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

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Bobby McCain

Top 26% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2021

Height5'9"

Weight196 lb

BornAug 18, 1993

Age32

CollegeMemphis See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 5, Pick 145 · MIA

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 78 · #1451 · Above Average

Worth 78 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 32% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.1

Avg surplus

peak +26

7 seasons × ~11.1 surplus ≈ VORP 78

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%
2015	—	MIA	8	—	21	18	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	353	44.5%	226	49.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	MIA	15	—	41	29	12	3	2	1.0	6.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	620	55.2%	215	46.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	MIA	12	—	44	32	12	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	662	63.2%	189	42.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIA	14	—	53	43	10	3	2	2.0	7.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	6	3.7%	823	85.9%	46	15.4%	72	50	0.7	125.2	8.7	2	0	0	6	11	0.2
2019	—	MIA	9	—	25	19	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	540	88.7%	27	19.4%	18	12	0.7	94.0	13.3	1	1	0	13	10	0.3
2020	—	MIA	14	—	45	38	7	0	2	0.0	2.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	923	88.7%	6	4.8%	16	10	0.6	64.3	12.3	4	2	2	45	6	0.1
2021	—	WAS	17	—	62	46	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,031	93.9%	—	0.0%	32	20	0.6	65.5	13.1	0	0	0	4	8	0.1
2022	—	WAS	17	—	70	48	22	3	1	0.0	4.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	971	92.8%	—	0.0%	52	41	0.8	111.9	7.3	2	1	1	14	2	0.0
2023	—	NYG	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	19	13.0%	119	49.3%	2	1	0.5	108.3	16.5	0	0	0	0	1	0.5
2024	—	MIN	1	—	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	40	31.0%	27	33.0%	4	3	0.8	95.8	5.3	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Career		—	108	—	365	275	90	12	8	4.0	24.0	11	45	2	—	1	0	6	3.7%	5,982	65.7%	855	32.5%	196	137	—	—	—	9	4	3	83	38	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2015	22	MIA	8	0*	21	18	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	—	0	3.1
2016	23	MIA	15	9*	41	29	12	3	2	1.0	6.0	1	6	1	—	0	6.9
2017	24	MIA	12	10*	44	32	12	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	7	0	—	0	6.8
2018	25	MIA	14	12*	53	43	10	3	2	2.0	7.0	1	5	0	—	0	5.5
2019	26	MIA	9	8*	25	19	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	4.7
2020	27	MIA	14	14*	45	38	7	0	2	0.0	2.0	1	5	0	—	0	6.6
2021	28	WAS	17	16*	62	46	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	1	11.5
2022	29	WAS	17	16*	70	48	22	3	1	0.0	4.0	0	5	1	—	0	6.1
2023	30	NYG	1	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	—
2024	31	MIN	1	—	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			108	85*	365	275	90	12	8	—	—	11	45	2	—	1	51.2

* 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%
2015	22	MIA	16	0*	—	0.0%	353	44.5%	226	49.6%
2016	23	MIA	16	9*	—	0.0%	620	55.2%	215	46.3%
2017	24	MIA	16	10*	—	0.0%	662	63.2%	189	42.4%
2018	25	MIA	14	12*	6	3.7%	823	85.9%	46	15.4%
2019	26	MIA	9	8*	—	0.0%	540	88.7%	27	19.4%
2020	27	MIA	16	14*	—	0.0%	923	88.7%	6	4.8%
2021	28	WAS	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,031	93.9%	—	0.0%
2022	29	WAS	17	16*	—	0.0%	971	92.8%	—	0.0%
2023	30	NYG	9	0*	—	0.0%	19	13.0%	119	49.3%
2024	31	MIN	3	—	—	0.0%	40	31.0%	27	33.0%
Career			133	85*	6	—	5,982	—	855	—

* 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	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25	MIA	14	12*	72	50	0.7	125.2	8.7	2	0	0	6	11	0.2
2019	26	MIA	9	8*	18	12	0.7	94.0	13.3	1	1	0	13	10	0.3
2020	27	MIA	16	14*	16	10	0.6	64.3	12.3	4	2	2	45	6	0.1
2021	28	WAS	17	16*	32	20	0.6	65.5	13.1	0	0	0	4	8	0.1
2022	29	WAS	17	16*	52	41	0.8	111.9	7.3	2	1	1	14	2	0.0
2023	30	NYG	10	0*	2	1	0.5	108.3	16.5	0	0	0	0	1	0.5
2024	31	MIN	3	—	4	3	0.8	95.8	5.3	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Career			86	66*	196	137	—	—	—	9	4	3	83	38	—

* 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 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 41

Availability 17

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 57elite 702022

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

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.371See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.371Snap share65.7%Def snaps5,982ReliableCV 0.36

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 · 2015

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

DB · 2015 class

4.51s

40-Yard

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 75thClass Pos 65thClass All 83th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 73thClass Pos 49thClass All 67th

130"

Broad Jump

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 96thClass Pos 92thClass All 96th

17 reps

Bench

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 27thClass Pos 55thClass All 24th

6.80s

3-Cone

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 91thClass Pos 83thClass All 92th

3.82s

Shuttle

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl2Ast2

College Stats

MemphisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Memphis), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #145

#137Grady JarrettDT #138David CobbRB #139Rashad GreeneWR #140Ben HeeneyLB #141Martrell SpaightLB #142Adrian AmosS #143MyCole PruittTE #144Mykkele ThompsonDB #146Stefon DiggsWR #147Brett HundleyQB #149Jay AjayiRB #151David ParryDT #153Kyle EmanuelOLB #154Tyeler DavisonDT #155Karlos WilliamsRB #156Tony LippettDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Bobby inherited the Miami Dolphins DB room from Brent Grimes (2013–2015), and handed it to Xavien Howard (2016–2023).

J.B. Brown 1989–1996Troy Vincent 1992–1995Calvin Jackson 1994–1999Terrell Buckley 1995–2003Shawn Wooden 1996–2003Sam Madison

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024team change
Joined MIN (from NYG)
2024final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2023team change
Joined NYG (from WAS)
2021team change
Joined WAS (from MIA)
2015draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 5, Pick 145

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 196 lb

Frame

195 lb at 4.51s

Size-speed

36" vert / 130" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	NYG	0	W11Questionable· Illness
2020	MIA	0	W15Questionable· Ankle
2019	MIA	0	W1Questionable· ShoulderW2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· ShoulderW4Questionable· Hamstring / ShoulderW6Questionable· Hamstring / Shoulder
2018	MIA	1	W5Out· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· Knee
2017	MIA	0	W10Questionable· Hamstring
2016	MIA	0	W15Questionable· HandW16Questionable· Knee / Hand
2015	MIA	0	W15Questionable· 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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 64

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

D2015

C+2016

B2017

C+2018

B2019

C+2020

B+2021

C+2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

82%

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
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	1	0.1	1	0
2017	2	0.2	2	0.1
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1
2019	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	4	0.2	3-1	0.2
2022	0	0	0	0

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

Career Value · VORP

78 career value over replacement — #1451 all-time of 4,642. 9.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #145 (Rd 5) · MIA · 2015 · +28 vs expected KV-H

61actual

33 expected · Δ+28

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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

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #145

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography