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.
Career Value · VORP
131 career value over replacement — #793 all-time of 4,695. 16.4/season above a replacement-level CB.
Pick #62 (Rd 2) · CAR · 2016 · +21.9 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 23 | 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 | 24 | 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 | 25 | 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 | 26 | 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 | 27 | NYG | 15 | — | 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 | 28 | NYG | 17 | — | 46 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,159 | 99.2% | 60 | 13.5% | 115 | 71 | 0.6 | 93.0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 29 | 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 | 30 | 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 | — | 125 | — | 461 | 364 | 97 | 9 | 3 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 19 | 112 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 8,107 | 97.8% | 590 | 17.0% | 603 | 334 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 48 | — | |
A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.
Worth 131 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 18% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.4 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
8 seasons × ~16.4 surplus ≈ VORP 131
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