DaRon Bland ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Bland in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Bland a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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DaRon Bland

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 6% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker👑 #1 Defensive Back · 2023 ⭐ Shooting Star · 2023

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Career Value · VORP

98 career value over replacement — #1177 all-time of 4,695. 24.5/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×2 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #167 (Rd 5) · DAL · 2022 · +49.2 vs expected KV-H

73actual

23.8 expected · Δ+49.2

💔+39.2 stolen VORP·1.6 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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%
2022	23	DAL	17	—	51	35	16	1	2	0.0	3.0	5	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	596	51.6%	171	36.9%	63	45	0.7	82.2	6.8	1	0	1	8	5	0.1
2023	24	DAL	17	—	64	48	16	3	1	0.0	4.0	9	15	0	—	5	0	—	0.0%	966	89.8%	30	6.5%	84	50	0.6	60.8	12.4	1	0	1	2	6	0.1
2024	25	DAL	7	—	41	29	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	436	96.1%	—	0.0%	51	31	0.6	105.7	10.6	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
2025	26	DAL	12	—	72	44	28	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	6	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	746	94.1%	—	0.0%	77	48	0.6	103.3	9.5	0	0	0	8	6	0.1
2026	27	DAL	5	—	22	16	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	327	98.8%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	58	—	250	172	78	8	3	0.0	11.0	15	35	1	1	6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	275	174	—	—	—	2	0	2	18	19	—

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Led NFL2023·Int9

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A top 10% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 98 · #1177 · High-Value

Worth 98 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 26% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +32.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+32.7

Avg surplus

peak +50

3 seasons × ~32.7 surplus ≈