Johnathan Joseph ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Joseph in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Joseph a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Johnathan Joseph

2× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time defensive backsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009

Height5'11"

Weight186 lb

BornApr 16, 1984

Age42

CollegeSouth Carolina; Coffeyville CC See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2006

Draft2006 · Rd 1, Pick 24 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

83rdInterceptions·32

Postseason all-time ranks

96thPlayoff Interceptions·2

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end defensive back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 196 · #388 · Elite

Worth 196 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 9% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.3

Avg surplus

peak +40

12 seasons × ~16.3 surplus ≈ VORP 196

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%
2006	—	CIN	16	—	54	42	12	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	20	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CIN	15	—	55	42	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	15	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CIN	7	—	38	27	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	13	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CIN	16	—	68	57	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	6	20	1	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CIN	12	—	38	33	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	8	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	HOU	15	—	39	35	4	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	15	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	HOU	14	—	56	51	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	HOU	15	—	44	41	3	1	1	0.0	2.0	3	16	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	832	88.1%	22	6.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	HOU	16	—	71	66	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	11	2	2	1	0	—	0.0%	859	76.3%	1	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	HOU	16	—	56	46	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	22	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	876	84.1%	3	4.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	HOU	13	—	41	34	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	9	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	619	75.5%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	HOU	16	—	46	36	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	9	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	746	72.5%	33	9.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	HOU	13	—	57	48	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	811	83.9%	39	12.3%	91	55	0.6	88.6	10.0	0	0	0	1	16	0.2
2019	—	HOU	13	—	48	40	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	623	64.0%	—	0.0%	78	50	0.6	93.9	11.2	0	0	0	1	11	0.2
2020	—	ARI	10	—	29	25	4	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	TEN	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	423	54.9%	8	7.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	2TM	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	48	27	0.6	99.6	10.6	0	0	0	5	4	0.1
Career		—	229	—	740	623	117	15	2	0.0	17.0	32	200	9	5	8	0	—	0.0%	5,789	74.9%	106	7.3%	217	132	—	—	—	0	0	0	7	31	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2006	22	CIN	16	—	54	42	12	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	20	1	1	0	10.1
2007	23	CIN	15	—	55	42	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	15	0	—	1	10.9
2008	24	CIN	7	—	38	27	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	13	1	1	1	7.2
2009	25	CIN	16	—	68	57	11	2	0	0.0	2.0	6	20	1	—	1	15.2
2010	26	CIN	12	—	38	33	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	8	0	—	1	7.9
2011	27	HOU	15	—	39	35	4	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	15	1	—	0	10.5
2012	28	HOU	14	—	56	51	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	0	—	1	8.5
2013	29	HOU	15	13*	44	41	3	1	1	0.0	2.0	3	16	0	—	0	9.6
2014	30	HOU	16	12*	71	66	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	11	2	2	1	11.4
2015	31	HOU	16	13*	56	46	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	22	1	1	0	12.1
2016	32	HOU	13	10*	41	34	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	9	1	—	0	6.5
2017	33	HOU	16	12*	46	36	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	9	0	—	1	9.1
2018	34	HOU	13	12*	57	48	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	1	9.8
2019	35	HOU	13	9*	48	40	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	13	0	—	0	7.8
2020	36	ARI	10	6*	29	25	4	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	1	—	0	5.6
Career			207	87*	740	623	117	15	2	—	—	32	200	9	5	8	142.2

* 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	29	HOU	15	13*	—	0.0%	832	88.1%	22	6.8%
2014	30	HOU	16	12*	—	0.0%	859	76.3%	1	3.0%
2015	31	HOU	16	13*	—	0.0%	876	84.1%	3	4.5%
2016	32	HOU	13	10*	—	0.0%	619	75.5%	—	0.0%
2017	33	HOU	16	12*	—	0.0%	746	72.5%	33	9.2%
2018	34	HOU	14	12*	—	0.0%	811	83.9%	39	12.3%
2019	35	HOU	14	9*	—	0.0%	623	64.0%	—	0.0%
2020	36	TEN	11	6*	—	0.0%	423	54.9%	8	7.8%
Career			115	87*	—	—	5,789	—	106	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	34	HOU	14	12*	91	55	0.6	88.6	10.0	1	16	0.2
2019	35	HOU	14	9*	78	50	0.6	93.9	11.2	1	11	0.2
2020	36	2TM	11	6*	48	27	0.6	99.6	10.6	5	4	0.1
Career			39	27*	217	132	—	—	—	7	31	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 70 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 15 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 69.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 45.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 62elite 702020

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Interceptions leader15

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+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.159See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.159Snap share74.9%Def snaps5,789ConsistentCV 0.18

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 · 2006

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

DB · 2006 class

4.31s

40-Yard

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 99thClass Pos 99thClass All 99th

37"

Vertical

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 81thClass Pos 33thClass All 68th

123"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 78thClass Pos 34thClass All 78th

15 reps

Bench

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 17thClass Pos 39thClass All 9th

6.92s

3-Cone

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 79thClass Pos 33thClass All 77th

4.23s

Shuttle

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 68thClass Pos 19thClass All 56th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl37Solo30Ast7TFL1Dis1.0Int2PD10

College Stats

South Carolina; Coffeyville CCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (South Carolina; Coffeyville CC), 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.

2006 Draft Class· this player went #24

#16Jason AllenDB #17Chad GreenwayOLB #18Bobby CarpenterLB #19Antonio CromartieCB #20Tamba HaliOLB #21Laurence MaroneyRB #22Manny LawsonOLB #23Davin JosephG #25Santonio HolmesWR #26John McCargoDT #27DeAngelo WilliamsRB #28Marcedes LewisTE #29Nick MangoldC #30Joseph AddaiRB #31Kelly JenningsDB #32Mathias KiwanukaDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Johnathan inherited the Houston Texans DB room from Quintin Demps (2011–2016), and handed it to D.J. Swearinger (2013–2014).

Aaron Glenn 2002–2004Eric Brown 2002–2004Kenny Wright 2002–2004Marcus Coleman 2002–2005Demarcus Faggins 2003–2008Dunta Robinson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined ARI (from HOU)
2020final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2011team change
Joined HOU (from CIN)
2006draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 1, Pick 24

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 186 lb

Frame

193 lb at 4.31s

Size-speed

37" vert / 123" broad

Explosion

15 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	ARI	1	W14Out· Neck
2019	HOU	0	W6Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· Hamstring / NeckW18Questionable· HamstringW19Questionable· Hamstring
2018	HOU	0	W9Questionable· Ankle / KneeW11Questionable· Ankle / KneeW14Questionable· Neck / ShoulderW16Questionable· Hip / IllnessW17Questionable· Neck
2017	HOU	0	W9Questionable· Shin / Quadricep
2016	HOU	0	W14Questionable· RibsW15Questionable· RibsW16Questionable· RibsW17Questionable· Ribs / Shoulder / Illness
2013	HOU	0	W4Questionable· Toe
2012	HOU	1	W7Questionable· GroinW12Questionable· HamstringW13Out· Hamstring / Groin
2010	CIN	0	W7Questionable· AnkleW8Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Ankle
2009	CIN	0	W4Questionable· FootW11Questionable· Foot

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 15-season peers. See all →

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
2006	0	0	0	0
2007	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2008	1	0.1	1	0.1
2009	6	0.4	5-1	0.3
2010	3	0.3	3	0.2
2011	4	0.3	4	0.2
2012	2	0.1	2	0.1
2013	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2014	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2015	1	0.1	0-1	0
2016	0	0	0	0
2017	2	0.1	2	0.1
2018	2	0.2	2	0.1
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	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

196 career value over replacement — #388 all-time of 4,642. 13.1/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · CIN · 2006 · +13.5 vs expected KV-H

70actual

56.5 expected · Δ+13.5

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All-Time Rank & Honors

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 · 2006

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2006 Draft Class· this player went #24

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography