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Brandon Stephens

Top 43% all-time defensive backsDurable Contributor

Height6'1"

Weight215 lb

BornDec 29, 1997

Age28

CollegeSMU; UCLA See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 3, Pick 104 · BAL

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A defensive back who maximized value through exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 22 · #2994 · Role Player

Worth 22 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 65% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +5.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+5.5

Avg surplus

peak +16

4 seasons × ~5.5 surplus ≈ VORP 22

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%
2021	—	BAL	17	—	72	44	28	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	744	68.2%	223	46.4%	41	31	0.8	128.8	10.0	1	0	1	23	5	0.1
2022	—	BAL	11	—	33	27	6	0	1	0.5	1.5	0	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	453	48.3%	206	55.9%	59	37	0.6	88.9	10.6	1	0	0	1	4	0.1
2023	—	BAL	16	—	67	52	15	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,079	99.3%	98	22.5%	108	68	0.6	80.6	9.9	1	1	0	5	2	0.0
2024	—	BAL	17	—	69	58	11	3	2	1.5	6.5	0	10	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,047	92.2%	7	4.3%	102	66	0.6	106.1	13.7	2	0	0	5	5	0.1
2025	—	NYJ	16	—	72	46	26	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	9	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,048	99.4%	4	4.7%	85	61	0.7	134.3	8.5	1	1	0	5	8	0.1
Career		—	77	—	313	227	86	10	4	2.0	16.0	2	41	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	4,371	81.5%	538	26.8%	395	263	—	—	—	6	2	1	39	24	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2021	24	BAL	17	12*	72	44	28	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	4	0	—	5.2
2022	25	BAL	11	0*	33	27	6	0	1	0.5	1.5	0	7	0	—	4.6
2023	26	BAL	16	16*	67	52	15	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	11	0	—	8.7
2024	27	BAL	17	16*	69	58	11	3	2	1.5	6.5	0	10	0	—	6.9
2025	28	NYJ	16	16*	72	46	26	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	9	1	—	7.6
Career			77	60*	313	227	86	10	4	—	—	2	41	1	—	33

* 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	BAL	17	12*	—	0.0%	744	68.2%	223	46.4%
2022	25	BAL	15	0*	—	0.0%	453	48.3%	206	55.9%
2023	26	BAL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,079	99.3%	98	22.5%
2024	27	BAL	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,047	92.2%	7	4.3%
2025	28	NYJ	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,048	99.4%	4	4.7%
Career			81	60*	—	—	4,371	—	538	—

* 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	BAL	17	12*	41	31	0.8	128.8	10.0	1	0	1	23	5	0.1
2022	25	BAL	15	0*	59	37	0.6	88.9	10.6	1	0	0	1	4	0.1
2023	26	BAL	16	16*	108	68	0.6	80.6	9.9	1	1	0	5	2	0.0
2024	27	BAL	17	16*	102	66	0.6	106.1	13.7	2	0	0	5	5	0.1
2025	28	NYJ	16	16*	85	61	0.7	134.3	8.5	1	1	0	5	8	0.1
Career			81	60*	395	263	—	—	—	6	2	1	39	24	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 34.6

Availability 18.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 532025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 1% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

1% of the all-time Sacks leader1

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.373See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.373Snap share81.5%Def snaps4,371ReliableCV 0.25

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

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl17Solo10Ast7

College Stats

SMU; UCLACollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (SMU; UCLA), 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 #104

#96Ronnie PerkinsLB #97Tre' McKittyTE #98Quinn MeinerzC #99Nahshon WrightCB #100Elijah MoldenCB #101Ifeatu MelifonwuSAF #102Ambry ThomasCB #103Ernest JonesLB #105Baron BrowningLB #106Jay TufeleDT #107Michael CarterRB #108Darren HallCB #109Dez FitzpatrickWR #110James HudsonOT #111Cameron SampleDE #112Amon-Ra St. BrownWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brandon inherited the Baltimore Ravens DB room from Kevon Seymour (2021–2023), and handed it to Kyle Hamilton (2022–2025).

Antonio Langham 1996–1997Stevon Moore 1996–1999Rod Woodson 1998–2001Kim Herring 1999–2000Duane Starks 1999–2001James Trapp

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined NYJ (from BAL)
2025final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2021draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 3, Pick 104

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 215 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2023	BAL	W17Questionable· AnkleW18Questionable· Ankle
2022	BAL	W2Questionable· QuadricepW3Questionable· QuadricepW8Questionable· AbdomenW18Questionable· IllnessW19Out· Illness
2021	BAL	W14Questionable· ShoulderW16Questionable· Illness

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 5-season peers. See all →

peak 56

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

C+2021

C2022

B2023

C+2024

C+2025

Availability

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

95%

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	0	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	2	0.1	2	0.1
2024	0	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0	0

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

Career Value · VORP

22 career value over replacement — #2994 all-time of 4,642. 4.4/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #104 (Rd 3) · BAL · 2021 · +17.2 vs expected KV-H

54actual

36.8 expected · Δ+17.2

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2021 Draft Class· this player went #104

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator