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

Brandin Echols

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Brandin Echols

Top 26% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2024Two-Way Profile

Height5'10"

Weight179 lb

BornOct 16, 1997

Age28

CollegeKentucky See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 6, Pick 200 · NYJ

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 50 · #2038 · Above Average

Worth 50 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 replaced

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

49

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+16.7

Avg surplus

peak +20

3 seasons × ~16.7 surplus ≈ VORP 50

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Receiving									Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2021	—	NYJ	14	—	59	46	13	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	9	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	760	78.4%	76	19.6%	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	NYJ	5	—	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	69	8.3%	224	61.6%	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	NYJ	5	—	9	6	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	1	0	1	1	18	0	100.0%	18.0	18.0	—	1	—	0.0%	143	16.3%	222	53.8%	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.7	0	10
2024	—	NYJ	9	—	33	25	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	407	54.5%	185	46.2%	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	PIT	14	—	48	34	14	3	2	1.0	6.0	2	6	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	522	45.9%	111	26.0%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	47	—	154	115	39	6	2	1.0	9.0	7	22	1	1	2	0	1	1	18	0	100.0%	18.0	18.0	—	1	—	0.0%	1,901	40.7%	818	41.5%	—	—	2.7	0	10

Career EPA2.7·3 receiving·2.7/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2023	26	NYJ	1	0*	1	1	18	0	100.0%	18.0	18.0	—	1	—
Career			1		1	1	18	0	100.0%	18.0	18.0	—	1	24.3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2021	24	NYJ	14	11*	59	46	13	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	9	0	—	1	0
2022	25	NYJ	5	0*	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2023	26	NYJ	5	0*	9	6	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	1	0
2024	27	NYJ	9	9*	33	25	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	3	0	—	0	0
2025	28	PIT	14	0*	48	34	14	3	2	1.0	6.0	2	6	1	1	0	0
Career			47	20*	154	115	39	6	2	—	—	7	22	1	1	2	0

* 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%
2021	24	NYJ	14	11*	—	0.0%	760	78.4%	76	19.6%
2022	25	NYJ	13	0*	—	0.0%	69	8.3%	224	61.6%
2023	26	NYJ	14	0*	—	0.0%	143	16.3%	222	53.8%
2024	27	NYJ	16	9*	—	0.0%	407	54.5%	185	46.2%
2025	28	PIT	16	0*	—	0.0%	522	45.9%	111	26.0%
Career			73	20*	—	—	1,901	—	818	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2023	26	—	—	0*	—	—	2.7	0	10
Career					—	—	—	0	10

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2023	26	NYJ	14	0*	10.0	10.0	8.0	0	0	0.0	1	118.7
Career			14		—	—	—	0	0	—	1	—

* 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%
2021	24	NYJ	14	11*	75	46	0.6	79.8	10.9	0	0	0	2	11	0.1
2022	25	NYJ	13	0*	14	7	0.5	97.9	11.2	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
2023	26	NYJ	14	0*	14	11	0.8	83.0	5.2	0	0	0	1	3	0.2
2024	27	NYJ	16	9*	40	24	0.6	90.0	14.5	0	0	0	0	3	0.1
2025	28	PIT	16	0*	70	49	0.7	86.5	6.2	2	0	1	6	9	0.2
Career			73	20*	213	137	—	—	—	2	0	1	9	27	—

* 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 5 scored seasons.

58

Sustained

career value

×.6

66

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 85%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 45.3

Availability 12.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 522025

All-Time Standing

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

8

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Interceptions leader3

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

2.67 EPA/season over 1 season51

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+

62

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.052See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.052Snap share40.7%Def snaps1,901ReliableCV 0.26

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+).

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl3Solo1Ast2Int1PD1

College Stats

KentuckyCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Kentucky), 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.

2021 Draft Class· this player went #200

#191Tarron JacksonDE #192Quinton BohannaDT #193Deonte BrownG #194Elijah MitchellRB #195Roy LopezDT #196Gary BrightwellRB #197Will ShermanOT #198Larry Rountree IIIRB #201Rodarius WilliamsCB #202Chris EvansRB #203Marquez StevensonWR #204Shi SmithWR #205Racey McMathWR #206Landon YoungOT #207Jonathan MarshallDT #208Stone ForsytheOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brandin inherited the New York Jets DB room from Marcus Maye (2017–2021), and handed it to Michael Carter II (2021–2024).

James Hasty 1988–1994Victor Green 1993–2001Aaron Glenn 1994–2001Otis Smith 1995–1999Marcus Coleman 1996–2001Ray Mickens

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined PIT (from NYJ)
2025final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2021draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 6, Pick 200

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 179 lb

Frame

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NYJ	1	W15Out· Shoulder
2023	NYJ	2	W5Out· HamstringW6Out· Hamstring
2022	NYJ	4	W4Questionable· HamstringW15Out· QuadricepW16Out· QuadricepW17Out· QuadricepW18Out· Quadricep
2021	NYJ	0	W5Questionable· 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 5-season peers. See all →

61

peak 66

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

B2021

F2022

D2023

B2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

86%

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
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2024	2	0.2	4+2	0.2
2025	2	0.1	2	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

50 career value over replacement — #2038 all-time of 4,642. 10/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #200 (Rd 6) · NYJ · 2021 · +35.1 vs expected KV-H

61actual

25.9 expected · Δ+35.1

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