Jay Ward
Role Player⭐ Shooting Star · 2025
Height6'1"
Weight190 lb
BornJul 13, 2000
Age26
CollegeLSUSee College Stats
ConferenceSoutheastern
Rookie yr2023
Draft2023 · Rd 4, Pick 134 · MIN
A defensive back who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 0 · #4383 · Role PlayerWorth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 95% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
0
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+0
Avg surplus
peak +0
0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0
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+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||||
| 2023 | — | MIN | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 35 | 8.7% | 302 | 69.5% | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 158.3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | — | MIN | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 28 | 7.8% | 314 | 74.4% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 79.2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | — | MIN | 10 | — | 27 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 248 | 29.7% | 284 | 62.4% | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 92.6 | 12.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 19 | — | 29 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 311 | 15.4% | 900 | 68.8% | 10 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | — | |
Defense
Snap Counts
Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 27 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 27 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
33
Sustained
career value
×.6
28
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.86
Longevity
career length
Blend 31 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 27· confidence 71%
What builds the career mark of 33
On-field 25.3
Availability 7.7
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
2023bestavg 282025
Per-Snap Impact
Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+—
below snap floor
Disruption/1000.965Snap share15.4%Def snaps311Emerging
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 basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Combine · 2023
Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.
4.55s
40-Yard
34.5"
Vertical
132"
Broad Jump
16 reps
Bench
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.
Top Teammates
Harrison SmithFS3yAndrew DePaolaLS3yC.J. HamFB3yBrian O'NeillOT3yByron MurphyCB3yT.J. HockensonTE3yJosh MetellusSAF3yJustin JeffersonWR3yJosh OliverTE3yRyan WrightP3yChristian DarrisawOT3yBlake BrandelOT3yJalen NailorWR3yCam AkersRB3yJordan AddisonWR3yTheo JacksonDB3yIvan Pace Jr.LB3yTy ChandlerRB3yJonathan BullardDE2yAaron JonesRB2yJohnny MundtTE2yHarrison PhillipsDT2yFabian MoreauCB2yAndrew Van GinkelOLB2y
2023 Draft Class· this player went #134
#125Derius DavisWR#126Isaiah McGuireDE#127Jake HaenerQB#128Stetson BennettQB#130Tyler LacyDE#131Charlie JonesWR#132Nick HerbigLB#133Tyler ScottWR#135Aidan O'ConnellQB#136Yasir AbdullahLB#137KJ HenryLB#138Darius RushCB#139Clayton TuneQB#140Dorian Thompson-RobinsonQB#141Jaquelin RoyDT#142Cameron MitchellDB
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Movementderived from season history
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with MIN
- 2023draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 4, Pick 134
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 190 lb
Frame
188 lb at 4.55s
Size-speed
34.5" vert / 132" broad
Explosion
16 reps
Bench power
Injury History
1 career game missed (Out)From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | MIN | 1 | W13Out· Elbow |
Knox
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Historical Knox · KV-H
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →
27
peak 28
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
F2023
F2024
C2025
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.
98%
20232025
Durability IQ
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
0 career value over replacement — #4383 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level S.
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #134 (Rd 4) · MIN · 2023 · -6.5 vs expected KV-H
27actual
33.5 expected · Δ−6.5
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