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

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D.J. Swearinger

Top 17% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2018

Height5'10"

Weight205 lb

BornSep 1, 1991

Age34

CollegeSouth Carolina See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 2, Pick 57 · HOU

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 92 · #1249 · High-Value

Worth 92 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 28% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.4

Avg surplus

peak +28

5 seasons × ~18.4 surplus ≈ VORP 92

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%
2013	—	HOU	16	—	64	47	17	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	797	75.5%	197	41.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	HOU	16	—	68	46	22	3	3	1.0	7.0	2	6	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,017	89.9%	28	15.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	ARI	6	—	15	12	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TB	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	263	41.7%	144	45.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ARI	16	—	61	53	8	5	3	2.0	10.0	3	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	837	77.8%	151	32.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	WAS	16	—	72	54	18	2	1	0.5	3.5	4	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,092	99.6%	86	18.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	WAS	14	—	49	38	11	0	1	1.0	2.0	4	10	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	961	99.9%	—	0.0%	47	29	0.6	64.9	10.1	7	5	1	18	11	0.2
2019	—	NO	9	—	46	29	17	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	ARI	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	485	79.7%	11	35.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	3TM	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	16	0.7	129.3	10.1	5	4	1	22	10	0.2
2020	—	NO	7	—	13	12	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	124	21.7%	90	29.2%	8	6	0.8	110.9	15.5	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Career		—	129	—	388	291	97	13	9	4.5	26.5	14	43	9	3	0	0	—	0.0%	5,576	73.2%	707	31.0%	78	51	—	—	—	12	9	2	42	21	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2013	22	HOU	16	12*	64	47	17	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	4	1	—	7.1
2014	23	HOU	16	14*	68	46	22	3	3	1.0	7.0	2	6	3	—	9.8
2015	24	ARI	6	0*	15	12	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	2	2.5
2016	25	ARI	16	12*	61	53	8	5	3	2.0	10.0	3	8	0	—	8.8
2017	26	WAS	16	16*	72	54	18	2	1	0.5	3.5	4	10	1	—	11.4
2018	27	WAS	14	14*	49	38	11	0	1	1.0	2.0	4	10	3	1	11.9
2019	28	NO	9	7*	46	29	17	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	—	3.2
2020	29	NO	7	0*	13	12	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	1.9
Career			100	75*	388	291	97	13	9	—	—	14	43	9	3	56.6

* 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	22	HOU	16	12*	—	0.0%	797	75.5%	197	41.0%
2014	23	HOU	16	14*	—	0.0%	1,017	89.9%	28	15.5%
2015	24	TB	11	0*	—	0.0%	263	41.7%	144	45.9%
2016	25	ARI	16	12*	—	0.0%	837	77.8%	151	32.3%
2017	26	WAS	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,092	99.6%	86	18.0%
2018	27	WAS	15	15*	—	0.0%	961	99.9%	—	0.0%
2019	28	ARI	9	7*	—	0.0%	485	79.7%	11	35.0%
2020	29	NO	11	0*	—	0.0%	124	21.7%	90	29.2%
Career			110	76*	—	—	5,576	—	707	—

* 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%
2018	27	WAS	15	15*	47	29	0.6	64.9	10.1	7	5	1	18	11	0.2
2019	28	3TM	9	7*	23	16	0.7	129.3	10.1	5	4	1	22	10	0.2
2020	29	NO	11	0*	8	6	0.8	110.9	15.5	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Career			35	22*	78	51	—	—	—	12	9	2	42	21	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 42

Availability 17

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 54elite 702020

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Interceptions leader6

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.659See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.659Snap share73.2%Def snaps5,576VolatileCV 0.42

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 · 2013

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

DB · 2013 class

4.67s

40-Yard

Low · 3th pct

Pos 3thAll 48thClass Pos 8thClass All 54th

37"

Vertical

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 81thClass Pos 68thClass All 86th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 82thClass Pos 48thClass All 80th

17 reps

Bench

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 27thClass Pos 74thClass All 36th

6.70s

3-Cone

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 96thClass Pos 93thClass All 96th

4.11s

Shuttle

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 87thClass Pos 68thClass All 87th

College Stats

South CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (South Carolina), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #57

#49Johnathan HankinsDT #50Jon BosticILB #51David AmersonDB #52Jamie CollinsOLB #53Margus HuntDE #54Jamar TaylorCB #55Vance McDonaldTE #56Arthur BrownLB #58Montee BallRB #59Aaron DobsonWR #60Robert AlfordCB #61Eddie LacyRB #62Christine MichaelRB #63Travis KelceTE #64Dwayne GratzCB #65Larry WarfordG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

D.J. inherited the Arizona Cardinals DB room from Tyrann Mathieu (2013–2017), and handed it to Antoine Bethea (2017–2018).

Cedric Mack 1983–1990Tim McDonald 1987–1992Aeneas Williams 1991–2000Terry Hoage 1994–1996Brent Alexander 1994–1997Kwamie Lassiter

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020final season
Last recorded season with NO
2019team change
Joined NO (from WAS)
2017team change
Joined WAS (from ARI)
2015team change
Joined ARI (from HOU)
2013draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 2, Pick 57

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 205 lb

Frame

208 lb at 4.67s

Size-speed

37" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2017	WAS	W4Questionable· Hamstring
2015	TB	W3Questionable· ShoulderW9Questionable· ToeW10Doubtful· Toe
2014	HOU	W3Questionable· Elbow

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 73

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

C+2013

B2014

F2015

B2016

B+2017

B+2018

C2019

D2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 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
2013	1	0.1	0-1	0
2014	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2017	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2018	4	0.3	4	0.2
2019	0	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0	0

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

Career Value · VORP

92 career value over replacement — #1249 all-time of 4,642. 11.5/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #57 (Rd 2) · HOU · 2013 · +18.1 vs expected KV-H

65actual

46.9 expected · Δ+18.1

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Archetype Intelligence

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

Combine · 2013

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #57

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography