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

FSPHI#24ACT

Corey Graham

1× Pro BowlTop 24% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter

Height6'0"

Weight196 lb

BornJul 25, 1985

Age40

CollegeNew Hampshire See College Stats

ConferenceColonial Athletic Association

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 5, Pick 168 · CHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

26thPlayoff Interceptions·3

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 125 · #814 · High-Value

Worth 125 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.9

Avg surplus

peak +27

9 seasons × ~13.9 surplus ≈ VORP 125

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													Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)					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%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CHI	14	—	73	61	12	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	8	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CHI	9	—	18	16	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CHI	7	—	5	4	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	3	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	BAL	11	—	48	30	18	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	8	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	BAL	15	—	65	48	17	5	2	1.0	8.0	4	12	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	687	63.7%	231	47.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	BUF	15	—	67	49	18	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	16	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	778	70.9%	187	39.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	BUF	16	—	112	81	31	4	8	1.0	13.0	2	4	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	980	90.6%	157	35.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	BUF	16	—	75	50	25	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	9	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,052	98.3%	143	30.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	PHI	11	—	30	26	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	367	40.8%	180	45.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	PHI	11	—	51	39	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	655	76.5%	60	19.6%	—	—	—	—	—	29	22	0.8	129.2	13.6	0	0	0	13	4	0.1
Career		—	125	—	544	404	140	17	13	3.0	33.0	18	70	2	4	1	0	—	0.0%	4,519	73.5%	958	36.6%	—	—	—	0	0	29	22	—	—	—	0	0	0	13	4	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2008	23	CHI	14	—	73	61	12	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	8	1	1	0	7.9
2009	24	CHI	9	—	18	16	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	2.4
2011	26	CHI	7	—	5	4	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	3	3	0	—	0	4.1
2012	27	BAL	11	—	48	30	18	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	8	0	—	0	6.6
2013	28	BAL	15	10*	65	48	17	5	2	1.0	8.0	4	12	1	—	0	10.7
2014	29	BUF	15	11*	67	49	18	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	16	0	1	0	10.1
2015	30	BUF	16	14*	112	81	31	4	8	1.0	13.0	2	4	0	1	1	9.3
2016	31	BUF	16	16*	75	50	25	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	9	0	1	0	7.8
2017	32	PHI	11	0*	30	26	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	4	0	—	0	5.3
2018	33	PHI	11	10*	51	39	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	5	0	—	0	4.9
Career			125	61*	544	404	140	17	13	—	—	18	70	2	4	1	69.1

* 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%
2013	28	BAL	16	10*	—	0.0%	687	63.7%	231	47.9%
2014	29	BUF	16	11*	—	0.0%	778	70.9%	187	39.6%
2015	30	BUF	16	14*	—	0.0%	980	90.6%	157	35.9%
2016	31	BUF	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,052	98.3%	143	30.9%
2017	32	PHI	14	0*	—	0.0%	367	40.8%	180	45.7%
2018	33	PHI	13	10*	—	0.0%	655	76.5%	60	19.6%
Career			91	61*	—	—	4,519	—	958	—

* 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
2007	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	33	PHI	13	10*	29	22	0.8	129.2	13.6	0	0	0	13	4	0.1
Career			13	10*	29	22	—	—	—	0	0	0	13	4	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 43.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 59elite 702018

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Interceptions leader8

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.992See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.992Snap share73.5%Def snaps4,519ReliableCV 0.41

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+).

Combine · 2007

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2007 class

4.42s

40-Yard

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 90thClass Pos 78thClass All 88th

10 reps

Bench

Low · 9th pct

Pos 9thAll 3thClass Pos 3thClass All 1th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl53Solo36Ast17QBHits2Sk0.5Dis2.5Int3PD8TD1

College Stats

New HampshireCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (New Hampshire), 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.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #168

#155Dante RosarioTE #157David ClowneyWR #161Will HerringLB #162Brent CelekTE #164Tim ShawMLB #165Eric FramptonS #166Derek LandriDT #167Kevin PayneFS #169Roy HallWR #170William GayFS #172Legedu NaaneeWR #173Michael CoeCB #174Troy SmithQB #175Oren O'NealFB #176Rufus AlexanderLB #178Nick FolkK

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Corey inherited the Buffalo Bills DB room from Nickell Robey-Coleman (2013–2016), and handed it to Ronald Darby (2015–2016).

Henry Jones 1991–2000Kurt Schulz 1992–1999Jeff Burris 1994–1997Manny Martin 1996–1999Ken Irvin 1999–2001Antoine Winfield

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2017team change
Joined PHI (from BUF)
2014team change
Joined BUF (from BAL)
2012team change
Joined BAL (from CHI)
2007draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 5, Pick 168

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 196 lb

Frame

195 lb at 4.42s

Size-speed

10 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	PHI	3	W6Out· HamstringW7Out· HamstringW8Out· Hamstring
2017	PHI	2	W2Questionable· HamstringW3Out· HamstringW4Out· HamstringW5Questionable· Hamstring
2013	BAL	0	W10Questionable· Calf

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

C+2008

D2009

B+2011

B2012

B+2013

B2014

B2015

C+2016

B2017

C+2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

83%

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
2008	1	0.1	0-1	0
2009	0	0	0	0
2011	3	0.4	6+3	0.4
2012	2	0.2	2	0.1
2013	4	0.3	4	0.2
2014	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2015	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2016	1	0.1	1	0
2017	2	0.2	2	0.1
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, 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

125 career value over replacement — #814 all-time of 4,642. 12.5/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #168 (Rd 5) · CHI · 2007 · +34.8 vs expected KV-H

62actual

27.2 expected · Δ+34.8

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2007

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #168

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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