Eric Allen is a Hall of Fame defensive back whose career earned a strong career value score of 79 in the Knox value model. Allen's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Eric Allen

★ HALL OF FAME6× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time defensive backsIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 1998

Height5'10"

Weight190 lb

BornNov 22, 1965

Age60

CollegeArizona State

Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1988	22–23	PHI	16	—	57	53	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	11	0	—	—	—
1989	23–24	PHI	15	—	33	32	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	8	12	0	—	—	—
1990	24–25	PHI	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—
1991	25–26	PHI	16	—	37	0	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	20	0	—	—	—
1992	26–27	PHI	16	—	46	44	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	4	10	0	—	—	—
1993	27–28	PHI	16	—	59	53	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	6	17	3	—	—	—
1994	28–29	PHI	16	—	57	46	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	14	0	—	—	—
1995	29–30	NO	16	—	58	44	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	—	—	—
1996	30–31	NO	16	—	52	49	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	19	0	—	—	—
1997	31–32	NO	16	—	50	45	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	8	0	—	—	—
1998	32–33	OAK	10	—	35	33	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	17	0	—	—	—
1999	33–34	OAK	16	—	50	41	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	16	0	1	0	0
2000	34–35	OAK	16	—	57	51	6	1	1	1.0	3.0	5	13	0	—	3	0
2001	35–36	OAK	16	—	52	46	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	9	2	1	1	0
Career		—	217	—	643	537	21	1	1	3.0	5.0	52	172	5	2	4	0

Career Value · VORP

227 career value over replacement — #290 all-time of 4,695. 16.2/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #30 (Rd 2) · PHI · 1988 · +24.2 vs expected KV-H

79actual

54.8 expected · Δ+24.2

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Career arc · VAL by season

14 seasons · peak 9.7 in 1993

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

4.9 career wins over 14 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1993 · +0.7 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+0.7

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

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

098th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1988	22–23	PHI	16	—	57	53	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	11	0	—	—	—	5.7
1989	23–24	PHI	15	—	33	32	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	8	12	0	—	—	—	8.9
1990	24–25	PHI	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	3.2
1991	25–26	PHI	16	—	37	0	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	20	0	—	—	—	7.7
1992	26–27	PHI	16	—	46	44	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	4	10	0	—	—	—	4.6
1993	27–28	PHI	16	—	59	53	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	6	17	3	—	—	—	9.7
1994	28–29	PHI	16	—	57	46	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	14	0	—	—	—	3.5
1995	29–30	NO	16	—	58	44	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	—	—	—	2.2
1996	30–31	NO	16	—	52	49	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	19	0	—	—	—	1.7
1997	31–32	NO	16	—	50	45	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	8	0	—	—	—	2
1998	32–33	OAK	10	—	35	33	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	17	0	—	—	—	5.8
1999	33–34	OAK	16	—	50	41	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	16	0	1	0	0	1.4
2000	34–35	OAK	16	—	57	51	6	1	1	1.0	3.0	5	13	0	—	3	0	6.9
2001	35–36	OAK	16	—	52	46	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	9	2	1	1	0	0.2
Career			217		643	537	21	1	1	3.0	5.0	52	172	5	2	4	0	63.5