Damontae Kazee ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Kazee in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Kazee a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Damontae Kazee

Top 10% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018

Height5'11"

Weight174 lb

BornJun 5, 1993

Age33

CollegeSan Diego State See College Stats

ConferenceMountain West

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 5, Pick 149 · ATL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2018·Int7

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 125 · #815 · High-Value

Worth 125 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 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

+20.8

Avg surplus

peak +46

6 seasons × ~20.8 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.

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%
2017	—	ATL	5	—	18	10	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	163	28.0%	247	57.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ATL	16	—	76	54	22	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	991	90.9%	87	20.3%	30	16	0.5	82.1	11.8	0	0	0	1	13	0.1
2019	—	ATL	16	—	66	39	27	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	803	76.8%	107	28.0%	43	28	0.7	66.3	8.2	0	0	0	10	11	0.1
2020	—	ATL	4	—	20	17	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	241	81.5%	17	16.7%	4	3	0.8	116.7	16.3	0	0	0	4	2	0.1
2021	—	DAL	17	—	49	32	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	4	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	903	78.5%	53	13.9%	25	13	0.5	85.8	14.2	0	0	0	4	6	0.1
2022	—	PIT	9	—	18	10	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	273	54.8%	58	26.6%	11	7	0.6	45.5	8.5	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
2023	—	PIT	14	—	54	39	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	772	80.7%	117	31.6%	43	29	0.7	114.1	11.3	0	0	0	4	4	0.1
2024	—	PIT	11	—	31	22	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	289	28.9%	89	22.5%	14	11	0.8	112.8	10.9	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2025	—	CLE	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	11	10.0%	37	33.8%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	0	0	0	1	0	—
Career		—	96	—	332	223	109	3	0	0.0	3.0	17	24	5	2	0	0	—	0.0%	4,446	58.9%	812	27.9%	171	108	—	—	—	0	0	0	26	37	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2017	24	ATL	5	0*	18	10	8	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	2
2018	25	ATL	16	15*	76	54	22	1	0.0	1.0	7	10	1	—	16
2019	26	ATL	16	12*	66	39	27	2	0.0	2.0	3	3	0	—	8.5
2020	27	ATL	4	3*	20	17	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	1.6
2021	28	DAL	17	13*	49	32	17	0	0.0	0.0	2	4	2	—	8.5
2022	29	PIT	9	5*	18	10	8	0	0.0	0.0	2	2	0	—	4.5
2023	30	PIT	14	11*	54	39	15	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	2	5.3
2024	31	PIT	11	0*	31	22	9	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	3.7
Career			92	59*	332	223	109	3	—	—	17	24	5	2	52.4

* 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%
2017	24	ATL	16	0*	—	0.0%	163	28.0%	247	57.9%
2018	25	ATL	16	15*	—	0.0%	991	90.9%	87	20.3%
2019	26	ATL	16	12*	—	0.0%	803	76.8%	107	28.0%
2020	27	ATL	4	3*	—	0.0%	241	81.5%	17	16.7%
2021	28	DAL	17	13*	—	0.0%	903	78.5%	53	13.9%
2022	29	PIT	9	5*	—	0.0%	273	54.8%	58	26.6%
2023	30	PIT	14	11*	—	0.0%	772	80.7%	117	31.6%
2024	31	PIT	15	0*	—	0.0%	289	28.9%	89	22.5%
2025	32	CLE	4	0*	—	0.0%	11	10.0%	37	33.8%
Career			111	59*	—	—	4,446	—	812	—

* 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	ATL	16	15*	30	16	0.5	82.1	11.8	1	13	0.1
2019	26	ATL	16	12*	43	28	0.7	66.3	8.2	10	11	0.1
2020	27	ATL	4	3*	4	3	0.8	116.7	16.3	4	2	0.1
2021	28	DAL	17	13*	25	13	0.5	85.8	14.2	4	6	0.1
2022	29	PIT	9	5*	11	7	0.6	45.5	8.5	2	0	0.0
2023	30	PIT	14	11*	43	29	0.7	114.1	11.3	4	4	0.1
2024	31	PIT	15	0*	14	11	0.8	112.8	10.9	0	1	0.0
2025	32	CLE	4	0*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	1	0	—
Career			95	59*	171	108	—	—	—	26	37	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 70 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 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 69.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 89%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 49

Availability 16

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 57elite 702024

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.105See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.105Snap share65%Def snaps4,435VolatileCV 0.46

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 · 2017

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

DB · 2017 class

4.54s

40-Yard

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 69thClass Pos 35thClass All 70th

34"

Vertical

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 54thClass Pos 42thClass All 67th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 82thClass Pos 63thClass All 76th

11 reps

Bench

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 5thClass Pos 16thClass All 10th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo6Ast6

College Stats

San Diego StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (San Diego State), 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.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #149

#140Wayne GallmanRB #141Chad HansenWR #142Carlos WatkinsDE #143Marlon MackRB #144Grover StewartDT #145Jake ButtTE #146George KittleTE #148Blair BrownLB #150Jordan LeggettTE #151Desmond KingDB #152Corn ElderCB #153Jake ElliottK #154Jeremy SprinkleTE #155Jayon BrownILB #156Brian HillRB #157Will HoldenG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Damontae inherited the Atlanta Falcons DB room from Keanu Neal (2016–2020), and handed it to Isaiah Oliver (2018–2022).

Charles Dimry 1988–1990Deion Sanders 1989–1993Louis Riddick 1992–1996Darnell Walker 1993–1996Juran Bolden 1996–2003Ronnie Bradford

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined CLE (from PIT)
2025final season
Last recorded season with CLE
2022team change
Joined PIT (from DAL)
2021team change
Joined DAL (from ATL)
2017draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 5, Pick 149

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 174 lb

Frame

184 lb at 4.54s

Size-speed

34" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

11 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	PIT	1	W6Out· AnkleW7Questionable· Ankle
2021	DAL	0	W2Questionable· ThighW6Questionable· Hip
2019	ATL	0	W5Questionable· Illness

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 76

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

F2017

A+2018

B2019

F2020

B2021

B2022

B2023

C+2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

74%

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
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	7	0.4	6-1	0.3
2019	3	0.2	3	0.1
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2023	2	0.1	2	0.1
2024	1	0.1	2+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

125 career value over replacement — #815 all-time of 4,642. 15.6/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

Led league 1×1 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #149 (Rd 5) · ATL · 2017 · +37 vs expected KV-H

70actual

33 expected · Δ+37

💔+36.5 stolen VORP·2.34 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

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 · 2017

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #149

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography