Eli Apple is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Apple in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Apple's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Eli Apple

Top 36% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018

Height6'1"

Weight203 lb

BornAug 9, 1995

Age30

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 1, Pick 10 · NYG

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality defensive back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 41 · #2300 · Above Average

Worth 41 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 51% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.2

Avg surplus

peak +14

5 seasons × ~8.2 surplus ≈ VORP 41

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%
2016	—	NYG	14	—	41	33	8	4	0	0.0	4.0	1	7	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	700	76.1%	99	27.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NYG	11	—	42	34	8	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	8	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	649	92.1%	75	26.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NO	15	—	73	61	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	14	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	905	92.7%	53	35.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	2TM	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	118	57	0.5	74.4	12.7	0	0	0	0	15	0.2
2019	—	NO	15	—	56	51	5	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	932	93.9%	13	6.7%	76	48	0.6	100.9	11.4	1	0	1	1	6	0.1
2020	—	CAR	1	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	28	40.0%	6	24.0%	3	3	1.0	111.1	9.7	0	0	0	1	1	0.2
2021	—	CIN	16	—	46	35	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	10	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	979	92.3%	36	14.6%	78	47	0.6	86.6	11.0	0	0	0	1	12	0.2
2022	—	CIN	14	—	46	32	14	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	908	92.3%	10	12.3%	79	45	0.6	96.9	13.1	0	0	0	4	7	0.1
2023	—	MIA	9	—	42	33	9	0	1	0.5	1.5	1	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	547	88.8%	4	11.0%	66	43	0.7	91.4	11.2	1	0	0	0	6	0.1
2024	—	LAC	2	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	47	21.7%	15	12.0%	5	2	0.4	47.9	11.4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2025	—	SF	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1	2.0%	14	23.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	113	—	353	285	68	7	3	0.5	10.5	6	61	3	6	0	0	—	0.0%	5,696	69.2%	325	19.3%	425	245	—	—	—	2	0	1	7	47	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	21	NYG	14	11*	41	33	8	4	0	0.0	4.0	1	7	1	1	7
2017	22	NYG	11	10*	42	34	8	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	8	0	2	5.2
2018	23	NO	15	14*	73	61	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	14	1	2	10.9
2019	24	NO	15	14*	56	51	5	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	4	1	—	5.9
2020	25	CAR	1	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—
2021	26	CIN	16	15*	46	35	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	10	0	1	8.4
2022	27	CIN	14	14*	46	32	14	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	8	0	—	5.6
2023	28	MIA	9	9*	42	33	9	0	1	0.5	1.5	1	9	0	—	5.4
2024	29	LAC	2	0*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	—
2025	30	SF	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—
Career			98	87*	353	285	68	7	3	—	—	6	61	3	6	48.4

* 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%
2016	21	NYG	14	11*	—	0.0%	700	76.1%	99	27.3%
2017	22	NYG	11	10*	—	0.0%	649	92.1%	75	26.2%
2018	23	NO	15	14*	—	0.0%	905	92.7%	53	35.8%
2019	24	NO	15	14*	—	0.0%	932	93.9%	13	6.7%
2020	25	CAR	2	—	—	0.0%	28	40.0%	6	24.0%
2021	26	CIN	16	15*	—	0.0%	979	92.3%	36	14.6%
2022	27	CIN	15	14*	—	0.0%	908	92.3%	10	12.3%
2023	28	MIA	10	9*	—	0.0%	547	88.8%	4	11.0%
2024	29	LAC	4	0*	—	0.0%	47	21.7%	15	12.0%
2025	30	SF	2	—	—	0.0%	1	2.0%	14	23.5%
Career			104	87*	—	—	5,696	—	325	—

* 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	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	2TM	15	14*	118	57	0.5	74.4	12.7	0	0	0	15	0.2
2019	24	NO	15	14*	76	48	0.6	100.9	11.4	1	1	1	6	0.1
2020	25	CAR	2	—	3	3	1.0	111.1	9.7	0	0	1	1	0.2
2021	26	CIN	16	15*	78	47	0.6	86.6	11.0	0	0	1	12	0.2
2022	27	CIN	15	14*	79	45	0.6	96.9	13.1	0	0	4	7	0.1
2023	28	MIA	10	9*	66	43	0.7	91.4	11.2	1	0	0	6	0.1
2024	29	LAC	4	0*	5	2	0.4	47.9	11.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career			77	66*	425	245	—	—	—	2	1	7	47	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 57 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 38.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 542023

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Interceptions leader3

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.413See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.413Snap share69.2%Def snaps5,696ReliableCV 0.33

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 · 2016

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

DB · 2016 class

4.40s

40-Yard

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 93thClass Pos 90thClass All 98th

13 reps

Bench

Below avg · 28th pct

Pos 28thAll 10thClass Pos 33thClass All 15th

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Defense

Tkl51Solo41Ast10TFL2QBHits1Dis3.0PD6

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio State), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #10

#2Carson WentzQB #3Joey BosaDE #4Ezekiel ElliottRB #5Jalen RamseyCB #6Ronnie StanleyOT #7DeForest BucknerDT #8Jack ConklinOT #9Leonard FloydDE #11Vernon Hargreaves IIICB #12Sheldon RankinsDT #13Laremy TunsilOT #14Karl JosephFS #15Corey ColemanWR #16Taylor DeckerOT #17Keanu NealS #18Ryan KellyC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Eli inherited the New Orleans Saints DB room from Marshon Lattimore (2017–2024), and handed it to Janoris Jenkins (2019–2020).

Dave Waymer 1981–1989Toi Cook 1987–1993Jimmy Spencer 1992–1995Tyrone Hughes 1993–1996Anthony Newman 1995–1997Eric Allen

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined SF (from LAC)
2025final season
Last recorded season with SF
2024team change
Joined LAC (from MIA)
2023team change
Joined MIA (from CIN)
2021team change
Joined CIN (from CAR)
2020team change
Joined CAR (from NO)
2018team change
Joined NO (from NYG)
2016draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 1, Pick 10

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 203 lb

Frame

199 lb at 4.40s

Size-speed

13 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	LAC	0	W19Questionable· Hamstring
2022	CIN	0	W8Doubtful· HamstringW18Questionable· Neck
2020	CAR	1	W5Out· HamstringW6Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· Hamstring
2019	NO	1	W17Out· AnkleW18Out· Ankle
2018	NYG	2	W3Out· GroinW4Out· Groin
2017	NYG	0	W13Questionable· HipW14Questionable· Hip / Back
2016	NYG	0	W4Doubtful· HamstringW5Questionable· HamstringW6Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

C+2016

C2017

B2018

C+2019

B2021

C2022

C+2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

63%

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
2016	1	0.1	1	0.1
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	2	0.1	2	0.1
2019	0	0	0	0
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

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

41 career value over replacement — #2300 all-time of 4,642. 5.9/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #10 (Rd 1) · NYG · 2016 · -3.4 vs expected KV-H

57actual

60.4 expected · Δ−3.4

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #10

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography