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

CBPHI#24RES

James Bradberry

1× Pro BowlTop 12% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2021 Team Carrier · #290

Height6'1"

Weight212 lb

BornAug 4, 1993

Age32

CollegeSamford; Arkansas State See College Stats

ConferenceSouthern

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 2, Pick 62 · CAR

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 131 · #775 · High-Value

Worth 131 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 18% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.4

Avg surplus

peak +26

8 seasons × ~16.4 surplus ≈ VORP 131

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	—	CAR	13	—	57	45	12	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	10	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	799	93.7%	95	23.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CAR	16	—	84	65	19	2	1	1.0	4.0	2	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	986	98.9%	131	30.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CAR	16	—	65	53	12	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	15	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	993	99.6%	118	28.3%	113	50	0.4	82.5	13.6	1	0	0	3	4	0.1
2019	—	CAR	15	—	65	51	14	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	12	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,019	98.1%	97	21.2%	97	58	0.6	70.1	12.1	1	0	0	2	9	0.1
2020	—	NYG	14	—	52	42	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	18	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,021	99.5%	89	22.6%	91	56	0.6	81.2	9.5	0	0	0	5	9	0.1
2021	—	NYG	16	—	46	36	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	17	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,159	99.2%	60	19.1%	115	71	0.6	93.0	9.3	0	0	0	1	13	0.2
2022	—	PHI	17	—	40	35	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	17	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,078	97.3%	—	0.0%	86	39	0.5	51.6	10.4	0	0	0	1	7	0.1
2023	—	PHI	16	—	52	37	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	13	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,052	95.4%	—	0.0%	101	60	0.6	114.3	10.4	0	0	0	3	6	0.1
Career		—	123	—	461	364	97	9	3	3.0	15.0	19	112	4	4	1	0	—	0.0%	8,107	97.7%	590	24.2%	603	334	—	—	—	2	0	0	15	48	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	23	CAR	13	12*	57	45	12	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	10	0	—	0	7.9
2017	24	CAR	16	16*	84	65	19	2	1	1.0	4.0	2	10	1	—	0	10.1
2018	25	CAR	16	16*	65	53	12	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	15	1	—	0	10.3
2019	26	CAR	15	15*	65	51	14	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	12	0	—	0	10.4
2020	27	NYG	14	14*	52	42	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	18	2	1	0	12.3
2021	28	NYG	16	16*	46	36	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	17	0	2	0	11.5
2022	29	PHI	17	17*	40	35	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	17	0	—	1	12
2023	30	PHI	16	15*	52	37	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	13	0	1	0	7.2
Career			123	121*	461	364	97	9	3	—	—	19	112	4	4	1	81.7

* 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	23	CAR	13	12*	—	0.0%	799	93.7%	95	23.9%
2017	24	CAR	16	16*	—	0.0%	986	98.9%	131	30.1%
2018	25	CAR	16	16*	—	0.0%	993	99.6%	118	28.3%
2019	26	CAR	15	15*	—	0.0%	1,019	98.1%	97	21.2%
2020	27	NYG	15	15*	—	0.0%	1,021	99.5%	89	22.6%
2021	28	NYG	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,159	99.2%	60	19.1%
2022	29	PHI	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,078	97.3%	—	0.0%
2023	30	PHI	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,052	95.4%	—	0.0%
Career			125	123*	—	—	8,107	—	590	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25	CAR	16	16*	113	50	0.4	82.5	13.6	1	3	4	0.1
2019	26	CAR	15	15*	97	58	0.6	70.1	12.1	1	2	9	0.1
2020	27	NYG	15	15*	91	56	0.6	81.2	9.5	0	5	9	0.1
2021	28	NYG	17	17*	115	71	0.6	93.0	9.3	0	1	13	0.2
2022	29	PHI	17	17*	86	39	0.5	51.6	10.4	0	1	7	0.1
2023	30	PHI	16	15*	101	60	0.6	114.3	10.4	0	3	6	0.1
Career			96	95*	603	334	—	—	—	2	15	48	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 46.3

Availability 18.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 65elite 702023

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #290 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2021 NYG·4 team wins#16

Interceptions · 4 · score 30

2020 NYG·6 team wins#22

Interceptions · 3 · score 4

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Interceptions leader9

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:1.85See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.85Snap share97.7%Def snaps8,107ConsistentCV 0.14

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

4.50s

40-Yard

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 77thClass Pos 49thClass All 82th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 73thClass Pos 57thClass All 83th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 82thClass Pos 69thClass All 87th

16 reps

Bench

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 22thClass Pos 67thClass All 29th

6.91s

3-Cone

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 80thClass Pos 72thClass All 84th

4.21s

Shuttle

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 71thClass Pos 43thClass All 77th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl21Solo18Ast3TFL1Dis1.0Int1PD2

College Stats

Samford; Arkansas StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Samford; Arkansas 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #62

#54Mackensie AlexanderCB #55Tyler BoydWR #56Cody WhitehairG #57T.J. GreenDB #58Sean DavisFS #59Roberto AguayoK #60Cyrus JonesCB #61Vonn BellS #63Adam GotsisDE #64Kevin ByardFS #65Carl NassibLB #66Max TuerkC #67Maliek CollinsDT #68Will RedmondCB #69Yannick NgakoueDE #70Bronson KaufusiTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

James inherited the Carolina Panthers DB room from Daryl Worley (2016–2017), and handed it to Mike Adams (2017–2018).

Tyrone Poole 1995–1997Eric Davis 1996–2000Mike Minter 1997–2006Brent Alexander 1998–1999Doug Evans 1998–2001Jimmy Hitchcock

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2023final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2022team change
Joined PHI (from NYG)
2020team change
Joined NYG (from CAR)
2016draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 2, Pick 62

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 212 lb

Frame

211 lb at 4.50s

Size-speed

36" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	PHI	1	W2Out· Concussion
2019	CAR	0	W10Questionable· Groin
2016	CAR	2	W5Out· FootW6Out· FootW8Questionable· Foot

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 72

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

B2016

B2017

C+2018

B2019

B+2020

B+2021

B+2022

C+2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

95%

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
2016	2	0.2	2	0.1
2017	2	0.1	2	0.1
2018	1	0.1	1	0
2019	3	0.2	3	0.2
2020	3	0.2	3	0.2
2021	4	0.3	4	0.2
2022	3	0.2	3	0.2
2023	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

131 career value over replacement — #775 all-time of 4,642. 16.4/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #62 (Rd 2) · CAR · 2016 · +21.1 vs expected KV-H

68actual

46.9 expected · Δ+21.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

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 #62

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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