Derwin James is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places James in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and James's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Derwin James

5× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 17% all-time defensive backsFranchise Cornerstone📈 Late Developer · 2025

Height6'2"

Weight215 lb

BornAug 3, 1996

Age29

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 1, Pick 17 · LAC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time defensive back with reliable availability and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 96 · #1186 · High-Value

Worth 96 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 27% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16

Avg surplus

peak +25

6 seasons × ~16 surplus ≈ VORP 96

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%
2018	—	LAC	16	—	97	67	30	4	6	3.5	13.5	3	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,027	99.1%	39	11.2%	73	49	0.7	82.0	6.7	11	5	2	52	17	0.1
2019	—	LAC	5	—	32	21	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	299	99.2%	2	4.0%	14	12	0.9	103.3	0.0	1	1	0	17	4	0.1
2021	—	LAC	15	—	113	70	43	7	7	2.0	16.0	2	5	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	962	93.9%	3	4.3%	60	34	0.6	63.7	7.5	9	2	4	21	9	0.1
2022	—	LAC	14	—	109	58	51	5	5	4.0	14.0	2	6	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	836	93.9%	7	5.8%	58	38	0.7	82.4	8.0	7	2	1	23	5	0.0
2023	—	LAC	16	—	115	76	39	5	4	2.0	11.0	1	7	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,002	93.2%	9	5.8%	64	44	0.7	93.7	7.9	7	3	2	36	12	0.1
2024	—	LAC	16	—	89	56	33	10	6	5.5	21.5	1	7	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	984	95.0%	17	7.0%	58	36	0.6	74.2	4.8	11	5	0	66	3	0.0
2025	—	LAC	15	—	93	49	44	6	8	2.0	16.0	3	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	893	92.4%	11	5.0%	54	33	0.6	59.6	5.1	10	2	5	43	8	0.1
Career		—	97	—	648	397	251	40	36	19.0	95.0	12	46	6	3	0	0	—	0.0%	6,003	95.3%	88	6.2%	381	246	—	—	—	56	20	14	258	58	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2018	22	LAC	16	16*	97	67	30	4	6	3.5	13.5	3	13	0	—	11.3
2019	23	LAC	5	5*	32	21	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	1.9
2021	25	LAC	15	14*	113	70	43	7	7	2.0	16.0	2	5	3	—	10.4
2022	26	LAC	14	13*	109	58	51	5	5	4.0	14.0	2	6	2	—	9.1
2023	27	LAC	16	15*	115	76	39	5	4	2.0	11.0	1	7	0	2	7.5
2024	28	LAC	16	15*	89	56	33	10	6	5.5	21.5	1	7	0	1	7.7
2025	29	LAC	15	15*	93	49	44	6	8	2.0	16.0	3	7	1	—	11.4
Career			97	93*	648	397	251	40	36	—	—	12	46	6	3	59.3

* 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%
2018	22	LAC	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,027	99.1%	39	11.2%
2019	23	LAC	5	5*	—	0.0%	299	99.2%	2	4.0%
2021	25	LAC	15	14*	—	0.0%	962	93.9%	3	4.3%
2022	26	LAC	14	13*	—	0.0%	836	93.9%	7	5.8%
2023	27	LAC	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,002	93.2%	9	5.8%
2024	28	LAC	16	15*	—	0.0%	984	95.0%	17	7.0%
2025	29	LAC	16	15*	—	0.0%	893	92.4%	11	5.0%
Career			98	93*	—	—	6,003	—	88	—

* 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	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	22	LAC	16	16*	73	49	0.7	82.0	6.7	11	5	2	52	17	0.1
2019	23	LAC	5	5*	14	12	0.9	103.3	0.0	1	1	0	17	4	0.1
2021	25	LAC	15	14*	60	34	0.6	63.7	7.5	9	2	4	21	9	0.1
2022	26	LAC	14	13*	58	38	0.7	82.4	8.0	7	2	1	23	5	0.0
2023	27	LAC	16	15*	64	44	0.7	93.7	7.9	7	3	2	36	12	0.1
2024	28	LAC	16	15*	58	36	0.6	74.2	4.8	11	5	0	66	3	0.0
2025	29	LAC	16	15*	54	33	0.6	59.6	5.1	10	2	5	43	8	0.1
Career			98	93*	381	246	—	—	—	56	20	14	258	58	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 44.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 58elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Sacks leader10

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+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.649See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.649Snap share95.3%Def snaps6,003ReliableCV 0.24

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+).

Combine · 2018

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2018 class

4.47s

40-Yard

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 83thClass Pos 51thClass All 82th

40"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 95thClass Pos 84thClass All 95th

132"

Broad Jump

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 98thClass Pos 87thClass All 97th

21 reps

Bench

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 50thClass Pos 90thClass All 64th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl32Solo22Ast10TFL4QBHits1Dis5.0PD1FR1

College Stats

Florida StateImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2015	Florida State	—	52	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	2	2	—	—
2016	Florida State	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	0	0	—	—
2017	Florida State	—	49	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	0	0	—	—
Career		0	110	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	0	2	2	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2018 Draft Class· this player went #17

#9Mike McGlincheyOT #10Josh RosenQB #11Minkah FitzpatrickFS #12Vita VeaDT #13Daron PayneNT #14Marcus DavenportDE #15Kolton MillerOT #16Tremaine EdmundsMLB #18Jaire AlexanderCB #19Leighton Vander EschOLB #20Frank RagnowG #21Billy PriceC #22Rashaan EvansILB #23Isaiah WynnG #24DJ MooreWR #25Hayden HurstTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Derwin inherited the Los Angeles Chargers DB room from Michael Davis (2017–2023), and handed it to Nasir Adderley (2019–2022).

Darrien Gordon 1993–1996Dwayne Harper 1994–1998Rodney Harrison 1994–2002Terrance Shaw 1995–1999Greg Jackson 1997–2000Mike Dumas

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 LAC
2018draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 1, Pick 17

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 215 lb

Frame

215 lb at 4.47s

Size-speed

40" vert / 132" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	LAC	0	W4Doubtful· HamstringW7Questionable· Ankle
2022	LAC	1	W14Doubtful· QuadricepW15Doubtful· QuadricepW17Out· Concussion
2021	LAC	0	W15Questionable· HamstringW16Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 69

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

B2018

F2019

B2021

B2022

C+2023

C+2024

B+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

84%

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
2018	3	0.2	3	0.1
2019	0	0	0	0
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	2	0.1	2	0.1
2023	1	0.1	1	0.1
2024	1	0.1	1	0.1
2025	3	0.2	3	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, 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

96 career value over replacement — #1186 all-time of 4,642. 13.7/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #17 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2018 · +8.5 vs expected KV-H

65actual

56.5 expected · Δ+8.5

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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

Combine · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #17

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography