Brian Poole is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Poole in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Poole's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2016 | 23–24 | ATL | 16 | — | 58 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 834 | 75.1% | 209 | 43.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 24–25 | ATL | 15 | — | 63 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 630 | 63.7% | 62 | 15.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 25–26 | ATL | 16 | — | 69 | 48 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 832 | 75.5% | 115 | 26.4% | 77 | 44 | 0.6 | 85.6 | 7.4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 26–27 | NYJ | 14 | — | 55 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 752 | 77.4% | 94 | 24.3% | 64 | 40 | 0.6 | 91.3 | 6.8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 27–28 | NYJ | 9 | — | 43 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 483 | 77.2% | 78 | 31.3% | 39 | 25 | 0.6 | 61.6 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 70 | — | 288 | 216 | 72 | 17 | 18 | 6.0 | 41.0 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 3,531 | 73.5% | 558 | 28.3% | 180 | 109 | — | — | — | 17 | 4 | 9 | 80 | 23 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
53 career value over replacement — #2003 all-time of 4,695. 10.6/season above a replacement-level CB.
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