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

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #114 of 568 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#7

Interceptions · 6 · score 76

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 52% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

52% of the all-time Interceptions leader

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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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: 90%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 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)Not available for this player

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 DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

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

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+).

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.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ashley inherited the New Orleans Saints DB room from Sammy Knight (1997–2002), and handed it to Fred Thomas (2000–2007).

Johnnie Poe 1981–1987Dave Waymer 1981–1989Brett Maxie 1985–1993Gene Atkins 1987–1993Toi Cook 1987–1993Sammy Knight 1997–2002Ashley Ambrose 1999–2004Fred Thomas 2000–2007Roman Harper 2006–2016Malcolm Jenkins 2009–2021Patrick Robinson 2010–2020Marcus Williams 2017–2021Marshon Lattimore 2017–2024Paulson Adebo 2021–2024

Ashley inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DB room from Darryl Williams (1992–2001), and handed it to Kevin Kaesviharn (2001–2006).

Ken Riley 1969–1983Louis Breeden 1978–1987Barney Bussey 1986–1992David Fulcher 1986–1992Darryl Williams 1992–2001Ashley Ambrose 1996–1998Kevin Kaesviharn

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

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

A+1996

B1997

C+1998

A1999

B+2000

B+2001

B2002

B2003

B2004

Availability

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

90%

19922004

1992 · cause not documented · 63%2004 · cause not documented · 44%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

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
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:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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 8/31/2026

Career Geography

Journeyman · 4 crestsLeague board →

Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 13 seasons (1992–2004) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

IND 1992–1995 CIN 1996–1998 NO 1999–2004 ATL 2000–2002

Ashley Ambrose

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

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

Career Geography