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.
Eli Apple
Combined Season Grid
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 21 | NYG | 14 | — | 41 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 700 | 76.1% | 99 | 25.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 22 | NYG | 11 | — | 42 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 649 | 83.7% | 75 | 23.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 23 | NO / NYG | 15 | — | 73 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 905 | — | 53 | — | 118 | 57 | 0.5 | 74.4 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 24 | NO | 15 | — | 56 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 932 | 93.9% | 13 | 3.1% | 76 | 48 | 0.6 | 100.9 | 11.4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 25 | CAR | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 28 | 20.0% | 6 | 12.0% | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 111.1 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 26 | CIN | 16 | — | 46 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 979 | 92.3% | 36 | 8.2% | 78 | 47 | 0.6 | 86.6 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 27 | CIN | 15 | — | 46 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 908 | 92.3% | 10 | 2.5% | 79 | 45 | 0.6 | 96.9 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 28 | MIA | 10 | — | 42 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 547 | 79.9% | 4 | 1.1% | 66 | 43 | 0.7 | 91.4 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 29 | LAC | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 47 | 16.3% | 15 | 12.0% | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 47.9 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 30 | SF | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1 | 1.0% | 14 | 23.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 104 | — | 353 | 285 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 10.5 | 6 | 61 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 5,696 | 82.3% | 325 | 11.0% | 425 | 245 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 47 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
41 career value over replacement — #2341 all-time of 4,695. 5.9/season above a replacement-level CB.
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #10 (Rd 1) · NYG · 2016 · -4.5 vs expected KV-H
57actual
61.5 expected · Δ−4.5
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