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

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Jayron Kearse

Top 38% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2021

Height6'4"

Weight215 lb

BornFeb 11, 1994

Age32

CollegeClemson See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 7, Pick 244 · MIN

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 38 · #2390 · Role Player

Worth 38 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 52% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.5

Avg surplus

peak +15

4 seasons × ~9.5 surplus ≈ VORP 38

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+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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	—	MIN	3	—	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	78	22.0%	248	57.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	MIN	2	—	4	3	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	28	12.5%	304	72.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIN	9	—	18	15	3	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	202	21.6%	241	54.1%	17	12	0.7	80.5	3.3	1	0	0	1	1	0.0
2019	—	MIN	8	—	26	18	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	270	28.7%	222	56.5%	21	12	0.6	50.9	8.9	0	0	0	7	1	0.0
2020	—	DET	11	—	51	33	18	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	503	66.5%	80	26.8%	31	19	0.6	83.9	5.8	4	3	1	21	4	0.1
2021	—	DAL	16	—	91	57	34	9	6	1.0	16.0	2	10	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,014	93.6%	32	17.3%	65	40	0.6	77.5	6.8	8	2	5	24	4	0.0
2022	—	DAL	14	—	73	51	22	7	2	2.0	11.0	1	5	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	815	87.4%	4	8.0%	41	28	0.7	81.2	5.4	4	2	0	28	2	0.0
2023	—	DAL	16	—	65	41	24	4	3	1.5	8.5	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	820	82.8%	1	3.0%	38	25	0.7	79.6	7.8	4	1	1	22	3	0.0
Career		—	79	—	331	220	111	22	13	5.0	40.0	5	29	2	3	0	0	—	0.0%	3,730	51.9%	1,132	37.0%	213	136	—	—	—	21	8	7	103	15	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	22	MIN	3	0*	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—
2017	23	MIN	2	0*	4	3	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	—
2018	24	MIN	9	0*	18	15	3	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	2	0	—	3.1
2019	25	MIN	8	0*	26	18	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	6	0	—	5
2020	26	DET	11	7*	51	33	18	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	1	—	4.9
2021	27	DAL	16	15*	91	57	34	9	6	1.0	16.0	2	10	0	1	9.5
2022	28	DAL	14	12*	73	51	22	7	2	2.0	11.0	1	5	1	2	6.9
2023	29	DAL	16	13*	65	41	24	4	3	1.5	8.5	1	4	0	—	6.3
Career			79	47*	331	220	111	22	13	—	—	5	29	2	3	35.7

* 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%
2016	22	MIN	16	0*	—	0.0%	78	22.0%	248	57.8%
2017	23	MIN	15	0*	—	0.0%	28	12.5%	304	72.7%
2018	24	MIN	16	0*	—	0.0%	202	21.6%	241	54.1%
2019	25	MIN	15	0*	—	0.0%	270	28.7%	222	56.5%
2020	26	DET	11	7*	—	0.0%	503	66.5%	80	26.8%
2021	27	DAL	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,014	93.6%	32	17.3%
2022	28	DAL	14	12*	—	0.0%	815	87.4%	4	8.0%
2023	29	DAL	16	13*	—	0.0%	820	82.8%	1	3.0%
Career			119	47*	—	—	3,730	—	1,132	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	24	MIN	16	0*	17	12	0.7	80.5	3.3	1	0	0	1	1	0.0
2019	25	MIN	15	0*	21	12	0.6	50.9	8.9	0	0	0	7	1	0.0
2020	26	DET	11	7*	31	19	0.6	83.9	5.8	4	3	1	21	4	0.1
2021	27	DAL	16	15*	65	40	0.6	77.5	6.8	8	2	5	24	4	0.0
2022	28	DAL	14	12*	41	28	0.7	81.2	5.4	4	2	0	28	2	0.0
2023	29	DAL	16	13*	38	25	0.7	79.6	7.8	4	1	1	22	3	0.0
Career			88	47*	213	136	—	—	—	21	8	7	103	15	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 38.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 532023

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Sacks leader3

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+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.038See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.038Snap share51.9%Def snaps3,730ReliableCV 0.32

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+).

Combine · 2016

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2016 class

4.62s

40-Yard

Low · 11th pct

Pos 11thAll 55thClass Pos 9thClass All 59th

31.5"

Vertical

Low · 5th pct

Pos 5thAll 31thClass Pos 6thClass All 39th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 82thClass Pos 69thClass All 87th

16 reps

Bench

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 22thClass Pos 67thClass All 29th

7.06s

3-Cone

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 62thClass Pos 43thClass All 67th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl17Solo9Ast8TFL1Dis1.0Int1PD5

College Stats

ClemsonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Clemson), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #244

#229DeMarcus AyersWR #230Daniel BravermanWR #231Thomas DuarteTE #233Jalen MillsCB #234Vadal AlexanderOT #235Lachlan EdwardsP #236Dwayne WashingtonRB #237Daniel LascoRB #239Trevor BatesLB #241Charone PeakeWR #245Clayton FejedelemDB #246Tyler MatakevichILB #248Austin BlytheC #249Prince Charles IworahCB #250Scooby WrightLB #253Kalan ReedDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jayron inherited the Dallas Cowboys DB room from Trevon Diggs (2020–2025), and handed it to Malik Hooker (2021–2025).

Darren Woodson 1992–2003Brock Marion 1993–1997Deion Sanders 1995–1999George Teague 1996–2001Izell Reese 1999–2001Duane Hawthorne

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2023final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2021team change
Joined DAL (from DET)
2020team change
Joined DET (from MIN)
2016draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 7, Pick 244

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 215 lb

Frame

216 lb at 4.62s

Size-speed

31.5" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	DAL	0	W12Doubtful· Back
2022	DAL	2	W1Questionable· NeckW2Out· KneeW3Out· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· ShoulderW20Questionable· Knee
2021	DAL	0	W18Questionable· Hamstring
2020	DET	0	W16Questionable· Hip
2019	MIN	1	W15Out· ToeW17Questionable· FootW19Out· Toe / Knee
2017	MIN	0	W5Questionable· Groin

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 59

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

C2018

C+2019

C2020

B2021

C+2022

C+2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

91%

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
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	1	0.1	1	0.1
2023	1	0.1	1	0.1

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

38 career value over replacement — #2390 all-time of 4,642. 6.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #244 (Rd 7) · MIN · 2016 · +33.2 vs expected KV-H

56actual

22.8 expected · Δ+33.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #244

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography