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

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Byron Jones

1× Pro BowlTop 38% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2020

Height6'1"

Weight194 lb

BornSep 26, 1992

Age34

CollegeConnecticut See College Stats

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	22–23	DAL	16	—	59	41	18	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	871	82.5%	186	43.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	23–24	DAL	16	—	74	60	14	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	982	92.9%	227	51.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	24–25	DAL	16	—	68	45	23	4	2	0.0	6.0	1	5	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	910	87.3%	219	52.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	25–26	DAL	16	—	63	52	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	14	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,019	99.6%	210	50.4%	80	42	0.5	84.7	13.6	0	0	0	3	4	0.1
2019	26–27	DAL	15	—	40	31	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	917	90.3%	145	34.9%	64	34	0.5	87.7	10.0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
2020	27–28	MIA	14	—	36	27	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	815	89.9%	55	13.6%	73	44	0.6	108.0	12.3	0	0	0	3	9	0.2
2021	28–29	MIA	16	—	51	40	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	976	92.3%	42	10.0%	90	54	0.6	100.6	11.3	0	0	0	3	2	0.0
Career		—	109	—	391	296	95	11	3	0.0	14.0	4	58	5	—	1	0	—	0.0%	6,490	90.7%	1,084	36.9%	307	174	—	—	—	0	0	0	11	16	—

Career Value · VORP

32 career value over replacement — #2618 all-time of 4,695. 4.6/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #27 (Rd 1) · DAL · 2015 · +0.2 vs expected KV-H

55actual

54.8 expected · Δ+0.2

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Career arc · VAL by season

7 seasons · peak 2.6 in 2016

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

0.7 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2016 · +0.2 wins

Defence+0.1
Team defence (share)+0.1

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

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

062th percentile100

StatVault · statvault.org/players/nfl/byron-jonesJSON

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2015	22–23	DAL	16	13*	59	41	18	2	1	3.0	0	9	0	—	0	0.6
2016	23–24	DAL	15	15*	74	60	14	3	0	3.0	1	10	1	—	0	2.6
2017	24–25	DAL	16	14*	68	45	23	4	2	6.0	1	5	1	—	1	1.2
2018	25–26	DAL	16	16*	63	52	11	2	0	2.0	0	14	0	—	0	1.2
2019	26–27	DAL	14	14*	40	31	9	0	0	0.0	0	6	1	—	0	0.4
2020	27–28	MIA	14	13*	36	27	9	0	0	0.0	2	4	1	—	0	2.4
2021	28–29	MIA	15	15*	51	40	11	0	0	0.0	0	10	1	—	0	0.4
Career			106	100*	391	296	95	11	3	14.0	4	58	5	—	1	8.8

* 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	22–23	DAL	16	13*	—	0.0%	871	82.5%	186	43.1%
2016	23–24	DAL	16	15*	—	0.0%	982	92.9%	227	51.3%
2017	24–25	DAL	16	14*	—	0.0%	910	87.3%	219	52.0%
2018	25–26	DAL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,019	99.6%	210	50.4%
2019	26–27	DAL	15	14*	—	0.0%	917	90.3%	145	34.9%
2020	27–28	MIA	14	13*	—	0.0%	815	89.9%	55	13.6%
2021	28–29	MIA	16	15*	—	0.0%	976	92.3%	42	10.0%
Career			109	100*	—	0.0%	6,490	90.7%	1,084	36.9%

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25–26	DAL	16	16*	80	42	0.5	84.7	13.6	3	4	0.1
2019	26–27	DAL	15	14*	64	34	0.5	87.7	10.0	2	1	0.0
2020	27–28	MIA	14	13*	73	44	0.6	108.0	12.3	3	9	0.2
2021	28–29	MIA	16	15*	90	54	0.6	100.6	11.3	3	2	0.0
Career			61	58*	307	174	—	—	—	11	16	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 34.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 532021

INTs career shape vs similar cornerbacks

2016-2020

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.