Janoris Jenkins ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Jenkins in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jenkins a career score of 72, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
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% | |||||
| 2012 | 23–24 | STL | 15 | — | 73 | 64 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 24–25 | STL | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 1,045 | 98.3% | 142 | 30.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 25–26 | STL | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 838 | 92.3% | 97 | 24.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 26–27 | STL | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 1,039 | 96.1% | 106 | 24.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 27–28 | NYG | 15 | — | 40 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 956 | 89.3% | 83 | 19.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 28–29 | NYG | 9 | — | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 619 | 94.3% | 15 | 6.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 29–30 | NYG | 16 | — | 65 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,088 | 99.2% | 127 | 27.6% | 101 | 63 | 0.6 | 98.0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 30–31 | NO / NYG | 15 | — | 60 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 973 | — | 17 | — | 88 | 49 | 0.6 | 67.0 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 31–32 | NO | 13 | — | 54 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 805 | 93.8% | 4 | 1.1% | 80 | 47 | 0.6 | 81.8 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 32–33 | TEN | 14 | — | 49 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 861 | 92.5% | — | 0.0% | 90 | 55 | 0.6 | 100.2 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 33–34 | SF | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 31 | 27.5% | 27 | 50.0% | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 112.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Career | — | 144 | — | 371 | 303 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 21 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 361 | 216 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 32 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
143 career value over replacement — #704 all-time of 4,695. 20.4/season above a replacement-level CB.
Career Profile
Pick #39 (Rd 2) · LA · 2012 · +21.2 vs expected KV-H
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