Donte Jackson ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Jackson in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jackson a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Donte Jackson

Top 5% all-time defensive backsIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2024 Team Carrier · #355

Height5'10"

Weight180 lb

BornNov 8, 1995

Age30

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 2, Pick 55 · CAR

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 176 · #481 · Elite

Worth 176 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 11% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22 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

+22

Avg surplus

peak +42

8 seasons × ~22 surplus ≈ VORP 176

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	—	CAR	16	—	65	54	11	4	1	1.0	6.0	4	9	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	896	90.1%	105	27.3%	78	46	0.6	97.6	12.7	1	0	0	3	15	0.2
2019	—	CAR	12	—	40	32	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	8	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	726	89.7%	78	20.3%	59	36	0.6	103.2	16.0	0	0	0	1	12	0.2
2020	—	CAR	12	—	33	21	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	599	65.6%	33	14.9%	65	37	0.6	78.7	11.9	0	0	0	0	11	0.2
2021	—	CAR	12	—	59	48	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	718	94.3%	53	16.3%	67	42	0.6	86.5	10.9	0	0	0	0	9	0.1
2022	—	CAR	9	—	32	29	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	3	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	442	70.4%	7	7.7%	49	37	0.8	90.5	8.9	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2023	—	CAR	16	—	54	44	10	5	0	0.0	5.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	903	89.8%	3	6.0%	67	45	0.7	107.7	10.4	0	0	0	2	12	0.2
2024	—	PIT	14	—	37	27	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	8	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	780	82.3%	54	13.4%	67	40	0.6	69.9	12.7	0	0	0	0	8	0.2
2025	—	LAC	15	—	24	16	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	12	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	594	58.8%	3	12.0%	49	21	0.4	56.8	11.9	0	0	0	0	7	0.2
Career		—	106	—	344	271	73	18	1	1.0	20.0	23	66	3	2	1	0	—	0.0%	5,658	80.1%	336	14.7%	501	304	—	—	—	1	0	0	6	75	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2018	23	CAR	16	14*	65	54	11	4	1	1.0	6.0	4	9	1	—	0	10.8
2019	24	CAR	12	12*	40	32	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	8	0	1	0	7.5
2020	25	CAR	12	9*	33	21	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	11	0	—	0	8.4
2021	26	CAR	12	11*	59	48	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	10	1	—	0	8.5
2022	27	CAR	9	6*	32	29	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	3	0	—	1	5.1
2023	28	CAR	16	14*	54	44	10	5	0	0.0	5.0	0	5	1	—	0	5.5
2024	29	PIT	14	12*	37	27	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	8	0	1	0	10
2025	30	LAC	15	10*	24	16	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	12	0	—	0	11.6
Career			106	88*	344	271	73	18	1	—	—	23	66	3	2	1	67.4

* 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	23	CAR	16	14*	—	0.0%	896	90.1%	105	27.3%
2019	24	CAR	13	12*	—	0.0%	726	89.7%	78	20.3%
2020	25	CAR	14	9*	—	0.0%	599	65.6%	33	14.9%
2021	26	CAR	12	11*	—	0.0%	718	94.3%	53	16.3%
2022	27	CAR	9	6*	—	0.0%	442	70.4%	7	7.7%
2023	28	CAR	16	14*	—	0.0%	903	89.8%	3	6.0%
2024	29	PIT	15	12*	—	0.0%	780	82.3%	54	13.4%
2025	30	LAC	17	10*	—	0.0%	594	58.8%	3	12.0%
Career			112	88*	—	—	5,658	—	336	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	CAR	16	14*	78	46	0.6	97.6	12.7	1	3	15	0.2
2019	24	CAR	13	12*	59	36	0.6	103.2	16.0	0	1	12	0.2
2020	25	CAR	14	9*	65	37	0.6	78.7	11.9	0	0	11	0.2
2021	26	CAR	12	11*	67	42	0.6	86.5	10.9	0	0	9	0.1
2022	27	CAR	9	6*	49	37	0.8	90.5	8.9	0	0	1	0.0
2023	28	CAR	16	14*	67	45	0.7	107.7	10.4	0	2	12	0.2
2024	29	PIT	15	12*	67	40	0.6	69.9	12.7	0	0	8	0.2
2025	30	LAC	17	10*	49	21	0.4	56.8	11.9	0	0	7	0.2
Career			112	88*	501	304	—	—	—	1	6	75	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 76 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 76 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 75.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 76· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 71

On-field 54.6

Availability 16.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 71elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #355 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2020 CAR·5 team wins#18

Interceptions · 3 · score 16

2019 CAR·5 team wins#22

Interceptions · 3 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

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

10% of the all-time Interceptions 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+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.979See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.979Snap share80.1%Def snaps5,658ReliableCV 0.27

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

4.32s

40-Yard

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 99thClass Pos 96thClass All 99th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 82thClass Pos 66thClass All 84th

7 reps

Bench

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 1thClass Pos 1thClass All 1th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl3Solo1Ast2

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #55

#47Christian KirkWR #48Uchenna NwosuLB #49Dallas GoedertTE #50Connor WilliamsC #51Anthony MillerWR #52Kemoko TurayDE #53M.J. StewartSAF #54Jessie BatesFS #56Duke DawsonDB #57P.J. HallDT #58Isaiah OliverFS #59Derrius GuiceRB #60James WashingtonWR #61DJ CharkWR #62Brian O'NeillOT #63Carlton Davis IIICB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Donte inherited the Carolina Panthers DB room from Mike Adams (2017–2018), and handed it to Jaycee Horn (2021–2025).

Tyrone Poole 1995–1997Eric Davis 1996–2000Mike Minter 1997–2006Brent Alexander 1998–1999Doug Evans 1998–2001Jimmy Hitchcock

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined LAC (from PIT)
2025final season
Last recorded season with LAC
2024team change
Joined PIT (from CAR)
2018draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 2, Pick 55

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 180 lb

Frame

175 lb at 4.32s

Size-speed

7 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	PIT	0	W16Questionable· BackW18Questionable· Back
2023	CAR	0	W5Questionable· ShoulderW9Questionable· Quadricep
2022	CAR	0	W3Questionable· HamstringW6Questionable· AnkleW7Questionable· AnkleW9Questionable· AnkleW10Questionable· Ankle
2020	CAR	0	W6Questionable· ToeW7Questionable· ToeW10Questionable· ToeW11Doubtful· ToeW12Doubtful· Toe
2019	CAR	1	W4Questionable· GroinW5Out· GroinW6Questionable· GroinW11Questionable· Hip
2018	CAR	0	W3Questionable· Groin

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 82

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

B+2018

B+2019

B+2020

B2021

B2022

C+2023

A+2024

A2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 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	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2019	3	0.3	3	0.2
2020	3	0.3	3	0.2
2021	2	0.2	2	0.1
2022	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2023	0	0	0	0
2024	5	0.4	6+1	0.4
2025	4	0.3	5+1	0.3

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

176 career value over replacement — #481 all-time of 4,642. 22/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #55 (Rd 2) · CAR · 2018 · +28 vs expected KV-H

76actual

48 expected · Δ+28

💔+28.2 stolen VORP·1.28 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #55

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography