Ed Reed is a Hall of Fame defensive back whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 97 in the Knox value model. Reed's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Career Value · VORP
376 career value over replacement — #52 all-time of 4,695. 31.3/season above a replacement-level S.
Career Profile
Pick #24 (Rd 1) · BAL · 2002 · +40.7 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2002 | 23–24 | BAL | 16 | — | 68 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 24–25 | BAL | 16 | — | 62 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 25–26 | BAL | 16 | — | 65 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 26–27 | BAL | 10 | — | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 27–28 | BAL | 15 | — | 50 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 28–29 | BAL | 16 | — | 35 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 29–30 | BAL | 16 | — | 35 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 30–31 | BAL | 12 | — | 46 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 31–32 | BAL | 10 | — | 35 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 32–33 | BAL | 16 | — | 45 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 33–34 | BAL | 15 | — | 48 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 34–35 | HOU / NYJ | 14 | — | 36 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 629 | — | 4 | — |
| Career | — | 172 | — | 554 | 443 | 111 | 12 | 4 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 64 | 139 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 629 | 70.4% | 4 | 0.9% | |
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An all-time caliber defensive back (top 1% 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.
Worth 376 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 12 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +31.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
12 seasons × ~31.3 surplus ≈ VORP 376
Ty Law
CB
87% match
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Ray Lewis
11 shared seasons · combined KV-H 1610