Ernest Jones
Role Player
Height6'2"
Weight255 lb
BornApr 1, 1971
Age55
CollegeOregonSee College Stats
Rookie yr1994
Draft1994 · Rd 3, Pick 100 · LA
A linebacker who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 0 · #4339 · Role PlayerWorth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 94% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
47
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
0
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+0
Avg surplus
peak +0
0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
1 grid split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1996 | — | DEN | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | — | DEN | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | — | CAR | 7 | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | — | CAR | 7 | — | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 21 | — | 22 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defense
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 27 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 27 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
32
Sustained
career value
×.6
32
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.86
Longevity
career length
Blend 32 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 27· confidence 84%
What builds the career mark of 32
On-field 24.9
Availability 7.1
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)
1996bestavg 321999
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position2
Depth
of 100
Reached 2% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
2% of the all-time Sacks leader2
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: 93%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon), 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.
Top Teammates
Jeff LewisQB3yJohn KasayK2yJason ElamK2yJohn ElwayQB2yBill RomanowskiOLB2yRay CrockettCB2yMuhsin MuhammadWR2yShannon SharpeTE2yEd McCaffreyWR2yWesley WallsTE2yEric DavisFS2yTyrone BraxtonS2yBrent AlexanderFS2yMicheal BarrowLB2ySteve AtwaterFS2yDoug EvansDB2ySteve BeuerleinQB2yMike LodishDT2yGlenn CadrezOLB2yMike MinterFS2yTom RouenP2ySean GilbertDT2yDwayne CarswellOT2yAlfred WilliamsDE2y
1994 Draft Class· this player went #100
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1999final season
Last recorded season with CAR
- 1998team change
Joined CAR (from DEN)
- 1996team change
Joined DEN (from LA)
- 1994draft
Drafted by LA — Round 3, Pick 100
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'2" / 255 lb
Frame
Knox
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Historical Knox · KV-H
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →
27
peak 32
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
F1996
D1998
D1999
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.
33%
Era Translator
Tackles 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 Tackles | Tackles/G | → 2025 Tackles | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 1 | 28+22 | 1.6 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0.9 | 16+10 | 0.9 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1.1 | 15+7 | 0.9 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
0 career value over replacement — #4339 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level LB.
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #100 (Rd 3) · LA · 1994 · -11.7 vs expected KV-H
27actual
38.7 expected · Δ−11.7
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