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 69, 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

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Career Value · VORP

124 career value over replacement — #851 all-time of 4,695. 15.5/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

Led league 1×1 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #149 (Rd 5) · ATL · 2017 · +39.3 vs expected KV-H

69actual

29.7 expected · Δ+39.3

💔+36.3 stolen VORP·2.34 szns lost

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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	24	ATL	16	—	18	10	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	163	15.8%	247	57.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	25	ATL	16	—	76	54	22	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	991	90.9%	87	19.1%	30	16	0.5	82.1	11.8	0	0	0	1	13	0.1
2019	26	ATL	16	—	66	39	27	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	803	76.8%	107	24.5%	43	28	0.7	66.3	8.2	0	0	0	10	11	0.1
2020	27	ATL	4	—	20	17	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	241	81.5%	17	12.5%	4	3	0.8	116.7	16.3	0	0	0	4	2	0.1
2021	28	DAL	17	—	49	32	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	4	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	903	78.5%	53	10.7%	25	13	0.5	85.8	14.2	0	0	0	4	6	0.1
2022	29	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	30	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	31	PIT	15	—	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	32	CLE	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	11	5.0%	37	33.8%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	0	0	0	1	0	—
Career		—	111	—	332	223	109	3	0	0.0	3.0	17	24	5	2	0	0	—	0.0%	4,446	60.1%	812	27.1%	171	108	—	—	—	0	0	0	26	37	—

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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 124 · #851 · High-Value

Worth 124 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 19% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.7

Avg surplus

peak +46

6 seasons × ~20.7 surplus ≈