SJAX#29ACT

Eric Murray

Top 47% all-time defensive backsDurable Contributor📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height5'11"

Weight199 lb

BornJan 7, 1994

Age32

CollegeMinnesota See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 4, Pick 106 · KC

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A defensive back who maximized value through reliable availability. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 32 · #2585 · Role Player

Worth 32 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 57% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.4

Avg surplus

peak +10

5 seasons × ~6.4 surplus ≈ VORP 32

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	—	KC	3	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	64	7.1%	367	81.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	KC	13	—	28	24	4	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	438	46.1%	293	72.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	KC	12	—	54	42	12	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	702	63.9%	134	33.6%	37	21	0.6	97.4	13.5	2	1	1	10	4	0.1
2019	—	CLE	7	—	21	13	8	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	361	57.8%	84	34.3%	20	13	0.7	81.0	9.4	1	0	0	16	8	0.3
2020	—	HOU	14	—	68	44	24	2	4	2.0	8.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	941	98.0%	19	14.0%	70	56	0.8	134.5	7.1	7	3	2	36	12	0.1
2021	—	HOU	13	—	67	41	26	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	758	84.0%	161	39.6%	37	23	0.6	101.6	12.3	0	0	0	4	7	0.1
2022	—	HOU	6	—	14	8	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	119	15.1%	403	86.8%	3	3	1.0	136.8	6.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2023	—	HOU	4	—	11	6	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	177	43.7%	60	44.8%	4	2	0.5	133.3	22.8	0	0	0	1	3	0.2
2024	—	HOU	16	—	70	45	25	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	10	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	856	78.3%	117	36.3%	56	36	0.6	103.7	9.8	2	0	1	12	12	0.1
2025	—	JAX	12	—	52	30	22	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	602	78.8%	24	19.6%	27	18	0.7	101.5	11.5	3	1	1	17	5	0.1
Career		—	100	—	387	255	132	12	11	6.0	29.0	4	30	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	5,018	57.3%	1,662	46.3%	254	172	—	—	—	15	5	5	96	51	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	22	KC	3	0*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	—
2017	23	KC	13	0*	28	24	4	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	5	0	—	4.3
2018	24	KC	12	10*	54	42	12	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	5
2019	25	CLE	7	5*	21	13	8	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	2.3
2020	26	HOU	14	14*	68	44	24	2	4	2.0	8.0	0	2	1	—	4.8
2021	27	HOU	13	13*	67	41	26	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	5.6
2022	28	HOU	6	0*	14	8	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	1.1
2023	29	HOU	4	0*	11	6	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	1.1
2024	30	HOU	16	13*	70	45	25	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	10	0	—	7.6
2025	31	JAX	12	9*	52	30	22	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	6	1	—	7.1
Career			100	64*	387	255	132	12	11	—	—	4	30	3	1	38.9

* 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	22	KC	16	0*	—	0.0%	64	7.1%	367	81.8%
2017	23	KC	14	0*	—	0.0%	438	46.1%	293	72.3%
2018	24	KC	15	10*	—	0.0%	702	63.9%	134	33.6%
2019	25	CLE	9	5*	—	0.0%	361	57.8%	84	34.3%
2020	26	HOU	14	14*	—	0.0%	941	98.0%	19	14.0%
2021	27	HOU	16	13*	—	0.0%	758	84.0%	161	39.6%
2022	28	HOU	17	0*	—	0.0%	119	15.1%	403	86.8%
2023	29	HOU	6	0*	—	0.0%	177	43.7%	60	44.8%
2024	30	HOU	17	13*	—	0.0%	856	78.3%	117	36.3%
2025	31	JAX	12	9*	—	0.0%	602	78.8%	24	19.6%
Career			136	64*	—	—	5,018	—	1,662	—

* 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	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	24	KC	15	10*	37	21	0.6	97.4	13.5	2	1	1	10	4	0.1
2019	25	CLE	9	5*	20	13	0.7	81.0	9.4	1	0	0	16	8	0.3
2020	26	HOU	14	14*	70	56	0.8	134.5	7.1	7	3	2	36	12	0.1
2021	27	HOU	16	13*	37	23	0.6	101.6	12.3	0	0	0	4	7	0.1
2022	28	HOU	17	0*	3	3	1.0	136.8	6.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2023	29	HOU	6	0*	4	2	0.5	133.3	22.8	0	0	0	1	3	0.2
2024	30	HOU	17	13*	56	36	0.6	103.7	9.8	2	0	1	12	12	0.1
2025	31	JAX	12	9*	27	18	0.7	101.5	11.5	3	1	1	17	5	0.1
Career			106	64*	254	172	—	—	—	15	5	5	96	51	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 52 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 52 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 51.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 52· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 49

On-field 34.6

Availability 14.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 452025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

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

3% of the all-time Sacks 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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.315See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.315Snap share57.3%Def snaps5,018VolatileCV 0.60

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

4.49s

40-Yard

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 79thClass Pos 60thClass All 85th

39.5"

Vertical

Strong · 86th pct

Pos 86thAll 93thClass Pos 90thClass All 96th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 82thClass Pos 69thClass All 87th

15 reps

Bench

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 17thClass Pos 53thClass All 24th

7.08s

3-Cone

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 59thClass Pos 37thClass All 64th

4.05s

Shuttle

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 94thClass Pos 77thClass All 95th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl25Solo17Ast8QBHits1Dis1.0Int1PD2TD1

College Stats

MinnesotaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Minnesota), 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 #106

#98Justin SimmonsFS #99Joe SchobertMLB #100Connor CookQB #101Charles TapperDE #102Joshua PerryLB #103Sheldon DayDT #104Tavon YoungCB #105Parker EhingerG #107Chris MooreWR #108Ryan SmithCB #109B.J. GoodsonMLB #110Tyler HigbeeTE #111Miles KillebrewSAF #112Malcolm MitchellWR #113Nick KwiatkoskiILB #114Ricardo LouisWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Eric inherited the Houston Texans DB room from Vernon Hargreaves III (2019–2021), and handed it to Desmond King (2021–2023).

Aaron Glenn 2002–2004Eric Brown 2002–2004Kenny Wright 2002–2004Marcus Coleman 2002–2005Demarcus Faggins 2003–2008Dunta Robinson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined JAX (from HOU)
2025final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2020team change
Joined HOU (from CLE)
2019team change
Joined CLE (from KC)
2016draft
Drafted by KC — Round 4, Pick 106

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 199 lb

Frame

199 lb at 4.49s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

15 reps

Bench power

Injury History

9 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	CLE	6	W9Out· KneeW10Out· KneeW11Out· KneeW12Out· KneeW13Out· KneeW14Doubtful· KneeW15Out· KneeW16Questionable· Knee
2018	KC	1	W6Out· AnkleW7Questionable· Ankle
2017	KC	2	W13Out· AnkleW14Out· AnkleW15Questionable· Ankle

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 56

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

C2017

C+2018

D2019

C2020

C+2021

F2022

F2023

C+2024

C+2025

Availability

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

82%

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
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1
2019	0	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0	0
2024	1	0.1	1	0.1
2025	1	0.1	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

32 career value over replacement — #2585 all-time of 4,642. 3.6/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #106 (Rd 4) · KC · 2016 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H

52actual

36.8 expected · Δ+15.2

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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 #106

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography