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

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Jeff Burris

Top 28% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000

Height6'0"

Weight190 lb

BornJun 7, 1972

Age54

CollegeNotre Dame See College Stats

Rookie yr1994

Draft1994 · Rd 1, Pick 27 · BUF

Archetype Intelligence

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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 73 · #1562 · Above Average

Worth 73 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 35% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.1

Avg surplus

peak +21

8 seasons × ~9.1 surplus ≈ VORP 73

Combined Season Grid

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

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1994	—	BUF	16	—	21	16	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	—	—	—
1995	—	BUF	9	—	34	28	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	10	0	—	—	—
1996	—	BUF	15	—	49	40	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	12	1	—	—	—
1997	—	BUF	14	—	45	39	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	8	0	—	—	—
1998	—	IND	14	—	68	57	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	13	0	—	—	—
1999	—	IND	16	—	75	59	16	3	2	2.0	7.0	2	13	1	—	0	0
2000	—	IND	16	—	63	55	8	2	2	3.0	7.0	4	11	1	—	1	0
2001	—	IND	15	—	47	43	4	4	0	0.0	4.0	3	11	0	—	1	0
2002	—	CIN	15	—	59	47	12	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	11	2	1	0	0
2003	—	CIN	10	—	32	29	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	6	1	—	0	0
Career		—	140	—	493	413	43	11	4	5.0	20.0	19	101	6	1	2	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1994	22	BUF	16	—	21	16	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	—	—	—	5.8
1995	23	BUF	9	—	34	28	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	10	0	—	—	—	4.8
1996	24	BUF	15	—	49	40	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	12	1	—	—	—	7.4
1997	25	BUF	14	—	45	39	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	8	0	—	—	—	6.5
1998	26	IND	14	—	68	57	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	13	0	—	—	—	7.2
1999	27	IND	16	—	75	59	16	3	2	2.0	7.0	2	13	1	—	0	0	9.5
2000	28	IND	16	—	63	55	8	2	2	3.0	7.0	4	11	1	—	1	0	11.6
2001	29	IND	15	—	47	43	4	4	0	0.0	4.0	3	11	0	—	1	0	9.4
2002	30	CIN	15	—	59	47	12	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	11	2	1	0	0	8.6
2003	31	CIN	10	—	32	29	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	6	1	—	0	0	6
Career			140		493	413	43	11	4	—	—	19	101	6	1	2	0	76.8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 38.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

1994bestavg 56elite 702003

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Interceptions leader9

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: 90%.

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

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl7Solo4Ast3PD3

College Stats

Notre DameCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Notre Dame), 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.

1994 Draft Class· this player went #27

#18Dewayne WashingtonDB #19Todd SteussieG #20Tim BowensDT #21Johnnie MortonWR #22Rob FredricksonOLB #24Thomas LewisWR #25Greg HillRB #26Henry FordDT #28William FloydFB #29Derrick AlexanderWR #30Darnay ScottWR #31Tre' JohnsonG #33Isaac BruceWR #34Errict RhettRB #35Kevin LeeWR #36Kevin MawaeC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jeff inherited the Buffalo Bills DB room from Kurt Schulz (1992–1999), and handed it to Manny Martin (1996–1999).

Henry Jones 1991–2000Kurt Schulz 1992–1999Jeff Burris 1994–1997Manny Martin 1996–1999Ken Irvin 1999–2001Antoine Winfield

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2003final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2002team change
Joined CIN (from IND)
1998team change
Joined IND (from BUF)
1994draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 1, Pick 27

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 190 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 10-season peers. See all →

peak 65

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

C+1994

C1995

C1996

C+1997

C+1998

C+1999

B+2000

B2001

C+2002

C+2003

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

88%

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
1994	2	0.1	0-2	0
1995	1	0.1	0-1	0
1996	1	0.1	0-1	0
1997	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
1998	1	0.1	0-1	0
1999	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2000	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2001	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2002	1	0.1	1	0
2003	2	0.2	2	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

73 career value over replacement — #1562 all-time of 4,642. 7.3/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #27 (Rd 1) · BUF · 1994 · +5.1 vs expected KV-H

60actual

54.9 expected · Δ+5.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1994 Draft Class· this player went #27

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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