Jamel Dean is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Dean in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Dean's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Jamel Dean

Top 22% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2025

Height6'1"

Weight206 lb

BornOct 15, 1996

Age29

CollegeAuburn; Ohio State See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 3, Pick 94 · TB

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 83 · #1391 · High-Value

Worth 83 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 31% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.8

Avg surplus

peak +26

6 seasons × ~13.8 surplus ≈ VORP 83

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%
2019	—	TB	10	—	20	15	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	17	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	370	50.6%	161	40.9%	52	26	0.5	72.4	10.4	0	0	0	0	2	0.1
2020	—	TB	14	—	58	47	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	7	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	708	78.4%	146	38.0%	70	43	0.6	85.4	9.4	1	1	0	7	2	0.0
2021	—	TB	14	—	47	38	9	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	685	67.8%	56	16.3%	66	32	0.5	50.0	9.2	0	0	0	1	4	0.1
2022	—	TB	15	—	50	38	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	885	90.8%	129	32.3%	65	36	0.6	86.0	14.0	0	0	0	3	2	0.0
2023	—	TB	12	—	58	43	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	712	85.7%	40	15.0%	56	37	0.7	111.0	10.2	0	0	0	8	2	0.0
2024	—	TB	12	—	57	43	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	697	88.6%	22	10.3%	66	46	0.7	91.2	10.8	0	0	0	2	4	0.1
2025	—	TB	13	—	46	38	8	1	2	1.0	4.0	3	9	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	660	74.1%	7	5.4%	59	29	0.5	63.1	11.8	2	0	1	2	1	0.0
Career		—	90	—	336	262	74	7	2	1.0	10.0	11	61	3	2	2	0	—	0.0%	4,717	76.6%	561	22.6%	434	249	—	—	—	3	1	1	23	17	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2019	23	TB	10	7*	20	15	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	17	0	—	0	7.9
2020	24	TB	14	11*	58	47	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	7	0	—	1	8.1
2021	25	TB	14	10*	47	38	9	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	9	0	—	0	8.4
2022	26	TB	15	14*	50	38	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	8	0	—	0	7.3
2023	27	TB	12	11*	58	43	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	2	0	3.9
2024	28	TB	12	11*	57	43	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	1	—	0	6.7
2025	29	TB	13	10*	46	38	8	1	2	1.0	4.0	3	9	2	—	1	12.3
Career			90	74*	336	262	74	7	2	—	—	11	61	3	2	2	54.6

* 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%
2019	23	TB	13	7*	—	0.0%	370	50.6%	161	40.9%
2020	24	TB	14	11*	—	0.0%	708	78.4%	146	38.0%
2021	25	TB	15	10*	—	0.0%	685	67.8%	56	16.3%
2022	26	TB	15	14*	—	0.0%	885	90.8%	129	32.3%
2023	27	TB	13	11*	—	0.0%	712	85.7%	40	15.0%
2024	28	TB	12	11*	—	0.0%	697	88.6%	22	10.3%
2025	29	TB	14	10*	—	0.0%	660	74.1%	7	5.4%
Career			96	74*	—	—	4,717	—	561	—

* 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%
2019	23	TB	13	7*	52	26	0.5	72.4	10.4	0	0	0	0	2	0.1
2020	24	TB	14	11*	70	43	0.6	85.4	9.4	1	1	0	7	2	0.0
2021	25	TB	15	10*	66	32	0.5	50.0	9.2	0	0	0	1	4	0.1
2022	26	TB	15	14*	65	36	0.6	86.0	14.0	0	0	0	3	2	0.0
2023	27	TB	13	11*	56	37	0.7	111.0	10.2	0	0	0	8	2	0.0
2024	28	TB	12	11*	66	46	0.7	91.2	10.8	0	0	0	2	4	0.1
2025	29	TB	14	10*	59	29	0.5	63.1	11.8	2	0	1	2	1	0.0
Career			96	74*	434	249	—	—	—	3	1	1	23	17	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 45.3

Availability 15.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 60elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Interceptions leader5

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.802See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.802Snap share76.6%Def snaps4,717VolatileCV 0.72

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 · 2019

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2019 class

4.30s

40-Yard

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

41"

Vertical

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 97thClass Pos 85thClass All 98th

130"

Broad Jump

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 96thClass Pos 77thClass All 93th

16 reps

Bench

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 22thClass Pos 59thClass All 25th

7.02s

3-Cone

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 67thClass Pos 32thClass All 73th

4.19s

Shuttle

Below avg · 46th pct

Pos 46thAll 75thClass Pos 25thClass All 74th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl46Solo39Ast7TFL1Dis1.0PD9FF1

College Stats

Auburn; Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Auburn; Ohio State), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #94

#86Kahale WarringTE #87Damien HarrisRB #88Cody BartonLB #89Bobby OkerekeILB #90Connor McGovernOL #91Trey PipkinsOT #92Chuma EdogaOT #93Miles BoykinWR #95Oshane XiminesLB #96Dawson KnoxTE #97Bobby EvansG #98Quincy WilliamsLB #99Mike EdwardsSAF #100Will GrierQB #101Yodny CajusteOT #102Alexander MattisonRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jamel inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DB room from Mike Edwards (2019–2024), and handed it to Antoine Winfield Jr. (2020–2025).

Marty Carter 1991–1994John Lynch 1993–2003Charles Dimry 1994–1996Donnie Abraham 1996–2001Ronde Barber 1997–2012Dexter Jackson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with TB
2019draft
Drafted by TB — Round 3, Pick 94

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 206 lb

Frame

206 lb at 4.30s

Size-speed

41" vert / 130" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

13 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	TB	2	W7Out· HamstringW12Questionable· HamstringW18Out· KneeW19Questionable· Knee
2023	TB	4	W4Out· Neck / ShoulderW10Questionable· ConcussionW12Out· Ankle / FootW13Out· Ankle / FootW14Out· Ankle / FootW15Questionable· Ankle / Foot
2022	TB	2	W15Out· ToeW16Out· ToeW17Questionable· ToeW18Questionable· Toe
2021	TB	2	W4Out· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· ShoulderW14Questionable· ConcussionW15Out· IllnessW16Questionable· IllnessW17Questionable· Illness
2020	TB	1	W12Out· ConcussionW14Doubtful· Groin
2019	TB	2	W3Out· AnkleW4Out· AnkleW14Questionable· Shoulder

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

B2019

C+2020

B2021

B2022

C2023

C+2024

B+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 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
2019	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	2	0.1	2	0.1
2023	0	0	0	0
2024	1	0.1	1	0.1
2025	3	0.2	4+1	0.2

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

83 career value over replacement — #1391 all-time of 4,642. 11.9/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #94 (Rd 3) · TB · 2019 · +24.3 vs expected KV-H

63actual

38.7 expected · Δ+24.3

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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 · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #94

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography