Derek Stingley Jr. ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Stingley in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Stingley a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

CBHOU#24ACT

Derek Stingley Jr.

2× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 4% all-time defensive backsIron Legend⭐ Shooting Star · 2023

Height6'1"

Weight195 lb

BornJun 20, 2001

Age25

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · HOU

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

77thPlayoff Interceptions·2

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber defensive back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 118 · #893 · High-Value

Worth 118 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 20% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +29.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+29.5

Avg surplus

peak +42

4 seasons × ~29.5 surplus ≈ VORP 118

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%
2022	—	HOU	9	—	41	33	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	600	96.8%	—	0.0%	54	34	0.6	78.4	9.9	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
2023	—	HOU	10	—	37	26	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	5	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	687	96.0%	9	9.7%	48	23	0.5	41.3	15.9	0	0	0	0	4	0.1
2024	—	HOU	16	—	52	35	17	4	0	0.0	4.0	5	18	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,012	92.4%	12	5.9%	85	40	0.5	51.2	13.4	0	0	0	1	9	0.1
2025	—	HOU	15	—	36	26	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	15	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	914	88.8%	4	3.0%	67	29	0.4	54.0	12.1	0	0	0	4	4	0.1
Career		—	50	—	166	120	46	6	0	1.0	7.0	15	51	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	3,213	93.5%	25	6.2%	254	126	—	—	—	1	0	0	5	19	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2022	21	HOU	9	9*	41	33	8	0	1.0	1.0	1	5	0	—	0	4.6
2023	22	HOU	10	10*	37	26	11	1	0.0	1.0	5	13	0	—	0	9.7
2024	23	HOU	16	16*	52	35	17	4	0.0	4.0	5	18	0	—	0	13.8
2025	24	HOU	15	15*	36	26	10	1	0.0	1.0	4	15	1	—	1	14.6
Career			50	50*	166	120	46	6	—	—	15	51	1	—	1	42.7

* 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	21	HOU	9	9*	—	0.0%	600	96.8%	—	0.0%
2023	22	HOU	11	11*	—	0.0%	687	96.0%	9	9.7%
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,012	92.4%	12	5.9%
2025	24	HOU	17	15*	—	0.0%	914	88.8%	4	3.0%
Career			54	51*	—	—	3,213	—	25	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2022	21	HOU	9	9*	54	34	0.6	78.4	9.9	1	0	2	0.0
2023	22	HOU	11	11*	48	23	0.5	41.3	15.9	0	0	4	0.1
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	85	40	0.5	51.2	13.4	0	1	9	0.1
2025	24	HOU	17	15*	67	29	0.4	54.0	12.1	0	4	4	0.1
Career			54	51*	254	126	—	—	—	1	5	19	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 77 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 77 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 82.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 77· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 80

On-field 64.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2022bestavg 79elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Interceptions leader7

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.303See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.303Snap share93.5%Def snaps3,213ReliableCV 0.29

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+).

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl14Solo13Ast1TFL1Dis1.0Int2PD6FF1

College Stats

LSUImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2019	LSU	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	21	—	0	1	—	—
2020	LSU	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	1	1	—	—
2021	LSU	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	1	0	—	—
Career		0	56	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	26	0	2	2	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2022 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Travon WalkerDE #2Aidan HutchinsonDE #4Sauce GardnerCB #5Kayvon ThibodeauxLB #6Ikem EkwonuOT #7Evan NealOT #8Drake LondonWR #9Charles CrossOT #10Garrett WilsonWR #11Chris OlaveWR #12Jameson WilliamsWR #13Jordan DavisDT #14Kyle HamiltonSAF #15Kenyon GreenG #16Jahan DotsonWR #17Zion JohnsonG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Derek inherited the Houston Texans DB room from Steven Nelson (2022–2023), and handed it to Jalen Pitre (2022–2025).

Aaron Glenn 2002–2004Eric Brown 2002–2004Kenny Wright 2002–2004Marcus Coleman 2002–2005Demarcus Faggins 2003–2008Dunta Robinson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2022draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 195 lb

Frame

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	HOU	1	W3Out· Hamstring
2022	HOU	5	W11Out· HamstringW12Out· HamstringW13Out· HamstringW14Out· Hamstring / IllnessW15Out· Hamstring

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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 87

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

C+2022

A+2023

A2024

A2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

79%

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
2022	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2023	5	0.5	8+3	0.5
2024	5	0.3	5	0.3
2025	4	0.3	5+1	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

118 career value over replacement — #893 all-time of 4,642. 29.5/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2022 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H

77actual

61.8 expected · Δ+15.2

💔+24.8 stolen VORP·0.84 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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2022 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography