—	—	—	2.3
1999	28–29	NO	16	—	52	46	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	22	0	2	0	0	6
2000	29–30	ATL	16	—	32	31	1	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	16	1	—	1	0	4.6
2001	30–31	ATL	15	—	47	44	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	10	0	1	0	0	5
2002	31–32	ATL	16	—	40	38	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	13	1	—	0	0	3.2
2003	32–33	NO	15	—	44	38	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	16	1	1	1	0	4.1
2004	33–34	NO	7	—	25	22	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	9	1	1	0	0	3.8
Career			188		496	452	21	6	0	1.0	7.0	42	181	6	5	2	0	50.4