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

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #196 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

1 qualifying season

2007 BAL·5 team wins#3

Interceptions · 7 · score 46

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 79% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

79% of the all-time Interceptions leader79

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 87%.

Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.431See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.431Snap share0%Def snaps629Emerging

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

Combine · 2002

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2002 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 66thClass Pos 51thClass All 70th

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Postseason Career

15 playoff games

Defense

Tkl42Solo35Ast7Int9PD20FR1TD1

College Stats

MiamiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Miami), 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.

Top Teammates

Ray LewisILB11y Terrell SuggsOLB10y Jarret JohnsonOLB9y Todd HeapTE9y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ed inherited the Baltimore Ravens DB room from Chris McAlister (1999–2008), and handed it to Lardarius Webb (2009–2017).

Rod Woodson 1998–2001Duane Starks 1999–2001Chris McAlister 1999–2008Ed Reed 2002–2012Lardarius Webb 2009–2017Jimmy Smith

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2013team change
Joined NYJ (from BAL)
2013final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2002draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 1, Pick 24

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 205 lb

Frame

201 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

B+2002

A2003

A+2004

C+2005

B+2006

A+2007

A+2008

B+2009

A+2010

B2011

B+2012

B2013

Availability

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2002	5	0.3	3-2	0.2
2003	7	0.4	5-2	0.3
2004	9	0.6	6-3	0.4
2005	1	0.1	1	0.1
2006	5	0.3	4-1	0.2
2007	7	0.4	6-1	0.3
2008	9	0.6	8-1	0.5
2009	3	0.3	3	0.2
2010	8	0.8	12+4	0.7
2011	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2012	4	0.3	4	0.2
2013	3	0.2	3	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

20022013

2005 · cause not documented · 63%2010 · cause not documented · 63%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

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Enshrined

What carries the case

All-Pro 38.1%Era Quality (KV-H) 26.7%Pro Bowls 17.1%Longevity 10.5%League Leads 5.1%All-Time Ranks 2.5%

Monitor score 157.6 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity87

Peak97

Accolades79

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Historical Rank · Era-Adjusted

Best single season, projected to Interceptions in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →

2010 · DB · all-time

Career Geography

Journeyman · 3 crestsLeague board →

Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 12 seasons (2002–2013) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

BAL 2002–2012 HOU 2013 NYJ 2013

On the boards· Appears on 8 boards

Ed Reed

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2002 Draft Class· this player went #24

Career Geography