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

CBLV#10ACT

Desmond Trufant

1× Pro BowlTop 28% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2019

Height6'1"

Weight190 lb

BornSep 10, 1990

Age35

CollegeWashington See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 1, Pick 22 · ATL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 93 · #1228 · High-Value

Worth 93 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 27% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.3

Avg surplus

peak +40

7 seasons × ~13.3 surplus ≈ VORP 93

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%
2013	—	ATL	15	—	69	54	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	17	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,000	96.1%	6	5.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	ATL	16	—	60	52	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	16	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,076	99.3%	60	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	ATL	16	—	40	33	7	1	2	1.0	4.0	1	11	0	2	1	0	—	0.0%	966	92.8%	146	38.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ATL	9	—	29	24	5	1	2	2.0	5.0	1	4	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	591	92.6%	67	24.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	ATL	15	—	38	33	5	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	12	0	3	1	0	—	0.0%	901	92.1%	65	18.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ATL	16	—	64	53	11	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	12	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,060	96.9%	11	8.0%	98	58	0.6	87.6	11.1	4	3	0	4	4	0.1
2019	—	ATL	8	—	18	13	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	521	89.1%	—	0.0%	38	25	0.7	100.9	13.1	0	0	0	0	4	0.2
2020	—	DET	6	—	20	16	4	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	324	77.3%	—	0.0%	32	22	0.7	111.3	9.7	1	0	0	1	5	0.2
2021	—	LV	7	—	17	14	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	233	36.4%	11	5.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	2TM	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	14	0.5	69.4	12.6	0	0	0	0	2	0.1
Career		—	118	—	355	292	63	10	7	6.0	23.0	14	89	3	7	2	0	—	0.0%	6,672	85.8%	366	16.2%	198	119	—	—	—	5	3	0	5	15	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2013	23	ATL	15	15*	69	54	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	17	1	1	0	10.6
2014	24	ATL	16	16*	60	52	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	16	0	1	0	10.9
2015	25	ATL	16	15*	40	33	7	1	2	1.0	4.0	1	11	0	2	1	8.8
2016	26	ATL	9	8*	29	24	5	1	2	2.0	5.0	1	4	2	—	0	5.4
2017	27	ATL	15	14*	38	33	5	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	12	0	3	1	9.6
2018	28	ATL	16	16*	64	53	11	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	12	0	—	0	7.9
2019	29	ATL	8	8*	18	13	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	7	0	—	0	6.4
2020	30	DET	6	5*	20	16	4	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	4	0	—	0	3.3
2021	31	LV	7	0*	17	14	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	6	0	—	0	3.6
Career			108	97*	355	292	63	10	7	—	—	14	89	3	7	2	66.5

* 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%
2013	23	ATL	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,000	96.1%	6	5.3%
2014	24	ATL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,076	99.3%	60	13.3%
2015	25	ATL	16	15*	—	0.0%	966	92.8%	146	38.4%
2016	26	ATL	9	8*	—	0.0%	591	92.6%	67	24.3%
2017	27	ATL	15	14*	—	0.0%	901	92.1%	65	18.7%
2018	28	ATL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,060	96.9%	11	8.0%
2019	29	ATL	9	8*	—	0.0%	521	89.1%	—	0.0%
2020	30	DET	6	5*	—	0.0%	324	77.3%	—	0.0%
2021	31	LV	10	0*	—	0.0%	233	36.4%	11	5.4%
Career			113	97*	—	—	6,672	—	366	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	28	ATL	16	16*	98	58	0.6	87.6	11.1	4	3	4	4	0.1
2019	29	ATL	9	8*	38	25	0.7	100.9	13.1	0	0	0	4	0.2
2020	30	DET	6	5*	32	22	0.7	111.3	9.7	1	0	1	5	0.2
2021	31	2TM	10	0*	30	14	0.5	69.4	12.6	0	0	0	2	0.1
Career			41	29*	198	119	—	—	—	5	3	5	15	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 41.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 57elite 702021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Interceptions leader6

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.933See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.933Snap share85.8%Def snaps6,672ConsistentCV 0.17

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 · 2013

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

DB · 2013 class

4.38s

40-Yard

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 95thClass Pos 92thClass All 96th

37.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 69th pct

Pos 69thAll 84thClass Pos 73thClass All 89th

125"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 86thClass Pos 59thClass All 84th

16 reps

Bench

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 22thClass Pos 61thClass All 29th

3.85s

Shuttle

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 95thClass All 99th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl15Solo11Ast4TFL1Dis1.0PD2

College Stats

WashingtonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washington), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

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

2013 Draft Class· this player went #22

#14Star LotuleleiDT #15Kenny VaccaroS #16EJ ManuelQB #17Jarvis JonesOLB #18Eric ReidS #19Justin PughG #20Kyle LongG #21Tyler EifertTE #23Sharrif FloydDT #24Bjoern WernerOLB #25Xavier RhodesCB #26Datone JonesDE #27DeAndre HopkinsWR #28Sylvester WilliamsDT #29Cordarrelle PattersonRB #30Alec OgletreeILB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Desmond inherited the Atlanta Falcons DB room from Robert Alford (2013–2018), and handed it to Kemal Ishmael (2013–2019).

Charles Dimry 1988–1990Deion Sanders 1989–1993Louis Riddick 1992–1996Darnell Walker 1993–1996Juran Bolden 1996–2003Ronnie Bradford

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined LV (from DET)
2021final season
Last recorded season with LV
2020team change
Joined DET (from ATL)
2013draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 22

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 190 lb

Frame

190 lb at 4.38s

Size-speed

37.5" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

8 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	DET	3	W2Out· HamstringW3Doubtful· HamstringW4Questionable· HamstringW6Out· HamstringW7Out· HamstringW8Questionable· Hamstring
2019	ATL	3	W6Out· ToeW7Out· ToeW8Out· ToeW10Questionable· Toe
2017	ATL	1	W13Out· Concussion
2016	ATL	1	W10Out· ShoulderW12Questionable· Shoulder

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

B2013

B2014

C+2015

C+2016

B2017

C+2018

A2019

C2020

D2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

78%

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
2013	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2014	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2015	1	0.1	0-1	0
2016	1	0.1	1	0.1
2017	2	0.1	2	0.1
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	4	0.5	7+3	0.4
2020	1	0.2	2+1	0.1
2021	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

93 career value over replacement — #1228 all-time of 4,642. 10.3/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #22 (Rd 1) · ATL · 2013 · +3.5 vs expected KV-H

60actual

56.5 expected · Δ+3.5

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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 · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #22

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography