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

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Da'Norris Searcy

Top 40% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter

Height5'11"

Weight205 lb

BornNov 16, 1988

Age37

CollegeNorth Carolina See College Stats

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 4, Pick 100 · BUF

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality defensive back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 38 · #2382 · Role Player

Worth 38 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 52% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+7.6

Avg surplus

peak +18

5 seasons × ~7.6 surplus ≈ VORP 38

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%
2011	—	BUF	7	—	28	21	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	BUF	12	—	29	16	13	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	BUF	15	—	62	39	23	5	4	3.5	12.5	1	7	0	1	2	0	—	0.0%	729	62.7%	173	34.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	BUF	15	—	49	30	19	1	3	0.5	4.5	3	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	648	62.7%	135	30.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TEN	15	—	55	42	13	0	1	0.5	1.5	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	882	89.6%	80	19.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TEN	13	—	39	34	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	555	55.5%	125	33.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TEN	10	—	23	12	11	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	364	38.8%	161	34.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CAR	2	—	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	70	55.0%	4	8.0%	3	2	0.7	91.0	14.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	89	—	290	198	92	12	9	4.5	25.5	8	25	2	3	2	0	—	0.0%	3,248	60.7%	678	26.6%	3	2	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2011	23	BUF	7	—	28	21	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	2.8
2012	24	BUF	12	—	29	16	13	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	1	2	—	0	4.9
2013	25	BUF	15	10*	62	39	23	5	4	3.5	12.5	1	7	0	1	2	8.3
2014	26	BUF	15	9*	49	30	19	1	3	0.5	4.5	3	4	0	1	0	7.2
2015	27	TEN	15	13*	55	42	13	0	1	0.5	1.5	1	4	0	—	0	6
2016	28	TEN	13	8*	39	34	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	0	1	0	5.6
2017	29	TEN	10	0*	23	12	11	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	—	0	3.6
2018	30	CAR	2	—	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			89	40*	290	198	92	12	9	—	—	8	25	2	3	2	38.4

* 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	25	BUF	16	10*	—	0.0%	729	62.7%	173	34.1%
2014	26	BUF	15	9*	—	0.0%	648	62.7%	135	30.9%
2015	27	TEN	15	13*	—	0.0%	882	89.6%	80	19.1%
2016	28	TEN	14	8*	—	0.0%	555	55.5%	125	33.8%
2017	29	TEN	16	0*	—	0.0%	364	38.8%	161	34.1%
2018	30	CAR	2	—	—	0.0%	70	55.0%	4	8.0%
Career			78	40*	—	—	3,248	—	678	—

* 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	30	CAR	2	—	3	2	0.7	91.0	14.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career			2		3	2	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded 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 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 36.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 522017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Interceptions leader4

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.586See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.586Snap share60.7%Def snaps3,248VolatileCV 0.44

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 · 2011

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

DB · 2011 class

4.55s

40-Yard

Below avg · 28th pct

Pos 28thAll 68thClass Pos 30thClass All 65th

33"

Vertical

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 44thClass Pos 26thClass All 47th

120"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 64thClass Pos 51thClass All 72th

27 reps

Bench

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 83thClass Pos 99thClass All 79th

6.87s

3-Cone

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 85thClass Pos 42thClass All 72th

4.09s

Shuttle

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 89thClass Pos 56thClass All 85th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl2Solo2TFL1Dis1.0PD1

College Stats

North CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (North 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #100

#92Joe BarksdaleOT #93Chris ConteFS #94Kenrick EllisDT #95Curtis BrownDB #96Alex GreenRB #97Sione FuaDT #98Brandon HoganCB #99K.J. WrightOLB #101Clint BolingG #102Jordan CameronTE #103Sam AchoLB #104Luke StockerTE #105Roy HeluRB #106Christian BallardDE #107Kris DurhamWR #108Quinton CarterS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Da'Norris inherited the Buffalo Bills DB room from Jairus Byrd (2009–2013), and handed it to Aaron Williams (2011–2016).

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

2018team change
Joined CAR (from TEN)
2018final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2015team change
Joined TEN (from BUF)
2011draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 4, Pick 100

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 205 lb

Frame

223 lb at 4.55s

Size-speed

33" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

27 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	CAR	1	W3Out· Concussion
2016	TEN	2	W4Out· AnkleW5Out· Ankle
2015	TEN	1	W15Out· Hamstring
2014	BUF	1	W6Questionable· KneeW15Out· Hamstring
2012	BUF	1	W7Questionable· AnkleW17Out· Groin
2011	BUF	0	W6Questionable· Ankle

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

C2011

C2012

C+2013

B2014

C+2015

C+2016

C+2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

80%

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
2011	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	1	0.1	0-1	0
2014	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2015	1	0.1	0-1	0
2016	1	0.1	1	0.1
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1

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

38 career value over replacement — #2382 all-time of 4,642. 5.4/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #100 (Rd 4) · BUF · 2011 · +16.3 vs expected KV-H

55actual

38.7 expected · Δ+16.3

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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

Combine · 2011

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #100

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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