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.

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Ed Reed

★ HALL OF FAME9× Pro Bowl5× All-ProTop 0% all-time defensive backsIron Legend👑 2× #1 Defensive Back · 2004–2008 ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2008 Team Carrier · #196

Career Value · VORP

376 career value over replacement — #52 all-time of 4,695. 31.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

Led league 2×5 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · BAL · 2002 · +40.7 vs expected KV-H

97actual

56.3 expected · Δ+40.7

💔+37.6 stolen VORP·1.2 szns lost

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Height5'11"

Weight205 lb

BornSep 11, 1978

Age48

CollegeMiami See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 1, Pick 24 · BAL

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

2 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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%

Career arc · VAL by season

12 seasons · peak 13.6 in 2004

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

6.4 career wins over 12 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2004 · +1.0 wins

Defence+1.0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2002	23–24	BAL	16	—	68	55	13	5	1	1.0	7.0	5	12	0	—	0	0	6.1
2003	24–25	BAL	16	—	62	50	12	0	0	1.0	1.0	7	15	1	—	1	0	9.4
2004	25–26	BAL	16	—	65	51	14	0	0	2.0	2.0	9	17	3	2	2	0	13.6
2005	26–27	BAL	10	—	29	25	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	9	0	—	0	0	1.5
2006	27–28	BAL	15	—	50	42	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	5	9	1	1	1	1	6
2007	28–29	BAL	16	—	35	25	10	0	1	1.0	2.0	7	13	0	1	0	0	8.6
2008	29–30	BAL	16	—	35	28	7	1	1	1.0	3.0	9	16	1	2	3	0	12.4
2009	30–31	BAL	12	—	46	38	8	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	5	3	1	1	0	3.2
2010	31–32	BAL	10	—	35	28	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	8	16	1	—	0	0	11.4
2011	32–33	BAL	16	—	45	37	8	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	8	1	—	0	0	3.4
2012	33–34	BAL	15	—	48	39	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	15	0	3	1	0	5.3
2013	34–35	All teams	13	—	36	25	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	4	0	—	0	0	2.8
Career			171		554	443	111	12	4	7.0	23.0	64	139	11	10	9	1	83.7

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	34–35	All teams	14	—	—	—	629	—	4	—
Career			14		—	0.0%	629	70.4%	4	0.9%

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 97 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 97 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 86.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 97· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 80

On-field 61.8

Availability 18.2

Team defence (share)+0.1

Latest season · 2013 · +0.2 wins

Defence+0.2

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.

Position percentile · DB

#2 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H

0100th percentile100

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

2002bestavg 79elite 702013

INTs career shape vs similar free safeties

2002-2013

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best INTs season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.