Bobby McCain is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places McCain in the top quarter 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 25% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2021

Height5'9"

Weight196 lb

BornAug 18, 1993

Age33

CollegeMemphis See College Stats

Conference

Combined Season Grid

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

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

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	22	MIA	16	—	21	18	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	353	27.8%	226	49.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	23	MIA	16	—	41	29	12	3	2	1.0	6.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	620	55.2%	215	46.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	24	MIA	16	—	44	32	12	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	662	63.2%	189	42.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	25	MIA	14	—	53	43	10	3	2	2.0	7.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	6	0.8%	823	85.9%	46	12.1%	72	50	0.7	125.2	8.7	2	0	0	6	11	0.2
2019	26	MIA	9	—	25	19	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	540	88.7%	27	10.8%	18	12	0.7	94.0	13.3	1	1	0	13	10	0.3
2020	27	MIA	16	—	45	38	7	0	2	0.0	2.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	923	88.7%	6	1.2%	16	10	0.6	64.3	12.3	4	2	2	45	6	0.1
2021	28	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	29	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	30	NYG	10	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	19	2.9%	119	49.3%	2	1	0.5	108.3	16.5	0	0	0	0	1	0.5
2024	31	MIN	3	—	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	40	20.7%	27	33.0%	4	3	0.8	95.8	5.3	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Career		—	134	—	365	275	90	12	8	4.0	24.0	11	45	2	—	1	0	6	0.1%	5,982	67.8%	855	22.9%	196	137	—	—	—	9	4	3	83	38	—

Career Value · VORP

78 career value over replacement — #1485 all-time of 4,695. 9.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #145 (Rd 5) · MIA · 2015 · +30.5 vs expected KV-H

61actual

30.5 expected · Δ+30.5

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Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 5.0 in 2021

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

1.0 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2021 · +0.4 wins

Defence+0.4

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

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

075th percentile100

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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	0
2016	23	MIA	15	9*	41	29	12	3	2	1.0	6.0	1	6	1	—	0	1.4
2017	24	MIA	12	10*	44	32	12	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	7	0	—	0	2.9
2018	25	MIA	14	12*	53	43	10	3	2	2.0	7.0	1	5	0	—	0	1.1
2019	26	MIA	9	8*	25	19	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	1.3
2020	27	MIA	14	14*	45	38	7	0	2	0.0	2.0	1	5	0	—	0	1.1
2021	28	WAS	17	16*	62	46	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	1	5
2022	29	WAS	17	16*	70	48	22	3	1	0.0	4.0	0	5	1	—	0	0.4
2023	30	NYG	1	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2024	31	MIN	1	—	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			108		365	275	90	12	8	4.0	24.0	11	45	2	—	1	13.2

* 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	27.8%	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	0.8%	823	85.9%	46	12.1%
2019	26	MIA	9	8*	—	0.0%	540	88.7%	27	10.8%
2020	27	MIA	16	14*	—	0.0%	923	88.7%	6	1.2%
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	2.9%	119	49.3%
2024	31	MIN	3	—	—	0.0%	40	20.7%	27	33.0%
Career			133		6	0.1%	5,982	67.8%	855	22.9%

* 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		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 40.9

Availability 17.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 57elite 702022

INTs career shape vs similar cornerbacks

2016-2021

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best INTs season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.