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

Career Value · VORP

96 career value over replacement — #1210 all-time of 4,695. 13.7/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #17 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2018 · +8.2 vs expected KV-H

65actual

56.8 expected · Δ+8.2

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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%
2018	22	LAC	16	—	97	67	30	4	6	3.5	13.5	3	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,027	99.1%	39	9.1%	73	49	0.7	82.0	6.7	11	5	2	52	17	0.1
2019	23	LAC	5	—	32	21	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	299	99.2%	2	1.6%	14	12	0.9	103.3	0.0	1	1	0	17	4	0.1
2021	25	LAC	15	—	113	70	43	7	7	2.0	16.0	2	5	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	962	93.9%	3	0.9%	60	34	0.6	63.7	7.5	9	2	4	21	9	0.1
2022	26	LAC	14	—	109	58	51	5	5	4.0	14.0	2	6	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	836	93.9%	7	1.6%	58	38	0.7	82.4	8.0	7	2	1	23	5	0.0
2023	27	LAC	16	—	115	76	39	5	4	2.0	11.0	1	7	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,002	93.2%	9	2.2%	64	44	0.7	93.7	7.9	7	3	2	36	12	0.1
2024	28	LAC	16	—	89	56	33	10	6	5.5	21.5	1	7	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	984	95.0%	17	3.9%	58	36	0.6	74.2	4.8	11	5	0	66	3	0.0
2025	29	LAC	16	—	93	49	44	6	8	2.0	16.0	3	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	893	92.4%	11	2.5%	54	33	0.6	59.6	5.1	10	2	5	43	8	0.1
2026	30	LAC	3	—	21	12	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	193	94.3%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	101	—	669	409	260	40	36	19.0	95.0	12	47	6	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	381	246	—	—	—	56	20	14	258	58	—

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Pro Bowls

All-Pro

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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 · #1210 · High-Value

Worth 96 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 27% of all 4,695 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16

Avg surplus

peak +25

6 seasons × ~16 surplus ≈