Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||||
| 2014 | 22 | STL | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 937 | 95.1% | 102 | 23.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 24 | LAR | 11 | — | 55 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 614 | 85.6% | 31 | 10.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 25 | BUF | 11 | — | 54 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 654 | 86.3% | 41 | 13.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 26 | CLE | 6 | — | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 181 | 39.3% | 30 | 14.7% | 20 | 8 | 0.4 | 41.0 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Career | — | 43 | — | 121 | 99 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 2,386 | 82.7% | 204 | 16.4% | 20 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
5 career value over replacement — #3974 all-time of 4,695. 1.7/season above a replacement-level CB.
Pick #188 (Rd 6) · LA · 2014 · +15.7 vs expected KV-H
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4 seasons · peak 1.7 in 2017
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.3 career wins over 4 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2017 · +0.1 wins
Latest season · 2018 · +0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#744 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 24 | LAR | 11 | 9* | 55 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 25 | BUF | 11 | 9* | 54 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 26 | CLE | 4 | 0* | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 26 | 18* | 121 | 99 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 22 | STL | 15 | 14* | — | 0.0% | 937 | 95.1% | 102 | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 24 | LAR | 11 | 9* | — | 0.0% | 614 | 85.6% | 31 | 10.2% |
| 2017 | 25 | BUF | 11 | 9* | — | 0.0% | 654 | 86.3% | 41 | 13.9% |
| 2018 | 26 | CLE | 6 | 0* | — | 0.0% | 181 | 39.3% | 30 | 14.7% |
| Career | 43 | 32* | — | 0.0% | 2,386 | 82.7% | 204 | 16.4% |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 26 | CLE | 6 | 0* | 20 | 8 | 0.4 | 41.0 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Career | 6 | 20 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 39 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 45.4 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 39· confidence 83%
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