Erik Coleman is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Coleman in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Coleman's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2004 | 22 | NYJ | 16 | — | 70 | 49 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 23 | NYJ | 16 | — | 94 | 58 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 24 | NYJ | 16 | — | 71 | 41 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 25 | NYJ | 9 | — | 35 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 26 | ATL | 16 | — | 75 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 27 | ATL | 16 | — | 104 | 70 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 28 | ATL | 4 | — | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 30 | DET | 11 | — | 41 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 104 | — | 504 | 328 | 176 | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
61 career value over replacement — #1844 all-time of 4,695. 7.6/season above a replacement-level S.
Pick #143 (Rd 5) · NYJ · 2004 · +28.5 vs expected KV-H
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8 seasons · peak 6.7 in 2004
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.
0.8 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2004 · +0.5 wins
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.
#326 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 22 | NYJ | 16 | — | 70 | 49 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | 23 | NYJ | 16 | — | 94 | 58 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 24 | NYJ | 16 | — | 71 | 41 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2007 | 25 | NYJ | 9 | — | 35 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 26 | ATL | 16 | — | 75 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 27 | ATL | 16 | — | 104 | 70 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 28 | ATL | 4 | — | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 30 | DET | 11 | — | 41 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 104 | 504 | 328 | 176 | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.
Blend 59.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 94%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
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SAF
89% match
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