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

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

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

5 seasons · peak 12.9 in 2023

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

1.5 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2023 · +1.0 wins

Defence+0.9

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2022	23	DAL	12	9*	51	35	16	1	2	3.0	5	7	0	—	0	6.4
2023	24	DAL	17	15*	64	48	16	3	1	4.0	9	15	0	—	5	12.9
2024	25	DAL	7	7*	41	29	12	0	0	0.0	0	5	1	1	0	0
2025	26	DAL	12	11*	72	44	28	3	0	3.0	1	6	0	—	1	0.4
2026	27	DAL	5	5*	22	16	6	1	0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
Career			53	47*	250	172	78	8	3	11.0	15	35	1	1	6	19.7

* 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%
2022	23	DAL	17	9*	—	0.0%	596	51.6%	171	36.9%
2023	24	DAL	17	15*	—	0.0%	966	89.8%	30	6.5%
2024	25	DAL	7	7*	—	0.0%	436	96.1%	—	0.0%
2025	26	DAL	12	11*	—	0.0%	746	94.1%	—	0.0%
2026	27	DAL	5	5*	—	0.0%	327	98.8%	—	0.0%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* 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	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2022	23	DAL	17	9*	63	45	0.7	82.2	6.8	1	1	8	5	0.1
2023	24	DAL	17	15*	84	50	0.6	60.8	12.4	1	1	2	6	0.1
2024	25	DAL	7	7*	51	31	0.6	105.7	10.6	0	0	0	2	0.0
2025	26	DAL	12	11*	77	48	0.6	103.3	9.5	0	0	8	6	0.1
Career			53	42*	275	174	—	—	—	2	2	18	19	—

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

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	NYG	—	—	—
W2	WAS	—	—	—
W3	BAL	—	—	—
W4	HOU	—	—	—
W5	TB	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 5 games

Splits

17 games · 2025–2026

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G
Home	9
Away	8

Wins / Losses3 rows

Wins / Losses	G
Wins	7
Losses	9
Ties	1

Regular season / Postseason1 row

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 79 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 73· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 61.7

By opponent	G
vs ARI	1
vs BAL	1
vs CAR	1
vs DEN	1
vs DET	1
vs GB	1
vs HOU	1
vs KC	1
vs LV	1
vs MIN	1
vs NYG	1
vs NYJ	1
vs PHI	2
vs TB	1
vs WAS	2

By month	G
September	5
October	6
November	4
December	2

Division games	G
Division	5
Non-division	12

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	NYG	—	—	—
W2	WAS	—	—	—
W3	BAL	—	—	—
W4	HOU	—	—	—
W5	TB	—	—	—

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	NYG	—	—	—
W2	WAS	—	—	—
W3	BAL	—	—	—
W4	HOU	—	—	—
W5	TB	—	—	—

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DaRon Bland

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · DB

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	NYG	—	—	—
W2	WAS	—	—	—
W3	BAL	—	—	—
W4	HOU	—	—	—
W5	TB	—	—	—