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

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Donnie Abraham

1× Pro BowlTop 4% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000

Height5'10"

Weight192 lb

BornOct 8, 1973

Age52

CollegeEast Tennessee State See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 3, Pick 71 · TB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

59thInterceptions·37

Postseason all-time ranks

31stPlayoff Interceptions·3

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 189 · #427 · Elite

Worth 189 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 10% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.6

Avg surplus

peak +38

8 seasons × ~23.6 surplus ≈ VORP 189

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1996	—	TAM	12	—	58	50	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	—	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	TAM	16	—	54	44	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	—	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	TAM	13	—	38	32	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	—	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	TB	16	—	63	49	14	2	2	2.0	6.0	6	24	1	—	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	TB	16	—	55	44	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	23	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
2001	—	TB	15	—	36	26	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	16	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NYJ	16	—	46	40	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	14	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NYJ	5	—	9	9	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	NYJ	16	—	48	33	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	0	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	125	—	407	327	56	5	2	2.0	9.0	37	91	2	8	4	0	—	—	—	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1996	23	TAM	12	—	58	50	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	—	0	2	—	—	9.4
1997	24	TAM	16	—	54	44	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	—	0	1	—	—	9.9
1998	25	TAM	13	—	38	32	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	—	0	2	—	—	4.8
1999	26	TB	16	—	63	49	14	2	2	2.0	6.0	6	24	1	—	2	0	15.8
2000	27	TB	16	—	55	44	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	23	1	—	0	0	15.3
2001	28	TB	15	—	36	26	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	16	0	1	0	0	11.6
2002	29	NYJ	16	—	46	40	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	14	0	—	0	0	9.7
2003	30	NYJ	5	—	9	9	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	2
2004	31	NYJ	16	—	48	33	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	0	2	2	0	10.3
Career			125		407	327	56	5	2	—	—	37	91	2	8	4	0	88.8

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2000	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

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 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 77· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 71

On-field 52.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

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

1996bestavg 68elite 702004

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 17% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

17% of the all-time Interceptions leader17

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%.

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

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl26Solo24Ast2TFL1Dis1.0Int3PD3

College Stats

East Tennessee StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (East Tennessee 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.

1996 Draft Class· this player went #71

#61Brian DawkinsS #62Ray MickensDB #63Aaron BeasleyCB #64Johnny McWilliamsTE #65Detron SmithRB #66Roman ObenOT #68John BrowningDT #70Brady SmithDE #73Winslow OliverRB #74Terry KillensLB #75Moe WilliamsRB #76Ryan StewartDB #81Brian RocheTE #82Scott SlutzkerTE #83Jerald MooreRB #85Bobby HoyingQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Donnie inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DB room from Charles Dimry (1994–1996), and handed it to Ronde Barber (1997–2012).

Marty Carter 1991–1994John Lynch 1993–2003Charles Dimry 1994–1996Donnie Abraham 1996–2001Ronde Barber 1997–2012Dexter Jackson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2002team change
Joined NYJ (from TB)
1999team change
Joined TB (from TAM)
1996draft
Drafted by TB — Round 3, Pick 71
1996team change
Joined TAM (from TB)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 192 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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 84

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

B+1996

B+1997

C+1998

A1999

A2000

A2001

B+2002

D2003

C+2004

Availability

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

87%

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
1996	5	0.4	4-1	0.2
1997	5	0.3	3-2	0.2
1998	1	0.1	0-1	0
1999	6	0.4	4-2	0.3
2000	7	0.4	5-2	0.3
2001	6	0.4	5-1	0.3
2002	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2003	1	0.2	2+1	0.1
2004	2	0.1	1-1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

189 career value over replacement — #427 all-time of 4,642. 21/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #71 (Rd 3) · TB · 1996 · +33.4 vs expected KV-H

77actual

43.6 expected · Δ+33.4

💔+24.6 stolen VORP·1.17 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1996 Draft Class· this player went #71

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator