Jaylinn Hawkins is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Hawkins in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Hawkins's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Jaylinn Hawkins
Height6'1"
Weight208 lb
BornAug 27, 1997
Age28
CollegeCaliforniaSee College Stats
ConferencePacific Twelve
Rookie yr2020
Draft2020 · Rd 4, Pick 134 · ATL
A defensive back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 65 · #1724 · Above AverageWorth 65 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 38% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
4 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
4
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+16.3
Avg surplus
peak +33
4 seasons × ~16.3 surplus ≈ VORP 65
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% | |||||
| 2020 | — | ATL | 3 | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 74 | 21.2% | 154 | 44.3% | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 113.7 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | — | ATL | 11 | — | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 462 | 49.9% | 219 | 60.3% | 19 | 11 | 0.6 | 87.5 | 10.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | — | ATL | 16 | — | 78 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 955 | 91.8% | 49 | 12.4% | 38 | 25 | 0.7 | 106.4 | 9.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | — | LAC | 6 | — | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 137 | 20.2% | 251 | 59.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | 2TM | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 68.1 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | — | NE | 15 | — | 37 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 612 | 57.7% | 306 | 70.5% | 20 | 15 | 0.8 | 132.5 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | — | NE | 15 | — | 71 | 44 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 838 | 92.5% | 56 | 15.3% | 35 | 20 | 0.6 | 71.2 | 13.1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 82 | — | 224 | 120 | 104 | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 3,078 | 55.6% | 1,035 | 43.7% | 125 | 79 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 28 | — | |
Defense
Snap Counts
Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 62 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
61
Sustained
career value
×.6
65
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 62.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 95%
What builds the career mark of 61
On-field 45.1
Availability 15.9
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
2021bestavg 57elite 702025
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position4
Depth
of 100
Reached 4% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
4% of the all-time Interceptions leader4
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: 92%.
Per-Snap Impact
Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+41
Solid
SIS
Disruption/1001.397Snap share55.6%Def snaps3,078VolatileCV 0.53
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 · 2020
Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.
35.5"
Vertical
117"
Broad Jump
Postseason Career
4 playoff gamesDefense
Tkl15Solo8Ast7QBHits1Dis1.0
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (California), 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
Jake MatthewsOT3yJosh HarrisLS3yGrady JarrettDT3yKeith SmithFB3yIsaiah OliverFS3yOlamide ZaccheausWR3yYounghoe KooK3yA.J. TerrellCB3yKaleb McGaryOT3yChris LindstromG3yMykal WalkerLB3yRichie GrantSAF3yMatt HennessyC3yMatt RyanQB2yCordarrelle PattersonRB2yDante Fowler Jr.DE2yAustin HooperTE2yHunter HenryTE2yDeion JonesLB2yFoye OluokunLB2yErik HarrisFS2yJahlani TavaiLB2yTyeler DavisonDT2yAlex EricksonWR2y
2020 Draft Class· this player went #134
#124Anthony McFarlandRB#126Charlie HeckOT#127K'Von WallaceSAF#128Gabe DavisWR#130James LynchDT#131Rashard LawrenceDT#132Troy DyeLB#133Colby ParkinsonTE#135Kevin DotsonG#136Brycen HopkinsTE#137Josiah ScottCB#138L'Jarius SneedSAF#139Amik RobertsonCB#140Shaquille QuartermanLB#141John ReidCB#142Antonio Gandy-GoldenWR
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with NE
- 2024team change
Joined NE (from LAC)
- 2023team change
Joined LAC (from ATL)
- 2020draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 4, Pick 134
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 208 lb
Frame
35.5" vert / 117" broad
Explosion
Injury History
3 career games missed (Out)From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ATL | 1 | W8Out· Concussion |
| 2021 | ATL | 0 | W11Questionable· Ankle |
| 2020 | ATL | 2 | W5Out· ConcussionW6Out· Concussion |
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 5-season peers. See all →
62
peak 65
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
B2021
B2022
F2023
C2024
A2025
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.
89%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0.2 | 3+1 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0.3 | 5+1 | 0.3 |
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
65 career value over replacement — #1724 all-time of 4,642. 13/season above a replacement-level S.
Draft OutcomeSteal ↑
Pick #134 (Rd 4) · ATL · 2020 · +28.5 vs expected KV-H
62actual
33.5 expected · Δ+28.5
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