Not to be confused withDexter Jackson (WR · 2008–2011).

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

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Dexter Jackson

Top 17% all-time defensive backsElite PlaymakerTeam Carrier · #174

Height6'0"

Weight210 lb

BornJul 28, 1977

Career Value · VORP

89 career value over replacement — #1327 all-time of 4,695. 11.1/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #113 (Rd 4) · TB · 1999 · +29.3 vs expected KV-H

65actual

35.7 expected · Δ+29.3

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #174 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

1 qualifying season

2003 ARI·4 team wins#8

Interceptions · 6 · score 54

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 21% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

21% of the all-time Interceptions leader21

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 91%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl15Solo9Ast6Int3PD5

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida State), 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.

Top Teammates

Ronde BarberFS6y Derrick BrooksOLB6y Mike AlstottFB6y Shelton QuarlesMLB6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dexter inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DB room from Ronde Barber (1997–2012), and handed it to Brian Kelly (1999–2007).

Mark Cotney 1976–1984Cedric Brown 1977–1984Mark Robinson 1988–1990Harry Hamilton 1988–1991John Lynch 1993–2003Donnie Abraham

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

Movementderived from season history

2008final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2006team change
Joined CIN (from TB)
2004team change
Joined TB (from ARI)
2003team change
Joined ARI (from TB)
1999draft
Drafted by TB — Round 4, Pick 113

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 210 lb

Frame

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 72

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

C2000

B+2001

B2002

A2003

F2004

C+2005

C+2006

C+2007

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

70%

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2000	0	0	0	0
2001	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2002	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2003	6	0.4	4-2	0.2
2004	0	0	0	0
2005	1	0.1	1	0
2006	1	0.1	1	0
2007	2	0.1	1-1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.