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

Age

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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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 7.9 in 2018

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

1.4 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2018 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.7

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2017	24	ATL	5	0*	18	10	8	0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0
2018	25	ATL	16	15*	76	54	22	1	1.0	7	10	1	—	7.9
2019	26	ATL	16	12*	66	39	27	2	2.0	3	3	0	—	2.7
2020	27	ATL	4	3*	20	17	3	0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0
2021	28	DAL	17	13*	49	32	17	0	0.0	2	4	2	—	2.1
2022	29	PIT	9	5*	18	10	8	0	0.0	2	2	0	—	2.3
2023	30	PIT	14	11*	54	39	15	0	0.0	2	3	0	2	2.3
2024	31	PIT	11	0*	31	22	9	0	0.0	1	2	0	—	0.6
Career			92	59*	332	223	109	3	3.0	17	24	5	2	17.9

* 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	15.8%	247	57.9%
2018	25	ATL	16	15*	—	0.0%	991	90.9%	87	19.1%
2019	26	ATL	16	12*	—	0.0%	803	76.8%	107	24.5%
2020	27	ATL	4	3*	—	0.0%	241	81.5%	17	12.5%
2021	28	DAL	17	13*	—	0.0%	903	78.5%	53	10.7%
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	5.0%	37	33.8%
Career			111	59*	—	0.0%	4,446	60.1%	812	27.1%

* 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 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 69 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 69· confidence 89%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 48.9

Availability 16.1

On-field production

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Damontae Kazee

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · DB