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

SMIA#30RES

Jason McCourty

Top 20% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012 Team Carrier · #521

Height5'11"

Weight195 lb

BornAug 13, 1987

Age38

CollegeRutgers See College Stats

ConferenceBig East

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 6, Pick 203 · TEN

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 118 · #895 · High-Value

Worth 118 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 20% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.1

Avg surplus

peak +27

9 seasons × ~13.1 surplus ≈ VORP 118

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)					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%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2009	—	TEN	4	—	19	15	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	TEN	11	—	39	29	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	TEN	15	—	99	79	20	1	1	1.0	3.0	2	13	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TEN	16	—	87	68	19	4	0	0.0	4.0	4	15	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TEN	16	—	63	52	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	11	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,054	99.0%	107	21.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	TEN	16	—	84	76	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	11	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	1,078	94.6%	105	22.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TEN	4	—	14	9	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	212	83.3%	8	16.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TEN	13	—	64	56	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	12	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	814	85.9%	54	14.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CLE	14	—	64	53	11	5	0	0.0	5.0	3	14	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	899	98.7%	47	13.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NE	16	—	67	52	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	834	80.4%	114	24.9%	—	—	—	—	—	99	52	0.5	91.7	11.8	0	0	0	5	4	0.1
2019	—	NE	10	—	37	29	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	474	63.2%	41	13.9%	—	—	—	—	—	56	27	0.5	54.7	12.3	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
2020	—	NE	14	—	36	25	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	665	65.9%	33	14.9%	—	—	—	—	—	45	29	0.6	131.4	11.3	0	0	0	5	2	0.0
2021	—	MIA	6	—	21	10	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	312	62.4%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	12	8	0.7	119.8	10.7	0	0	0	3	2	0.1
Career		—	155	—	694	553	141	16	1	1.0	18.0	18	108	9	4	3	0	—	0.0%	6,342	81.5%	509	17.8%	—	—	—	0	0	212	116	—	—	—	0	0	0	14	9	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2009	22	TEN	4	—	19	15	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	1	—	0	1.8
2010	23	TEN	11	—	39	29	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	—	0	6.8
2011	24	TEN	15	—	99	79	20	1	1	1.0	3.0	2	13	1	1	0	10.1
2012	25	TEN	16	—	87	68	19	4	0	0.0	4.0	4	15	1	1	0	12.3
2013	26	TEN	16	16*	63	52	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	11	1	—	1	8.9
2014	27	TEN	16	15*	84	76	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	11	2	1	1	12.5
2015	28	TEN	4	3*	14	9	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	1.3
2016	29	TEN	13	12*	64	56	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	12	0	1	0	8.6
2017	30	CLE	14	14*	64	53	11	5	0	0.0	5.0	3	14	2	—	1	13.1
2018	31	NE	16	13*	67	52	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	10	1	—	0	8.9
2019	32	NE	10	8*	37	29	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	6	0	—	0	5.7
2020	33	NE	14	11*	36	25	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	3.8
2021	34	MIA	6	4*	21	10	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	2
Career			155	96*	694	553	141	16	1	—	—	18	108	9	4	3	95.8

* 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%
2013	26	TEN	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,054	99.0%	107	21.9%
2014	27	TEN	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,078	94.6%	105	22.1%
2015	28	TEN	4	3*	—	0.0%	212	83.3%	8	16.5%
2016	29	TEN	14	12*	—	0.0%	814	85.9%	54	14.5%
2017	30	CLE	14	14*	—	0.0%	899	98.7%	47	13.7%
2018	31	NE	16	13*	—	0.0%	834	80.4%	114	24.9%
2019	32	NE	12	8*	—	0.0%	474	63.2%	41	13.9%
2020	33	NE	16	11*	—	0.0%	665	65.9%	33	14.9%
2021	34	MIA	7	4*	—	0.0%	312	62.4%	—	0.0%
Career			115	96*	—	—	6,342	—	509	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2011	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	31	NE	16	13*	99	52	0.5	91.7	11.8	5	4	0.1
2019	32	NE	12	8*	56	27	0.5	54.7	12.3	1	1	0.0
2020	33	NE	16	11*	45	29	0.6	131.4	11.3	5	2	0.0
2021	34	MIA	7	4*	12	8	0.7	119.8	10.7	3	2	0.1
Career			51	36*	212	116	—	—	—	14	9	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 39.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2009bestavg 50elite 702021

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #521 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2012 TEN·6 team wins#19

Interceptions · 4 · score 7

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Interceptions leader8

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.498See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.498Snap share81.5%Def snaps6,342VolatileCV 0.51

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+).

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl10Solo9Ast1PD4

College Stats

RutgersCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Rutgers), 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.

2009 Draft Class· this player went #203

#191Coye FranciesDB #192Aaron BrownRB #193Matt SlausonG #194Brandon GibsonWR #195James DavisRB #196Keith NullQB #201Curtis PainterQB #202Brandon MyersTE #204Will DavisOLB #205Ra'Shon HarrisDT #207Myron PryorDT #208John PhillipsTE #209Bernard ScottRB #210Vance WalkerDE #211Chris OgbonnayaRB #212Javarris WilliamsRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jason inherited the Tennessee Titans DB room from Michael Griffin (2007–2015), and handed it to Alterraun Verner (2010–2013).

Cris Dishman 1988–1996Darryll Lewis 1991–1998Steve Jackson 1991–1999Marcus Robertson 1991–2000Blaine Bishop 1993–2001Denard Walker

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined MIA (from NE)
2021final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2018team change
Joined NE (from CLE)
2017team change
Joined CLE (from TEN)
2009draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 6, Pick 203

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 195 lb

Frame

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	NE	0	W12Questionable· GroinW13Questionable· GroinW14Questionable· GroinW15Questionable· GroinW16Questionable· GroinW17Questionable· GroinW18Questionable· Groin
2017	CLE	0	W7Questionable· AnkleW8Doubtful· Ankle
2016	TEN	1	W16Out· ChestW17Questionable· Chest
2015	TEN	1	W1Doubtful· GroinW2Doubtful· GroinW3Questionable· GroinW8Questionable· HamstringW9Questionable· GroinW10Out· Groin
2014	TEN	0	W3Questionable· Groin
2011	TEN	0	W14Questionable· Concussion
2010	TEN	2	W4Out· ForearmW5Out· ForearmW6Questionable· ForearmW7Questionable· Forearm

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

F2009

B2010

B2011

B+2012

C2013

B2014

F2015

B2016

B2017

C+2018

C+2019

C2020

F2021

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
2009	0	0	0	0
2010	2	0.2	2	0.1
2011	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2012	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2013	0	0	0	0
2014	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	2	0.2	2	0.1
2017	3	0.2	3	0.2
2018	1	0.1	1	0
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

118 career value over replacement — #895 all-time of 4,642. 9.1/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #203 (Rd 6) · TEN · 2009 · +39.6 vs expected KV-H

64actual

24.4 expected · Δ+39.6

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #203

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography